Garden Path Quilt Block

Cutting Requirements for 12″ finished block (scant 1/4″ seam allowance):

(Ed. note: This is a scrappy quilt block, so just choose whatever scraps you want to use & cut your bits and pieces out of them! Just as long as you end up with the pretty quilt block shown above.)

• Red: Cut TWO (2) 2 1/2″ squares. (These are the upper right-hand & the lower left-hand corners of this quilt block.)
• Yellow: Cut ONE (1) 2 1/2″ square. (This is paired with the Aqua 2 1/2″ square, it’s paired with the Mint Green 2 1/2″ square & it’s paired with the Peach 2 1/2″ square. All together they create ONE (1) Four-Patch. They’ll also be the center of this quilt block.)
• Yellow: Cut ONE (1) 2 7/8″ square. On the back side of the square draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (This is paired with the White 2 7/8″ square which will create TWO (2) Half-Square Triangles. You only need ONE (1) of these Half-Square Triangles for this quilt block.)
• Mint Green: Cut ONE (1) 2 1/2″ square. (This is paired with the Aqua 2 1/2″ square, it’s paired with the Yellow 2 1/2″ square & it’s paired with the Peach 2 1/2″ square. All together they create ONE (1) Four-Patch. They’ll also be the center of this quilt block.)
• Mint Green: Cut ONE (1) 2 7/8″ square. On the back side of the square draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (This is paired with the White 2 7/8″ square which will create TWO (2) Half-Square Triangles. You only need ONE (1) of these Half-Square Triangles for this quilt block.)
• Peach: Cut ONE (1) 2 1/2″ square. (This is paired with the Aqua 2 1/2″ square, it’s paired with the Mint Green 2 1/2″ square & it’s paired with the Yellow 2 1/2″ square. All together they create ONE (1) Four-Patch. They’ll also be the center of this quilt block.)
• Peach: Cut ONE (1) 2 7/8″ square. On the back side of the square draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (This is paired with the White 2 7/8″ square which will create TWO (2) Half-Square Triangles. You only need ONE (1) of these Half-Square Triangles for this quilt block.)
• Aqua: Cut ONE (1) 2 1/2″ square. (This is paired with the Yellow 2 1/2″ square, it’s paired with the Mint Green 2 1/2″ square & it’s paired with the Peach 2 1/2″ square. All together they create ONE (1) Four-Patch. They’ll also be the center of this quilt block.)
• Aqua: Cut TWO (2) 2 1/2″ squares. (These are the upper left-hand & the lower right-hand corners of this quilt block.)
• Aqua: Cut ONE (1) 2 7/8″ square. On the back side of the square draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (This is paired with the White 2 7/8″ square which will create TWO (2) Half-Square Triangles. You only need ONE (1) of these Half-Square Triangles for this quilt block.)
• Light Blue: Cut ONE (1) 2 7/8″ square. On the back side of the square draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (This is paired with the White 2 7/8″ square which will create TWO (2) Half-Square Triangles. You only need ONE (1) of these Half-Square Triangles for this quilt block.)
• Purple: Cut TWO (2) 1 7/8″ x 6 1/8″ rectangles. (These will “frame” TWO (2) sides of the Square in a Square that’s in the center of this quilt block.)
• Purple: Cut TWO (2) 1 7/8″ x 9″ rectangles. (These will “frame” the opposite TWO (2) sides of the Square in a Square that’s in the center of this quilt block.)
• White: Cut FIVE (5) 2 7/8″ squares. (These are paired with ONE (1) of each of the following: The Yellow 2 7/8″ square, the Mint Green 7/8″ square, the Peach 7/8″ square, the Aqua 2 7/8″ square & the Light Blue 2 7/8″ square. Which will create TEN (10) Half-Square Triangles as needed for this quilt block.)
• White: Cut SIX (6) 2 7/8″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You’ll end up with TWO (2) triangles per square. (These are paired with all of the Half-Square Triangles as needed for this quilt block.)
• White: Cut ONE (1) 5 1/4″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. You”ll end up with FOUR (4) triangles. (These will flank the Four-Patch in the center of this quilt block which will create ONE (1) Square in a Square.)

Garden Path Quilt Block Diagram

Garden Path Quilt

If you make TWELVE (12) “Garden Path Quilt Blocks,” you will end up with the quilt top pictured above. The size will be 36″ x 48″ finished, 36 1/2″ x 48 1/2″ unfinished.

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