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Spool and Bobbin Quilting Block
The Spool and Bobbin quilt block is 4-patch quilt
block that has been further subdivided into 16 grids or patches.
This block is a little more difficult to piece
than some of the beginning 4 patch blocks. Two of the patches in this
blocks are just squares. However the patches that are further subdivided
have two small triangles that are pieced to a small square. There are some
shortcut methods do to this, but you can also do it by cutting triangles and
attaching them to the sides of the small square.
 I
used this block to illustrate cutting single triangles and how to piece them to
a square in a quilt block. See
Cutting Single Triangles for a full explanation of how to make this block.
Some of the blocks that I call 4-patches are
technically actually 2-patch blocks. However most quilters think of them
as 4-patch blocks, and they work well with other 4-patch blocks.
This is a block that is often used in a sampler
quilt. It is a great block to practice working with triangles.
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