Churn dash quilt block
Also called Monkey wrench, Hole in the barn door.
Triangle corners and striped sides around a centre square, like an old butter churn.
Confident beginner
Cutting chart
For one block. Sizes are cut sizes, ¼ in seams included.
6 in block
Dark: 2 squares for half-square triangles 2⅞ in
Background: 2 squares for half-square triangles 2⅞ in
Dark: 4 rectangles 2½ in × 1½ in
Background: 4 rectangles 2½ in × 1½ in
Background: 1 square 2½ in
9 in block
Dark: 2 squares for half-square triangles 3⅞ in
Background: 2 squares for half-square triangles 3⅞ in
Dark: 4 rectangles 3½ in × 2 in
Background: 4 rectangles 3½ in × 2 in
Background: 1 square 3½ in
12 in block
Dark: 2 squares for half-square triangles 4⅞ in
Background: 2 squares for half-square triangles 4⅞ in
Dark: 4 rectangles 4½ in × 2½ in
Background: 4 rectangles 4½ in × 2½ in
Background: 1 square 4½ in
How it goes together
Sew the pieces into 3 rows of 3 units, pressing the seams of each row the opposite way to the row above, then sew the rows together.
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