A block fitting into a grid made up of two columns and two rows
Make this wonderfully geometric quilt with its strong diagonals to showcase well contrasting fabrics. Either stay with our colour scheme or find new combinations, e. g. black & white with an accent colour, scrap fabrics on either a dark or light background or large patterns versus small patterns.
The Hortus Conclusus quilt is a medallion style quilt with a traditional centre block motif called “The Castle Garden” surrounded by seven borders pieced from half-square triangles alternating with strip borders made up of fabric stripes of different widths..
A block unit which you can use to build up your own block designs... (17 April 2011)
The Slanting Triangles block is an easy block to sew. Although this block has surely been used by other quilters for decades, if not centuries, as a quilting greenhorn, Jutta believed that the block was her original design... (25 December 2010)
This easy block can be used for many purposes: sashings, borders, setting blocks etc. If set in a single block quilt, the pattern is also known as 'Broken Dishes'...
