Rolling Stones Scrappy 12 Block Quilt Template printable pdf download

To create a scrappy 12 block quilt with a 3 ½” border

you will need: (42” x 54”)

Rolling Stones

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Twelve (12) 4 ½” x 4 ½” squares Fabric A for

center squares = ¼ yard

Materials Needed for one (1) 12 ½” block:

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Twelve (12) 4 ½” x 18” strip Fabric B = ¾ yd.

Print Fabric A:

Background Fabric:

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1 ¼ yards background fabric

One (1) 4 ½” x 4 ½” square (center of block)

Sixteen (16) 2 ½” x 2 ½” squares

2/3 yard border fabric (border will be

Print Fabric B:

One (1) 2 ½” x 18” strip

pieced)

One (1) 2 ½” x 18” strip

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½ yard binding fabric

Four (4) 4 ½” x 4 ½” squares (corners)

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Batting Cut to Size

DIRECTIONS:

Sew the 2 ½” x 18” strips of print and background fabric together along the long edge. Press seam to dark fabric. (Fig 1)

Cut sewn strips into four (4) 4 ½” x 4 ½” squares. (Fig 2)

FIGURE 1

FIGURE 2

Draw a diagonal line with a pencil on the wrong side of each of the sixteen (16) 2 ½” background squares. (Fig 3)

To create a “Square in a Square” patch: Place a 2 ½” background square (right sides together) on the corner of a 4 ½” print square as

pictured. Stitch on the pencil line and trim ¼” on from the pencil line leaving a ¼” seam allowance. Open and press toward background

fabric triangle. (Fig 4)

FIGURE 4

FIGURE 3

Place another 2 ½” background square on the opposite corner of the square and repeat Step 4. Repeat the process on the other two

corners. Press all seams toward the background (corner triangles) fabric creating one “Square in a Square patch”. (Fig 5)

FIGURE 5

Create three more “Square in a Square” patches using the same instructions in Steps 4-5. (Fig 6)

Lay out your patches as pictured creating the “Rolling Stones” block. Sew the patches together in rows first using a ¼” seam. Then sew

the rows together. Press seams in center row toward outside of block and the seams in Rows 1 & 3 toward the inside of the block. (Fig 7)

FIGURE 6

FIGURE 7

Rolling Stones Scrappy 12 Block Quilt Template