QUILTING WITH TRIANGLES — BOWTIES AND BLOOMS
Are you intimidated by quilting with triangles? Designed by John Q. Adams, this quilt block is called Bowties & Blooms
and is a beginner-friendly design excerpted with permission from Fat Quarterly Shape Workshop for Quilters: 60 Blocks + a Dozen Quilts and Projects!
(Lark Crafts).
Step 1
Cut out the following from assorted fabric scraps as listed:
- salmon solid, 2 squares measuring 3 and 7/8 inches (9.8 cm)
- blue floral print, 1 square measuring 3 and 7/8 inches (9.8 cm)
- blue tree print, 1 square measuring 6 and 7/8 inches (17.5 cm)
Step 2
From gray solid fabric, cut:
- 4 squares measuring 3 and 1/2 inches (8.9cm)
- 5 squares measuring 3 and 7/8 inches (9.8 cm)
Step 3
Cut all the squares, except for the gray 31/2-inch (8.9 cm) squares, in half on the diagonal.
Step 4
Assemble the pieces based on the diagram. Stitch together each quadrant, then stitch those together.
Step 5
This quilt block is excerpted with permission from Fat Quarterly Shape Workshop for Quilters: 60 Blocks + a Dozen Quilts and Projects!
written by Katy Jones, Brioni Greenberg, Tacha Bruecher and John Q. Adams and published by Lark Crafts.
