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For those quilters wanting a little more of a challenge, five inch quilt blocks might be the answer -- smaller blocks usually means more blocks to make. Another reason for using five inch blocks is to create a secondary pattern. By using 4 blocks and rotating each of them, you get a different larger quilt block. These larger blocks can then be laid out in variety of ways to make some very interesting original designs.
Opposites Attract
Free Quilt Block Pattern
I had some fun playing around with this Opposites Attract quilt block. At first glance it looks kind of boring as it is often made with only two fabrics -- a dark and a light. That is what I did for this block pattern here. However, this is also a chance to use up all of those scraps, by separating your quilt fabric stash into the values of dark and light and the resultant quilt will be a wonderful scrappy version. (Scrap quilts are my favourites, but I like to change it up for you, the viewer.)
This quilt block is considered to be a five patch, as it is made on a 5 by 5 grid. However, it is sewn together as an uneven nine patch. Since half square triangles are the only patches used in this quilt block, it is quite simple to assemble. Then it is just the use of your imagination to create a new heirloom quilt.
Related: ~ Lady of the Lake
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