Economy Block
Also known as: Economy, Square in a Square in a Square
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.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Grid Type
- square-in-square
- Piece Count
- 9
- Tags
- square-in-squarebeginnertraditional
- Also appears in
- Square in a Square
Construction Tips
Each round of triangles is a square-in-a-square step; the outer triangles are half-square triangles whose long side runs along the on-point square.
Patterns that use this block
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Related Blocks
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.
Diamond in a Square
A large square set on point inside a square, framed by a wide border with contrasting corner squares; the layout of the classic Amish centre-diamond quilt at block scale.
Storm at Sea
Square-in-a-square corners, long diamonds in the side rectangles, and a double square-in-a-square centre; repeated, the straight seams read as rolling curves.
Snail's Trail
A two-colour four-patch at the centre, wrapped in four rounds of ever-larger triangles that alternately set it on point and square it up; each triangle continues the colour of the piece it grows from, so light and dark arms spiral out like a snail shell.
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.
Log Cabin
A centre square wrapped in five rounds of logs that spiral around it, one log per side in turn; the logs on two adjacent sides are light and the other two are dark, so the block divides into light and dark halves along a diagonal.
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