I feel we all probably need something to sew, something to keep our minds and fingers occupied while locked down, in a high tier or whatever, wherever, we happen to be at the moment. To which end I have dug out the worksheets for the Puzzle Quilt class I should have been teaching at The Corner Patch during 2020-21 as a Block of the Month. I am putting this on my Meadowside Designs blog as well as I think it has a different following to this one – so apologies to those of you who do follow both!
A Puzzle Quilt is like a sampler (and/or a BoM) in that I give you a block pattern each month (or suitable intervals), but for a puzzle quilt you make each block twice (or more if you wish) and re-arrange the colours so the two blocks look completely different – the ‘puzzle’ being to find the pairs of blocks once they are in the quilt. Clear as mud!
Before we start with the first block you can decide on your colours and download a needs list. The shops may be shut but you can still order online from most places- and many of them have sales on at the moment. The quilt also lends itself to being scrappy – it makes it even more of a puzzle if you have used different fabrics for each block as well. I used blues and yellows in my quilt as you can see, but I used lots of different ones.
If you make all eight blocks twice with sashing and a wide border the quilt will finish at about 70 inches square so will sit on top of a double bed quite comfortably. It is designed to be constructed quilt-as-you-go if that is is your preferred method, or you can put it all together and then quilt it – your quilt, your rules!
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