Temperance Tree Quilt Block

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

• Forest Green: Cut TWO (2) 2 1/2″ squares. (ONE (1) of these is the upper left-hand corner of this quilt block. Both of them are flanked by the results of the White 2 7/8″ squares as needed for this quilt block.)
• Green: Cut NINE (9) 2 7/8″ squares. (These are paired with the White 2 7/8″ squares, which will create EIGHTEEN (18) Half-Square Triangles, as needed for this quilt block.)
• 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 Green 3 3/8 x 4 3/4″ rectangle which will create ONE (1) Snowball Corner. It’ll also be the lower right-hand corner of this quilt block.)
• Green: Cut ONE (1) 3 3/8 x 4 3/4″ rectangle. (This is paired with the Green 3 3/8″ square which will create ONE (1) Snowball Corner. It’s also flanked by the results of the White 7 1/4″ square as needed for this quilt block.)
• Green: Cut ONE (1) 6 7/8″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. You’ll end up with TWO (2) triangles. You only need ONE (1) of these triangles for this quilt block. (This is flanked on TWO (2) sides by the results of the White 2 7/8″ squares. It’s also flanked on the other TWO (2) sides by the results of the White 7 1/4″ square & the Green
  3 3/8 x 4 3/4″ rectangle. As needed for this quilt block.)
• White: Cut NINE 2 7/8″ 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 7/8″ squares, which will create EIGHTEEN (18) Half-Square Triangles, as needed for this quilt block.)
• White: Cut ONE (1) 7 1/4″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. You’ll end up with FOUR (4) triangles. You only need TWO (2) of these triangles for this quilt block. (These will flank the Green 3 3/8 x 4 3/4″ rectangle as needed for this quilt block.)

Temperance Tree Quilt Block Diagram

Temperance Tree Quilt

If you make TWELVE (12) “Temperance Tree 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.