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.

Square in a Star

Sample Quilt Layouts

The two sample quilts shown below illustrate how direction and placement of the blocks can result in very different resultant quilts.

The quilt layout featured on the left sets the blocks on point and increases the size of each block by the addition of large corner triangles on each one. The careful colour placement of of these large triangles adds a new design element to the quilt along with extra splashes of colour.

The quilt layout illustrated on the right uses a standard side by side block setting which creates an entirely different look to the quilt.

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