Checkerboard Quilt Block

This quilt block is meant to be scrappy. So pull out your scraps & have fun with them while making this quilt block! Or follow my fabric color suggestions (below) & create a quilt block like the one shown above!

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

• Orange: Cut ONE (1) 3 3/8″ square. (This will be flanked on TWO (2) sides, by the results of the White 5 1/4″ squares, as needed for this quilt block.)
• Green: Cut ONE (1) 3 3/8″ square. (This will be flanked on TWO (2) sides, by the results of the White 5 1/4″ squares, as needed for this quilt block.)
• Purple: Cut ONE (1) 3 3/8″ square. (This will be flanked on TWO (2) sides, by the results of the White 5 1/4″ squares, as needed for this quilt block.)
• Turquoise: Cut ONE (1) 3 3/8″ square. (This will be flanked on TWO (2) sides, by the results of the White 5 1/4″ squares, as needed for this quilt block.)
• Bright Pink: Cut ONE (1) 3 3/8″ square. (This will be flanked on all FOUR (4) sides, by the White 3 3/8″ squares. It will also be the center of this quilt block.)
• Gold: Cut ONE (1) 3 3/8″ square. (This will be flanked on TWO (2) sides, by the results of the White 5 1/4″ squares, as needed for this quilt block.)
• Light Blue: Cut ONE (1) 3 3/8″ square. (This will be flanked on TWO (2) sides, by the results of the White 5 1/4″ squares, as needed for this quilt block.)
• Yellow: Cut ONE (1) 3 3/8″ square. (This will be flanked on TWO (2) sides, by the results of the White 5 1/4″ squares, as needed for this quilt block.)
• Red: Cut ONE (1) 3 3/8″ square. (This will be flanked on TWO (2) sides, by the results of the White 5 1/4″ squares, as needed for this quilt block.)
• White: Cut FOUR (4) 3 3/8″ squares. (These will flank on all FOUR (4) sides, the Bright Pink
  3 3/8″ square, as needed for this quilt block.)
• White: Cut TWO (2) 2 7/8″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You will end up with TWO (2) triangles per square. (These will be the FOUR (4) corner’s of this quilt block.)
• White: Cut TWO (2) 5 1/4″ squares. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. You will end up with FOUR (4) triangles. (These will flank all of the color’s shown above, with the exception of the Bright Pink 3 3/8″ square, as needed for this quilt block.)

Checkerboard Quilt Block Diagram

Checkerboard Quilt

If you make TWELVE (12) “Checkerboard 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.

Chocolate Checkerboard Cake Free Recipe from Betty Crocker