Previous Block of the Month:
Yellow
Clover
Try your luck with this
four-leaf clover.
"Yellow Clover"
is a
block design first published by Nancy Cabot for the Chicago Tribune.
According to Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns,
Yellow Clover is one of hundreds of Cabot patterns sold by mail order during
the 1930s.
BLOCK SIZE: 10 1/2" square
MATERIALS
- Dark print at
least 5" x 10"
- Medium print at
least 10" square
- Light print at
least 16" square or one fat quarter
CUTTING
Dimensions
include a 1/4" seam allowance
- Cut 2: 5" squares,
dark print
- Cut 3: 5" squares,
medium print
- Cut 5: 5" squares,
light print
- Cut 4: 3 3/8"
squares, light print, then cut them in quarters diagonally to yield 16
side triangles
- Cut 7: 2" squares,
light, then cut 2 of them in half diagonally to yield 4 corner triangles
DIRECTIONS
- Draw diagonal lines from corner to corner on
the wrong side of each 5" light print square. Draw horizontal and
vertical lines through the centers.
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- Place a marked square on a 5" dark print
square, right sides together. Sew 1/4" away from the diagonal lines
on both sides. Make 2 using the dark squares and 3 using the medium
ones.
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- Cut the squares on the drawn lines to yield
16 dark pieced squares and 24 medium pieced squares. Press the seam
allowances open. Trim each pieced square to 2".
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- Lay out one medium and 3 dark pieced squares.
Sew them into pairs and join the pairs to make a square unit. Make
4. Press the seam allowances open.
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- Sew a 2" light print square to a dark pieced
square to make a rectangle unit. Make 4. Press the seam allowances
open.
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- Lay out the square units, rectangle units,
and the remaining 2" light print square. Sew them into rows and join
the rows to complete the block center. Press the seam allowances in
the direction indicated by the arrows. Set it aside.
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- Lay out 3 medium pieced squares and 2 side
triangles. Join them to make a pieced strip, as shown. Make 4. Press
the seam allowances open.
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- Lay out one medium pieced square and 2 side
triangles. Join them to make a pieced strip. Make 4. Press the seam
allowances open.
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- Sew a corner triangles to a pieced strip to
make a corner unit, as shown. Make 4. Press the seam allowances
toward the corner triangles.
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- Sew a corner unit to a pieced strip to make a
large triangle. Make 4. Press the seam allowances toward the corner.
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- Sew 2 large triangles to opposite sides of
the block center. Press the seam allowances toward the corners. Sew
the remaining large triangles to the remaining sides and press to
complete the block.
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There are no full-size pattern pieces for the Yellow
Clover block.
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the Month.
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