Larger quilt blocks offer the incentive that there are less to make to produce your quilt. When time is limited, this size of block is your best friend. A second feature is that you can try a more difficult design as the pieces may be many, but the sizes of the patches are easy to work with. A win-win all around.

Pathways

Free Quilt Block Pattern

Once I saw the "star" feature of this Pathways block, I just had to choose colours of a night sky.

This block is technically a four patch design, as it is created on a 4 x 4 grid. However, it is constructed as an uneven nine patch because of the size of the patches.

The block has many pieces, but none are difficult. There are squares, rectangles and the only pieced patches are flying geese units -- one of the first patches you will learn to piece as you begin your quiltmaking journey.

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