I have a couple quilts that go together really fast and easy but looks great. Unfortunately, I don't have a name for this block. Here are the instructions. I taught this quilt block to my quilt group and each lady had a quilt half or 3/4's done by the end of our 3 hour quilt meeting.
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1. Take 2 - 8 1/2" square fabrics (mine are 1- pink and 1-floral) and place Right Sides Together and measure down 2 inch on top right side and mark with a pencil or pin.
2. Now measure and mark 2 inches from the BOTTOM of the Left Side of the square and mark the end of the 2 inches with a pin or pencil. DO NOT SEW THESE 2 INCH AREAS. From the end of this 2 inch mark on the BOTTOM left side stitch UP to the corner and over to the corner on the right side of the block. Begin Sewing down from the end of your 2 inch space on the TOP Right side down to the corner then over to the LEFT side corner . So, now you will have a "sandwich" of one light and one dark fabric that are sewn together all around the edges EXCEPT FOR THE 2 INCHES ON TOP RIGHT SIDE AND THE 2 INCHES ON THE BOTTOM LEFT SIDE.
3. Press the blocks but DO NOT MOVE THEM OR switch positions of the square.
4. With your ruler and rotary cutter, cut the block diagnonally from the TOP LEFT CORNER to the BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. i(THE DIAGNAL CUT WILL BE ON THE CORNERS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE 2 INCH OPENINGS. DO NOT MOVE THE FABRIC! yOU NOW HAVE 2 TRIANGLE PIECES. DO NOT MOVE THEM YET!
5. Now, flip the RIGHT SIDE Triangle that you just cut OVER the top of the LEFT TRIANGLE. Don't turn it or your block won't work. Just flip it so the 2 corners with the 2 inch OPENINGS are now one on top of each other. You now have 4 layers of fabric.
6. Even up the corners and edges then with your ruler. Cut a 2 inch strip off from the LEFT SIDE of the triangle BUT DO NOT MOVE ANY OF THE PIECES, yet.
7. Now, Cut a 2 inch strip ofF the BOTTOM of the Triangle. Now you can move the pieces and press all of them.
7 a.) You will have 2 squares each with a light and dark square. Sew these together to form a 4 patch with light and dark opposite each other in the square. This 4 patch will be the center of the block.
b.) You will have 4 Pointed pieces with a dark and a light side. These will form the pointy "bars" " that go out diagonally from the 4 patch to the corners.
c.)You will have 2 small triangles - in my block one is pink, one is floral. These Triangle pieces will be sewn to the SIDE of each of the "Bars" You'll have a dark at one end and a light at the other end.
d.) On the 4 Patch you will sew the "Bar" pieces so the dark is against the light color in the 4 patch.
e.) Now you will sew the other 2 small light and dark triangles to the "Bar" piece same as you did in "C.)" above .
8. You now have 3 segments of your block. Sew the first segment with the small triangles to the center segment with the 4 Patch and then you will do the same with the last segment of your block.
9. You're done! It will take you about 10 minutes maximum per block once youve done the block. Look at the picture that I've attached and you will see how it goes together.
The other quilt is super EASY - It's called "Twist and Turn"
1. You will need a 6 1/2 inch background fabric (mine in the picture is blue) for each block
2. You will need 4 squares of focus fabric (my focus is white with red and blue stars) for each block
3. Instructions say to cut rectangles ANY SIZE YOU WANT THEM- THAT WILL BE YOUR CREATIVITY.
When I made mine, I used a 3 1/2 inch x 3 " rectangle and folded it to make Triangles. Put the triangles on the corners of each of your background fabric and top stitch in place.
4. That's it, you have a block. This one takes about 5 minutes to make. Check out the attached picture.[ATTACH=CONFIG]364362[/ATTACH]