Quilt Block: Yankee Puzzle Quilt Block Tutorial

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The Yankee Puzzle Quilt block is such a quick and easy quilt block to make and it looks great.

The block is made entirely of half-square triangles so as long as you can do those, you won’t have any problems with this one.

If you don’t know how to do this we do have a tutorial on how to make half-square triangles that you can see here

Watch the video tutorial below or scroll down for the written instructions

What You Need:

Finished Size	Fabric 1 (White)	Fabric 2 (Dark)	Fabric 3 (Floral)
6"	6 @ 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"	6 @ 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"	4 @ 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"
8"	6 @ 3" x 3"	6 @ 3" x 3"	4 @ 3" x 3"
10"	6 @ 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"	6 @ 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"	4 @ 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
12"	6 @ 4" x 4"	6 @ 4" x 4"	4 @ 4" x 4"

Tools Used in this Tutorial:

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Method:

Lay out the main fabric squares, right side facing up.
Lay 4 of the contrast 1 piece, right side facing down, on top of 4 of the main colored squares.
Lay 2 of the contrast 2 pieces, right side facing down, on top of 2 of the main colored squares.

Lay the remaining squares of contrast 1 & 2, on top of each other, right sides together.

Draw a line diagonally across each pair of squares.

Sew a ¼” seam on either side of the drawn line.

Slice across the diagonal line that you drew across each set of squares.

This will give you 2 half square triangles (hst”s).

Cut the rest of the squares in the same way. You will now have :

8 half square triangles in the main and contrast 1 color
4 hst’s in the main and contrast 2 color
4 hst’s in the two contrasting colors.
Press the seams to the dark side.

Trim all of the hst’s to following depending on your finished block size:

6″ block – trim to 2″
8″ block – trim to 2½”
10′ block -trim to 3″
12″ block – trim to 3½”.

If you need help with trimming your half-square triangles, here is a link to our video tutorial on how to do it. We also show you how in the video tutorial at the end of this post.