Four Patch Snowball For a 12 1/2 inch Four Patch Snowball (12 inches when sewn in a quilt) you need: Four 5 1/2 inch squares of your background (B&W print) Four 5 1/2 by 2 1/2 inch strips of the black Four 3 inch squares of red and one 2 1/2 inch square of the red         This is really an easy block. It doesn't make that glorious a quilt alone, but interesting when combined with some of the other 2011 BOMs. (see below) If you have trouble sewing a straight line, mark a line diagonally from corner to corner on the wrong side of each one of your 3 inch red squares. Now place a marked red square right sides together with a 5 1/2 inch background square. Sew on the line you marked. Then trim leaving a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Press to the darker fabric. Repeat with remaining 5 1/2 inch squares. Sew a 5 1/2 by 2 1/2 inch strip of the black between two of the 5 1/2 inch squares as shown. Repeat.       Sew together the middle row Assemble following the diagram. Your Four Patch Snowball block should measure 12 1/2 inches.     Here is a Four Patch Snowball quilt with alternating colors.             Here is the Four Patch Chain combined with the Four Patch Snowball. Here is a Four Patch Snowball combined with the Alpine Cross.             Here is the Game Cocks combined with the Four Patch Snowball. Four Patch Snowball © Delaware Quilts July 2009 The content on these pages, including text and images are the sole property of the Delaware Quilts and may not be used or reproduced in any manner without consent. All Rights Reserved. Updated June 5, 2020 |Home| Quilts| Blocks| Retreat| Email|