Bear's Paw
Four paws, each a large square with two half-square-triangle claws along each of its two outer sides and a small background square in the outer corner, separated by sashing strips around a centre square.
Birds in the Air
Half the block is one large triangle; the other half is a stair-step of six small triangles, all pointing the same way like a flock in flight.
Bow Tie
Two tie squares on one diagonal and two background squares whose centre corners are stitched-and-flipped in the tie fabric, so a small square knot forms where they meet.
Buckeye Beauty
Chevron Log Cabin
Logs added on two sides of a corner square, each round a single fabric, so the block shows nested L-shaped chevrons alternating dark and light.
Diamond Cross
Bold center diamond framed by contrasting corners.
Diamond in a Square
Double Four Patch
A large four-patch whose top-left and bottom-right quarters are small four-patches and whose other two quarters are plain squares, so the small checks run corner to corner.
Economy Block
An upright centre square framed by two rounds of triangles: the first round turns it on point, the second squares it up again, so the three squares nest at alternating angles.
Flying Geese Row
Four flying geese flying nose to tail along a row: each is a large goose triangle between two small sky triangles, and each goose's point touches the base of the next.
Four Patch
Four equal squares in two rows, light and dark alternating so each colour sits on one diagonal.
Friendship Star
Grandmother's Fan
Half Log Cabin
A log cabin built out from a corner square instead of a centre, adding logs on only two sides; the logs on one side are light and the logs on the other are dark.
Half Square Triangle
One square cut corner to corner into a dark and a light triangle; the unit many pieced blocks are built from.
Nine Patch
Nine equal squares in three rows, alternating dark and light so the dark squares sit in the corners and the centre.
Pinwheel
Four half-square triangles turned so their seams run from the corners to the centre and the dark halves spin around the middle like the sails of a toy pinwheel.
Pinwheel Breeze
Spinning half-square triangles in an 8″ block.
Rail Fence
A square cut from a strip set of four equal rails; turning alternate blocks a quarter turn in the quilt makes the zigzag fence.
Rail Fence Trio
Roman Stripe
A square split on the diagonal: one half is a plain triangle and the other is pieced from narrow stripes running parallel to the diagonal.
Shoofly
Snowball
A large square with a triangle cut from each corner, each triangle one third of the side, so the square reads as an octagon; set side by side the corners meet as small diamonds.
Split Nine Patch
A nine patch split corner to corner: three half-square triangles run along one diagonal, with light squares on one side and dark squares on the other.
Square in a Square
A square set on point, its corners touching the middle of each side, with four half-square triangles filling the corners.
