- Background (muslin)
- Dark (indigo)
Block No. 76 · nine-patch
Rolling Stone Quilt Block
Part of: Nine Patch Quilt BlocksQuilt Blocks For BeginnersTwo Color Quilt Blocks
Rolling Stone frames a dark center with split bars and four square-in-a-square corners. The background diamonds in the corners link into a secondary chain when blocks are set side by side.
Version note: Grid corrected from 3 to 6 to match the reference drawing's smallest patches.
- Level
- Confident Beginner
- Grid
- 6 × 6
- Pieces
- 29
Chart
Cutting for a 12" block
6 × 6 grid. All cuts fall on 1/8" ruler marks. Unfinished block: 12 1/2".
| Fabric | Shape | Cut | Size | Then | Pieces used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Background | Square | 4 | 4 1/2" square | Use as cut | 4 |
| Background | Rectangle | 4 | 2 1/2" × 4 1/2" | Use as cut | 4 |
| Dark | Square | 1 | 4 1/2" square | Use as cut | 1 |
| Dark | Rectangle | 4 | 2 1/2" × 4 1/2" | Use as cut | 4 |
| Dark | Corner square | 16 | 2 1/2" square | Stitch and flip; trim seam allowance to 1/4 inch | 16 |
Method
Piecing steps
Step 1: Make four corner units: stitch dark corner squares onto each corner of a background square and trim to 4 1/2".
Step 2: Sew a dark rectangle to a background rectangle along the long edge for each side unit. Make four, each 4 1/2" square.
Step 3: Lay out three rows with the dark side of every bar on the outer edge and the dark square in the center.
Step 4: Sew the rows, pressing toward the bars.
Step 5: Join the rows with a 1/4-inch seam allowance, matching each seam intersection. Press and check the unfinished block measures 12 1/2" square.