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Pine Burr quilt block

Four long points of small triangles reach from a dark center to the corners, like the scales of a pine cone.

FamilyFour-patch
Grid24 × 24
Shapes3
Pieces48

What to cut for one block

A 12″ finished block measures 12½″ before it’s sewn into a quilt. Each fabric’s yardage is the least that cuts its strips across the width of fabric, with a strip to spare for straightening.

Background · Snow in the picture

8 triangles

  • A8 rectangles 6⅝″ × 3⅝″then cut with template A
⅜ yd

Dark · Navy in the picture

12 triangles and 4 center quarters

  • C2 squares 3⅞″cut once on the diagonal
  • B12 squares 2⅝″then cut with template B
⅜ yd

Medium · Denim in the picture

24 triangles

  • B24 squares 2⅝″then cut with template B
¼ yd

Templates. Pieces marked “cut with template” aren’t a shape a straight ruler cuts: cut the size given, then trim it to the template’s shape. Quarter Inch prints Pine Burr’s templates at true size with Quilter.

Worked out by @quarterinch/cutting · ¼″ seams included · strips cut across 42″ of usable width · the letters are the pieces the sewing steps name

How it’s sewn

For the 12″ block. Choose another size above and these steps follow it.

  1. Add 8 corner triangles

    Sew the Dark B triangle across the corner, along its long edge, and press toward the triangle.

  2. Add 8 corner triangles

    Sew the Medium B triangle across the corner, along its long edge, and press toward the triangle.

  3. Add 4 corner triangles

    Sew the Dark B triangle across the corner, along its long edge, and press toward the triangle.

  4. Add 4 corner triangles

    Sew the Medium B triangle across the corner, along its long edge, and press toward the triangle.

  5. Add 4 corner triangles

    Sew the Dark C triangle across the corner, along its long edge, and press toward the triangle.

  6. Make 4 sections

    Sew the two parts together along the diagonal seam. Press the seam to one side.

  7. Add 4 corner triangles

    Sew the Medium B triangle across the corner, along its long edge, and press toward the triangle.

  8. Add 4 corner triangles

    Sew the Background A triangle across the corner, along its long edge, and press toward the triangle.

  9. Add 4 corner triangles

    Sew the Background A triangle across the corner, along its long edge, and press toward the triangle. Each measures 6½″ (6″ finished).

  10. Sew the units into 2 rows

    Lay out the units as in the picture and sew them into 2 rows. Press the seams in row 1 to the left, row 2 to the right, and so on, so they nest when the rows are joined.

  11. Join the rows

    Join the 2 rows, matching and nesting the seams where they meet. Press the long seams open or to one side. The block measures 12½″ (12″ finished).

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Questions

Short answers.

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What size should I make it?

Its 24 × 24 grid lands on the ⅛″ marks at 6″, 9″ and 12″, so every piece measures with a ruler at all three. It also cuts cleanly at 15″ and 18″. In Quarter Inch you can make it any size, and it says when a cut falls between the lines.

Can I paper piece it?

Yes. It splits into 16 sections (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O and P), each sewn on its own paper in order and then joined with straight seams. In Quarter Inch, the Foundations tab prints its papers at true size (with Quilter).

Is it a good block for a beginner?

It’s an intermediate block: 48 pieces in 3 different shapes and 32 points to match. Take it slowly and pin the points. We work the level out from the block’s own geometry, never by eye.

Design with Pine Burr, free

Open it in Quarter Inch at any size, in a layout of your own and in your own colors.

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