Many quiltmakers like to make six inch quilt blocks in order to use a greater variety of blocks in a sampler style quilt. Another reason might be to test out the look of a block in a smaller size in order to save on the fabrics (just in case the block looks very different than in your imagination).

Whatever your reason for creating six inch blocks, the pieces are all just smaller versions of larger sized quilt blocks -- such as the most popular size, the 12" quilt block. This is what makes quiltmaking so exciting -- you are the designer and get to choose all the components.

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Sample Quilt Layouts

The two quilt layouts shown below give you ideas of how to turn a simple block design into a stunning quilt.

The quilt layout featured on the left increases the size of each block by the addition of large corner triangles in various colours used in the quilt. Careful colour placement of these corner triangles gives a whole new dimension to the final design.

The quilt layout illustrated on the right uses many of the blocks with the patches flipping direction in the sewing process. This creates a secondary design in the quilt by the placement of these flipped blocks.

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