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Quilting with Triangles — Bowties and Blooms

Posted on Jul 07, 2012

Quilting with Triangles — Bowties and Blooms

Are you intimidated by <a href="https://www.craftfoxes.com/blog/quilting-with-triangles-5-patterns-to-try">quilting with triangles</a>? Designed by John Q. Adams, this quilt block is called "Bowties & Blooms" and is a beginner-friendly design excerpted with permission from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1454702826/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1454702826&linkCode=as2&tag=craftfocom-20">"Fat Quarterly Shape Workshop for Quilters: 60 Blocks + a Dozen Quilts and Projects!"</a> (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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1454702826/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1454702826&linkCode=as2&tag=craftfocom-20">"Fat Quarterly Shape Workshop for Quilters: 60 Blocks + a Dozen Quilts and Projects!"</a> written by Katy Jones, Brioni Greenberg, Tacha Bruecher and John Q. Adams and published by Lark Crafts.