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Easiest Quilt Block You've Ever Made?
My quilting group is having its fall retreat and wants everyone to submit the easiest quilt block they know. Mine would be the 10 minute block, or a simple 4 patch. What would yours be?
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5 minute block is easier
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4 patch is quickier and easier but ive tried the 5 min block and it was fun once i got the concept of it.
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Anything I can strip piece and slice again! Rail fence, warm wishes, etc. :)
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I guess I would have to say the snowball block. Even though there are a few extra steps, I find it quite easy to do!
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A nice piece of fabric cut into the desired shape. (one piece block)
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Disappearing 9-patch.
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10 minute block for me....so fast and easy....and so simple to make it personal for recipient.
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
(Post 5427533)
A nice piece of fabric cut into the desired shape. (one piece block)
Exactly what I was thinking! ..... |
Rail fence was the easiest I ever made.
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Now you know you will have to bring a solid piece/block of fabric for the easiest block as a gag. I think the easiest block I enjoy the most is the Snowball block.
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What's the difference between the 5-minute block and the 10-minute block?
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rail fence hands down
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Originally Posted by mucky
(Post 5427416)
5 minute block is easier
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Originally Posted by LenaBeena
(Post 5427412)
My quilting group is having its fall retreat and wants everyone to submit the easiest quilt block they know. Mine would be the 10 minute block, or a simple 4 patch. What would yours be?
Turning Twenty----------easy to sew, easy to trim |
Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn
(Post 5427523)
I guess I would have to say the snowball block. Even though there are a few extra steps, I find it quite easy to do!
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Originally Posted by quiltsRfun
(Post 5427731)
What's the difference between the 5-minute block and the 10-minute block?
Sorry about that! I need more coffee |
I have made the snowball block, disappearing 9 patch, 10 minute block, and a turning twenty quilt, but my favorite easiest is the rail fence.
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I've done both 10 minute block and rail fence -- think 10 minute block is easier/faster. Enjoy your retreat.
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What is the 10-minute block?
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To be honest for me it is hand pieced drunkard's path.
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Floating stars is simple and different...
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I believe the 10 minute block that they are referring to is the one that has the 4 patch background with a the 3D block in the center. It resembles the Bow Tie block and may also be under the name easy Bow Tie or Faux Bow Tie block. The person who came out with a book and a You tube video on making the 5 minute block is same person the did the 10 minute block. The 5 minute block is the same one that Ricky Tims demonstrates as the easy Flying Geese block. OR it could be another block...that is the trouble when people use a name that is already taken or rename a technique.
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My favorite is one I call a wonky crazy or log cabin. Start with a five sided shape and then add strips or chunks of fabric around it. Can be used in so many ways and is a real stash buster!
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Originally Posted by QuiltE
(Post 5427614)
Exactly what I was thinking! .....
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Rail fence, hands down. No seams to match.
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I like rail fence, too.
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four patch from a charm pack....
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I concur one of the easiest is the Rail Fence. No seam to line up!
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Double Slice Layer Cake (Missouri Quilt Company)
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Log cabin blocks.
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I guess a 4 patch but I don't think about what is easy just what I like.
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I still would like to know what a 5 minute block and what a 10 minute block look like. Could someone post a picture?
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Originally Posted by maviskw
(Post 5430582)
I still would like to know what a 5 minute block and what a 10 minute block look like. Could someone post a picture?
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The 5 minute block (it is the subject of a thread in, I think, the Tutorial section here) is similar to the one-seam flying geese block (google it) except that you can do it with three rectangles of the same size, it it so easy and it can be turned into a ten minute block by sewing two together. It is one of my favorite easy blocks, along with anything I can do with paper piecing, the only way I can guarantee that points line up and don't get lost in the seam allowance, etc.
Originally Posted by newBe
(Post 5430654)
Ditto, my fellow quilter!
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Drunkard's Path using the Curvemaster foot. Less than a minute per block.
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Originally Posted by kacie
(Post 5430881)
Drunkard's Path using the Curvemaster foot. Less than a minute per block.
Could you please tell us more about the curvemaster foot, how it works, price, where to buy, how to use and maybe a photo? Thanks |
You Tube has both the 5 and 10 minute blocks shown and explained. You can also buy the books.
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I think the 9 patch is pretty easy, but then I guess you'd have to say the rail fence is easier because it comes from that.
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Originally Posted by LenaBeena
(Post 5427412)
My quilting group is having its fall retreat and wants everyone to submit the easiest quilt block they know. Mine would be the 10 minute block, or a simple 4 patch. What would yours be?
Big border block. I can cut and sew 20 9"x16" blocks in about 3 hours or less. |
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