Five and Seven Patch Quilt Blocks

Blocks drawn on a five-by-five or seven-by-seven grid

19 blocks

Bear's Paw

Five and Seven Patchintermediate

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.

Alaska Homestead

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

Four large half-square triangle units in the corners with their inner halves framing a centre cross of five squares, the edge and centre squares in one fabric and the squares between them in another.

Cain and Abel

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

Squares and eight half-square triangles: triangles in the outer corners point inwards while the triangles around the centre nine-patch point outwards, with a plus of squares through the middle.

Crown of Thorns

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

Each corner is four half-square triangles all angled towards the centre; the inner triangles and the squares beside the centre make a ring around a light centre square.

Double Wrench

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

A five-patch drafting of the churn-dash idea: large half-square triangle units in the corners, a two-square bar at the middle of each side with the dark square towards the centre, and a light centre square.

Duck and Ducklings

Five and Seven Patchintermediate

Each corner is a birds-in-the-air unit: a large triangle pointing out to the corner with one small triangle following it, around a background cross and a small centre square.

English Wedding Ring

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

Corners of four half-square triangles angled towards the centre, with accent squares at the middle of each edge and in the centre separated by light squares.

Farmer's Daughter

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

A five-patch of squares and half-square triangles: the outer triangle halves join the edge squares into four arrow shapes that point at the corners, around a centre nine-patch with a contrasting plus.

Fool's Square

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

A Sister's Choice-style star whose corner squares are half-square triangles, with dark triangles at the four outer corners echoing the dark centre square.

Georgia

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

Mostly squares, with one half-square triangle in each corner of the centre nine-patch; the dark triangles and edge squares form a ring around a light plus and a centre square.

Grandmother's Choice

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

An uneven nine-patch on a five-patch grid: each corner is a large triangle unit whose outer half is a small square flanked by two small triangles, set around a cross of bars with a square at the centre.

Hens and Chickens

Five and Seven Patchintermediate

Laid out like Bear's Paw, but the small triangles sit with their long sides against the outer edge and share the corner-square fabric, so each large square is trimmed with a sawtooth of chickens.

Irish Chain (Single)

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

A five-by-five checkerboard; set beside plain blocks, its dark squares join into diagonal chains.

Lady of the Lake

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

A large half-square triangle framed by sixteen small half-square triangles that all face the same way, light above the diagonal and dark below it in the centre, with the small units reversed.

Miller's Daughter

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

Eight triangle points around a checkerboard nine-patch centre, with background squares at the corners and at the middle of each edge.

Mrs. Keller's Nine Patch

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

A centre nine-patch framed by corners of three half-square triangles angled towards the middle, with accent squares at the middle of each edge.

Prickly Pear

Five and Seven Patchintermediate

A seven-patch with a sawtooth border of twenty half-square triangles and plain corner squares, enclosing a five-patch centre where eight triangles and five squares make an on-point star around a cross of accent squares. The sawtooth runs one way round, so the block has turning symmetry but no mirror.

Queen Charlotte's Crown

Five and Seven Patchintermediate

A diagonal five-patch: large half-square triangles fill two opposite corners, and the other two corners are squares with pairs of small triangle points on each side, around a stepped block of centre squares.

Sister's Choice

Five and Seven Patchbeginner

A five-patch star built from squares and half-square triangles: a centre nine-patch with a light plus and dark centre, ringed by eight triangle points that run out towards the light corner squares, with a dark square at the middle of each side.