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Quilter's
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Box Quilt
A Great block any way you look at
it!
This versatile design was originally published in the
popular Nancy Page quilt column between the years of 1925 and 1940. Designer
Florence La Grand called the block Box Quilt. Our sample was stitched be
Joanne S. Nolt of Windham, PA.
Block Size: 12” square
Materials
- 12" square of ecrue
- 8" x 12" rectangle each of navy
and burgundy
- 6" x 10" rectangle each of medium
blue and pink
Cutting
Pattern pieces are full size and include a 1/4"
seam allowance, as do all dimensions given.
- Cut 2: A, navy
- Cut 2: B, navy
- Cut 2: A, burgundy
- Cut 2: B, burgundy
- Cut 2: B, medium blue
- Cut 2: BR, medium blue
- Cut 2: B, pink
- Cut 2: BR, pink
- Cut 4: 3 1/2" squares, ecrue
- Cut 4: C, ecru
Piecing
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Stitch a medium blue B and a medium
blue BR to adjacent sides of a 3 1/2" ecru square, stitching from the even
edge to 1/4" from the opposite edge.
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To stitch the short diagonal seam
between B and BR, fold your pieced unit in half diagonally, right sides
together. Align B and BR, and stitch from the ecru square to the outside
edge.
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Stitch a navy B to the pieced unit,
as shown, opposite the medium blue B.
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Stitch a navy A to the remaining
side as shown in the diagram.
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Make 2 Boxes using the medium blue
and navy. Make 2 boxes using burgundy and pink.
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Lay out the 4 boxes in pairs,
alternating colors. Refer to the photo for placement. When joining the boxes
in pairs, stitch from the center of the layout outward as shown.
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Join the pairs, stitching from seam
allowance to seam allowance, and matching the center seam.
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Set in each C by stitching from the
point to the outer edge. Backstitch at the point as shown. Stop stitching
1/4" from the outside edge.
For full size pattern pieces
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