exploding block video
 

I thought this was awesome and wanted to share the link,hope you like it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHV-x4e500s

That is so cool..... I will have to try this.

me too,let me know how it works for you

I loved it! Really neat and quick

quite interesting.... easier than a square in a square in a square

Cool - but for perfectionists - the corners are lost with this technique. Wouldn't bother me ! Especially for baby quilts.

oh, thanks.... i didn't realize that the corners are lost.... not for me, then.

wow....got to try that!!!

Exploding Block
 

Yes, It's quick and easy and you do lose the points but great for charity quilts. The edges of the squares are also on the bias so need to be handled carefully and you may need to square them up a little. Not for perfectionists!

Here are a couple I've made.

Doris in the U.K.

nice! interesting when we want to do scrappy and want to sew without to much thinking... I bet it is relaxing. Thank you so much for sharing

Loved it and thanks for sharingit.
Pat

This is great. I saw the tutorial last week and since I need many potholders for a Church Bazaar I thought I'd give this pattern a try. Depending on the size of my center block, I added one or two more squares. Then strips of fabric all around. I felt the strips stabilized the bias edges and when finished the potholder actually looks like I had used bias
I wish I could download pictures. Maybe my grandson will do it for me on Easter

Doris in the U.K. , today I made a 9 block little quilt for a newborn. It did not take long as the top was done in
2.5 hours. I did use spray sizing before opening/pressing the triangles, kept them under control but did square them up. I like how it softens the squares aka points cut off.
Love your scrappy ones and will keep them in mind for my give a way, a good stash buster.

I have made a couple of quilts using this method, before I saw Jennies video.However, I started with the 4", then the 5" was on top of that, next was 7 or 71/2 can't remember, then a 9" block. When done this way the finished blocks
really go together beautifully and makes a lovely quit. If you use more additions than Jennie did, would not recommend starting wit a center or first block larger than 4". I first used a 6" block using my method and when it finished out the completed block was an 18" square. This is a quick and easy quilt to do.

Nan, when the entire block is finished you really don't notice the corners being gone that much. I too have problems with my corners and points meeting, but when I did this block and made a quilt using it, the quilt was so pretty and looked great. When I used my method an ended up with a 12" finished block, there was another pattern showing in the quilt. I think if you try it, you will really like it.

I think that when you are done it looks like the corners are supposed to be gone--as if you have rounded them off. It does look "neat".