Drafting for the Creative Quilter

58 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER

Dutch Rose Block

This block is pieced from five

shapes: two triangles, one diamond,

one square, and one parallelogram.

TO DRAFT A 6 ̋ (FINISHED) BLOCK:

1. Draft a 6 ̋ LeMoyne Star (page 54); do not erase any
   lines. Connect A to B across the corners.


2. Where the horizontal and vertical lines meet the
   block edge, label those 1, 3, 5, and 7.


3. Where the diagonal line going toward the corner
   intersects with the AB diagonal across the corner, label
   those intersections 2, 4, 6, and 8.


4. Align your ruler edge with 1 and 3. To minimize
   lines, look at the block diagram to see where to stop
   the lines when they meet the diamond edge from both
   sides of the block. Use your red pencil to connect 1 to


5. Continue almost connecting 3 to 5, 5 to 7, and 7 to 1.
   This creates the small triangles at the edge and one side
   of two diamonds.


6. Align your ruler edge with 2 and 4. Use your red
   pencil to connect the points, stopping the line at the
   diamond edge. Repeat for 4 to 6, 6 to 8, and 8 to 2. This
   creates the 4 small corner squares.


7. To create the 4 squares on-point (these are the same
   size as the corner squares), align your ruler edge with 2
   and 4 again. Mark dots where the ruler edge intersects
   the 3-7 line. Repeat for 4 to 6 (the 5-1 line), 6 to 8 (the
   7-3 line), and 8 to 2 (the 1-5 line). With your blue pencil,
   lightly connect the marks to create a larger single square
   on-point. This creates the 2 outside edges of the 4 small
   on-point squares.
   7. To complete the remaining 2 edges of the 4 squares
   and one edge of the center diamonds, align your ruler
   edge diagonally with 2 corners of the small red squares.
   With your blue pencil, draw a line from the large on-
   point square to the vertical 1-5 line. Draw a similar line
   from the large on-point square to the horizontal 7-3 line;
   make 4.
   8. To create the parallelogram, align your ruler with
   the corners of 2 opposite on-point squares. With your
   orange pencil, draw a line from the triangle point to the
   diagonal line, running from corner to corner from both
   edges. Repeat 4 times to make 8 parallelograms.

B

B

B

B

A

A

A

A

7

5

1

2

6 4

8

3

Draft a LeMoyne Star. Label the vertical, horizontal, and

diagonal lines. Use different colors to connect the points.

9. Erase all unnecessary lines, leaving only seamlines.