LUDLOW QUILT AND SEW
Cross Crown Quilt Block
How to make the cross and crown
patchwork quilt block
When I was asked for ideas for a Scottish themed quilt, one of the blocks that came to mind was the Cross and Crown quilt block.
This is another of those deceptively simple patchwork quilt blocks that can be quite a feature of your quilt.The crown pattern is the same in each quarter, just angled differently, and the cross is just quilt sashing.
To make one Cross and Crown patchwork quilt block as shown, you will need:
Yellow fabric White fabric
2 squares of 4.1/2" 2 squares of 4.1/2"
4 squares of 2.3/4" 4 rectangles 4" by 2.1/2"
2 strips 2.1/4" by 6.1/2" 4 squares of 2.1/2"
2 strips 2.1/4" by 13.1/4" 4 squares of 2.3/4"
To save time, I cut a 4.1/2" strip across the width of the fabric and then cut the shapes from that strip.
Take a 4.1/2" square of each fabric and place with right sides together. With a pencil mark a line along the diagonal and sew a seam 1/4" to either side of the pencil line. Cut along the pencil line and you should have 2 squares made of a triangle of each fabric. 
Repeat the process with the other 4.1/2" squares and with the smaller 2.3/4" squares. You should now have 4 large squares and 8 smaller squares, all made up of a triangle of each fabric.
For each quarter of the cross and crown quilt block you will need 1 large patchwork square, 2 small patchwork squares, 1 white 2.1/2" square and 1 white rectangle. Sew the rectangle to one of the small patchwork squares as shown and the white square to the other small patchwork square. Check the photo to make sure that you are sewing the correct side of the patchwork square - it's very easy to sew the wrong seam: I know, because I have done it many times!
Sew the 2 small squares to the top of the large square and then sew the rectangle and square to the left side of the large patchwork square. Again, check carefully that you are sewing to the correct side of the square each time.
Repeat the process 3 times to make the remaining quarters of the patchwork quilt block.Sew the 6" rectangle of yellow fabric (right sides together) to the left of one block and then to the right of a second block, angling the crowns as shown.
Repeat with the other 2 crown blocks and then sew the 13.1/4" strip of yellow fabric to the bottom of the 1st 2 blocks and the top of the 2nd pair of blocks as shown.This is a really simple patchwork quilt block to make, but quite striking!
I used the crown part of this quilt block in the Scottish themed quilt.
Click on Scottish quilt for more information.
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