Cat S Cradle Quilt Block Pattern

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Cat s cradle quilt block pattern. The cat s cradle quilt block is a basic quilt block mostly used in traditional quilts. You never cut a single triangle but with the cats cradle t. Make cats cradle units quickly easily and accurately two at a time from squares and rectangles. Stitch the birds in the air.
This pattern uses the creative grids cgrdh1 cat s cradle tool and the creative grids cgrdh2 strippy stars tool. Lynn roddy brown s design is classic quilting at its best. Add piece 1b to make. Free quilt block pattern.
Stitch piece 2d to adjacent sides of pieced square to make pieced triangle diagram ii. Also called old maid s puzzle. The cat s cradle quilt block is nine patch with a subtle directional nature. This opens up all sorts of interesting possibilities for quilts by rotations of the some of the blocks to create a secondary pattern.
General instructions step 1. Receive updates free patterns and or feature your patterns on freequiltpatterns info. 58 x 69 finished blocks. There are 2 different sizes of the same cat on each pattern page.
Cgrdh1 make cats cradle units quickly easily and accurately two at a time from squares and rectangles. Cat s cradle quilt block illustrated step by step instructions in 4 jul 10 2019 in 2010 we did a series on the best of cat quilts and since then our collection has grown. Free printable cat quilt patterns. Free cat quilt patterns cat and her favourite cats who quilt church cat fat cats fashion cats happy cats kitty cats task a day redwork kitty trio kool kats quilt paper pieced kitties with 3 d tails pinwheel cat.
You never cut a single triangle but with the cat. This is a great way to use up any scraps in your quilt fabric stash although you can certainly choose to make this using two different fabrics one light and one darker to show the contrast in the pieces. Fons porter rotary cutter olfa 12 spinning cutting mat. You ll need the most current version of adobe installed on your computer to download the.
Patches 1 5 below are for the paperpieced unit and are generously sized to make. The version shown here of the cat s cradle quilt block is a scrappy version meaning that it is made of of several different fabrics to make the whole block. Cut the cat s cradle patches. Sew 1 4 seam on each.
The end result is a pretty throw in rich warm hues about this quilt finished size. On wrong side of lightest fabric draw diagonal line with marking tool of your choice. This is a video tutorial for it.