Anyone know how to make this block?
 

I've seen this block before and was wondering if anyone could identify it or how to make it? I can see how to do it with strips, but I want to make it with charm squares (where both pink pieces would be from the same square). I also did a Paint mockup of the pattern when 4 blocks are put together. Ignore the mismatched points :) Without a lot of waste, I'm not sure what to do... Thanks!

Thats a hard one. I am interested int he answers also. For me HST would be the way to start but then I get lost. Good luck, I am sure someone knows how.

Exactly my thoughts! And since it's a charm square, it adds to the difficulty

it looks a little like Turning Twenty

This looks more like a paper piecing project to me, just not as complicated since it has 4 parts. It would also help remove the bias concerns when cutting triangles.

But there was one method that I saw, actually there is a book about it. Where you take a stack of the number of fabrics you want to have. Place them one on top of the other, then take the paper pattern, place it on top, cut thru all the fabrics at one time. The only problem would be if you want a single color in the same area on all the blocks.

Isn't a Turning Twenty all squares/rectangles?

Do you know the book name? Interesting idea, makes perfect sense (other than the same color in the center issue, which I can be flexible). I love stack and slash. Thank you!

What if you do this....start out making a HST but only sew 1 seam 1/4" away from the center diagonal line. Trim seam to 1/4". You now have 1 HST, 1 pink triangle and 1 green triangle. Take the pink triangle and sew it to the green side of the HST, like you'd do when making flying geese. Trim off waste triangles. You'd still have a diagonal strip of the pink and a green triangle but perhaps they can be incorporated somewhere else. ???

I suspect one of our seasoned quilters will share an easier, less wasteful method, but this is off the top of my head.
Karen

The book is "Stack The Deck: Crazy Quilts in 4 Easy Steps" by Karla Alexander. In the book she primarily uses it as background but I can see how you can use it for your pattern also.

You would want to test the method on scrap fabric to make sure it sews together the size you want.

hmm, don't know if it can be done. If just using a charm pack (5" square), you would end up with 2 HST's at 4.5", with not much waste. So to repeat with fabric on the outer portion, you would have to destroy one of the HST's.

I am doing a Thimbleberries BOM and that is one of the blocks we made for the boarder and will be laying it out in a zig-zag style.

Strip Tube technique would be your easiest way.

If doing it with charm squares, using your pink/green example ... sew a green and pink together to make 2 HSTs. Then on the green side, sew a piece of the pink on, in snowball fashion. You could probably get four of those corner pieces from one charm square.

Why couldn't you just cut the corner off, sew a strip on, then sew the cut off corner on, then square it up. There would be some waste, but not that much.

There is also a book from Anita Grossman (I forget her married name) where she demonstrates cutting a block very much like the one you showed. I think the complete title is Rotatry Cutting Revolution. I have it at home - borrowed from the library - but am going to put it on my Christmas list. Interesting book.

blocks are neat.

The center strips you would cut out of each of the charm squares can be used in another block. (I have shown this in the 3 sets of blocks to left of the original block.) They will be a bit narrower, but very usuable.
You could also add scraps to those secondary blocks if you wish to spice up the centers a bit, or rotate them to the outside corners.

I will add the templates for these blocks. Edited*** These will all finish at 4"

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The pattern formed on the left is on Missouri Star Quilts tutorials for FREE -

It also looks kinda like the Tube block. Try looking for a tutorial. It is a neat way to do these kinds of blocks.

Here are the templates for each of the blocks mentioned above

That's another thought I had. The lack of exactness was making me a little nervous :)

Pattern on the left of what? Do you mean your avatar? Or in Amma's post? Or my original one? Sorry, got lost

Thank you!

Oh oh oh!! That's genius. I never thought of it as a snowball block. Thank you!

*blush* Thank you ... though I'd still opt for the tube technique ... faster, easier, and more accurate results!

You are very welcome :) :) :)

I think paper piecing would be the easiest and most accurate.

Here is a "math teacher" suggestion for using your requirement of the charm square aspect: sew two charm squares together on the diagonal a la HST-style; press to set the seam and trim leaving a 1/4" seam allowance. Next, draw a line where you want the parallel seam. Now, using the desired "trim triangle", position it along that line, right sides together, so that when stitched it will complete the square.
Note: the "trim triangle" will be a bit larger than needed so you could be "approximate" in placing it, if you are willing to square up the piece after adding that triangle. There should be a minimum of trim waste and the second "trim triangle" can be saved to be used in another project. Actually, all of the "extra" triangles could be sewn together to make HSTs.

It looks to me like the four quares are half square triangles with a snowball in one corner. Then the four squares are sewn together. Appears to be pretty simple. Cute idea.

I saw a video on this block..and now I can not find it. They used 2 -- 2.5 inch strips and 1 -- 1.5 inch strip. Sewed the entire length together, then did the traingle cuts on the strips. She showed where you can put the 1.5 inch strip at the end or the middle and how each way looked. I thought I saved the tute... nope.. one of my brain fart moments I guess.

I think it might look like one of Rhonda's cut down methods. The ones I've tried go pretty good, maybe a little more waste then some other ways, but pretty easy when you get the hang of it.

See this Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/missouriquilt.../3/vOWSp0mTTqE

its a tube square one side strips and the other side is wider solid/or print.

Bearisgray's method
 

If I was doing this with 5-inch charm squares - assuming that they were cut "perfectly" - this is what I would do:

Cut as indicated in the drawings.

Theoretically, the unit should be 4-5/8 inches after the three pieces are sewn together. (Finished size - theoretically, should be 4-1/8 inches.

When sewing the two smaller pieces together, there will be "dog ears" when they are put together.

After sewing the three pieces together, I would trim the unit to 4-1/2 inches.

I don't have major problems sewing bias edges together - and I think the unit presses up very nicely when cut this way.

There will be some left-over pieces that can be used for other projects doing it this way.

Couldn't you just stack your charm squares {or any size squares you want] and make the 2 cuts, then re-arrange the colors in the stack, and sew them back together?

This is how the three pieces would go together - one needs to allow for seam allowances

That looks like a block I seen on you tube and I think they call it tube quilting. You sew the strips together and then cut them. Go to you tube and type in "tube quilting".

Sure, easy. make a paper template to figure your measurements. " 6" square. make a line corner to corner, on the side (corner) measure the side "6" and mark a dot at the half 3" measurement. draw a line diagonally thru to the other side and that is your pattern. Add 1/4" to each piece and you have your measurement for each piece. I do strips and then cut the pieces I need. Be sure your outside measurements are on the straight of grain to prevent stretching. Easy pattern!

She said she wanted to do it with charm squares.

Tricia Cribbs has written multiple Turning Twenty books. I just ordered the new one; Stained Glass Turning Twenty quilts last night from Connecting Threads for only $10 and some change. I love this new pattern of hers.
She's made circular patterns, rectangular patterns and strip type patterns. Love her books and find them easy to follow.