Cat S Cradle Quilt Pattern

Cut the cat s cradle patches.

Cat s cradle quilt pattern.

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. It is made up of 12 cat s cradle units and 4 squares for the corners. Technically these are split cat s cradles because the fish tails are made from half square triangles rather than a solid square. Patches 1 5 below are for the paperpieced unit and are generously sized to make.

That star is a 10 finished block. General instructions step 1. 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. That s what we re making today.

Sew 1 4 seam on each. Stitch piece 2d to adjacent sides of pieced square to make pieced triangle diagram ii. See more ideas about quilts cats cradle quilt patterns. The cat s cradle quilt block is nine patch with a subtle directional nature.

Free quilt block pattern. Add piece 1b to make. As you see in the old maid s puzzle quilt here the kissing fish are 2 cat s cradle units touching nose to nose. This opens up all sorts of interesting possibilities for quilts by rotations of the some of the blocks to create a secondary pattern.

My mom is currently working on a sampler quilt that inspired the blocks below. You ll need the most current version of adobe installed on your computer to download the. On wrong side of lightest fabric draw diagonal line with marking tool of your choice. 5 out of 5 stars 1 018 1 018 reviews 5 50 free shipping only 2 left favorite add to creative grids cat s cradle tool hartlandquiltshop.

Oct 25 2018 explore marysue koch s board cats cradle quilts followed by 195 people on pinterest. Sew 3 rows of 3 blocks each watching orientation. I haven t really thought much about this quilt unit before but it s really quite common in many traditional blocks.