Tree of Life Quilt Block

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

• Lt. Green: Cut ONE (1) 5″ square. (This square is paired with the Green/White Half-Square Triangles + the White 2″ squares. Together they’ll create the upper right-hand corner of this quilt block.)
• Lt. Green: Cut ONE (1) 5 3/8″ square. (This is paired with the White 5 3/8″ square, which will create TWO (2) Half-Square Triangles, as needed to sew this quilt block together.)
• Green: Cut FIVE (5) 2 3/8″ squares. (These are paired with the White 2 3/8″ squares which will create TEN (10) Half-Square Triangles. You only need NINE (9) of these Half-Square Triangles for this quilt block.)
• Green: Cut ONE (1) 1 7/8″ square. On the back side of the squares draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (This is paired with ONE (1) end of the Green 1 7/8″ x 5 1/2″ rectangle, which will create ONE (1) Snowball Corner, as needed to sew this quilt block together.)
• Green: Cut ONE (1) 1 5/8″ x 5 1/2″ rectangle. (This is paired with the Green 1 7/8″ square, which will create ONE (1) Snowball Corner, as needed to sew this quilt block together.)
• Green: Cut ONE (1) 4 7/8″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You’ll end up with TWO (2) triangles. Only ONE (1) of these triangles is used in this quilt block. (This is the lower right-hand corner of this quilt block. It’s flanked by the results of the White 2 3/8″ squares. Then it’s paired with the Green 1 7/8″ x 5 1/2″ rectangle. All are needed to sew this quilt block together.)
• White: Cut FIVE (5) 2 3/8″ squares. On the back side of the squares draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (These are paired with the Green 2 3/8″ squares which will create TEN (10) Half-Square Triangles. You only need NINE (9) of these Half-Square Triangles for this quilt block.)
• White: Cut ONE (1) 2 3/8″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You’ll end up with TWO (2) triangles. (These will flank the results of the Green 4 7/8″ square. Then they’re paired with the White 2″ x 2 1/2″ rectangles as needed to sew this quilt block together.)
• White: Cut TWO (2) 2″ x 2 1/2″ rectangles. (These are paired with the results of the White
  2 3/8″ squares as needed to sew this quilt block together.)
• White: Cut FOUR (2) 2″ squares. (These are paired with the Green/White Half-Square Triangles as needed to sew this quilt block together.)
• White: Cut TWO (2) 2″ x 6 1/2″ rectangles. (These are the upper right-hand & the lower left-hand corners of this quilt block.)
• White: Cut ONE (1) 5 3/8″ square. On the back side of the squares draw a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. (These are paired with the Lt. Green 5 3/8″ squares, which will create TWO (2) Half-Square Triangles, as needed to sew this quilt block together.

Tree of Life Quilt Block Diagram

Tree of Life Quilt

If you sew TWELVE (12) “Tree of Life Quilt Blocks” you’ll end up with the quilt top pictured above. The size will be 36″ x 48″ finished, 36 1/2″ x 48 1/2″ unfinished.