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Celtic Twist Block: Cutting Instructions

This document provides instructions for making a Celtic Twist quilt block that is 12 inches square. It involves piecing together strips and squares of various green prints and a white background fabric in a pattern that creates interlocking links. The block is constructed in 4 steps: 1) Make 4 pieced squares by sewing small print squares to a rectangle. 2) Make 4 pieced rectangles by sewing print squares to long rectangles. 3) Sew strips around a center square to create the block center. 4) Assemble the pieced squares, rectangles and center square into rows and then join the rows.

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Celtic Twist Block: Cutting Instructions

This document provides instructions for making a Celtic Twist quilt block that is 12 inches square. It involves piecing together strips and squares of various green prints and a white background fabric in a pattern that creates interlocking links. The block is constructed in 4 steps: 1) Make 4 pieced squares by sewing small print squares to a rectangle. 2) Make 4 pieced rectangles by sewing print squares to long rectangles. 3) Sew strips around a center square to create the block center. 4) Assemble the pieced squares, rectangles and center square into rows and then join the rows.

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BLOCK REFERENCE AT McCallsQuilting.

com

Celtic Twist Block


Skill Level
Diagram IV White/green print 2
CONFIDENT BEGINNER
Dark green swirl print
Finished Block Size 2 x 3 Make 1
12 x 12
Medium lime mottle

Cutting Instructions Light green floral


(cut in order listed) Make 1 Make 1 Make 1
White/green print (background) Dark green texture
Diagram I
4 rectangles 3H x 6H
1 square 3H x 3H
4 squares 2 x 2
Dark green swirl print, medium lime mottle, light
3 x 6
green floral, and dark green texture (links)cut from
2
each:
1 strip 2 x 5
1 rectangle 2 x 3H
3 squares 2 x 2
Make 1 Make 1 Make 1 Make 1
Piecing the Block
1 Referring to Diagram I, sew together 1 white/ Diagram II
green print 2 square, 1 dark green swirl print 2
square, and 1 medium lime mottle 2 x 3H rect-
angle to make pieced square. Make 4 total in fabric 2 x 5
arrangements shown.
seam 2
2 Draw diagonal line on wrong side of lime 2 seam 1
seam 3

(partial seam) 3
square. Place marked square on white/green
3H x 6H rectangle, right sides together, aligning raw seam 4
edges (Diagram II). Stitch on drawn line; trim away seam 5
(complete partial seam)
and discard excess fabric. Open and press. Repeat Diagram III-B
on opposite end of rectangle with light green floral Diagram III-A
2 square to make pieced rectangle. Make 4 total in
fabric arrangements shown.

3 Referring to Diagram III-A for fabric placement,


lay out 2 x 5 strips around white/green 3H square.
Stitch first seam as shown, starting approximately
2 (dot) from top left corner of center square. Open
strip and press partial seam. Following seaming order,
add remaining strips. Complete partial seam to make
block center (Diagram III-B).

4 Arrange pieced squares, pieced rectangles, and


block center as shown (Diagram IV). Check place-
ment to make sure that links appear to interlock. Sew
3 rows, and then sew rows together to make Celtic Diagram IV
Twist Block.

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