4-1/2" Quilt Block Collection

From our Free Quilt Block Patterns Library

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4½" quilt blocks are a terrific way to use up a lot of those little scraps you can't bear to toss.

Small little gems that give you a chance to try out a block's construction methods, without investing a lot of fabric. 

Perfect!

Each 4½" quilt block on this page fits into one of two categories of blocks—4-patches and 9-patches—though they are drawn on a few different grid layouts. (Think of a grid as graph paper. With each grid unit a square on that paper.)

2x22x2
3x3 grid3x3
6x6 grid6x6
9x9 grud9x9

If you're looking for alternate blocks for a design you are working on, designs drawn with the same number of squares tend to go together the best.

Seams nest.

The magic of secondary designs happens with ease.

Use the links below to find the type of block you need:

4-Patches

2x2

9-Patches

3x3

6x6

9x9

4½" quilt blocks sorted by type and grid layout

2x2

Click for Corner Beam tutorialCorner Beam
Multiple sizes
Specialty Ruler
Square in a Square quilt block tutorialSquare in a Square
Multiple sizes

3x3

Click for Bear Tracks tutorialBear Tracks
3", 4½", 6", 12"
Click here for the Big 'O' tutorialBig 'O'
3", 4½", 6", 9", 12"

Click here for the Card Trick tutorialCard Trick
4½", 6", 9", 12"
Eccentric Star quilt block tutorialEccentric Star
4½", 6", 7½", 9", 12"
Flock of Geese quilt block tutorial in 3 sizesFlock of Geese
3”, 4½”, 6”, 9”
Friendship Star quilt block tutorialFriendship Star
3", 4½", 6", 7½", 9", 12"
Night Vision quilt block tutorialNight Vision
3", 4½", 6
Click here for the Ohio Star quilt block tutorialOhio Star
3", 4½", 6", 7½", 9", 12"
Click for Old Maid's PuzzleOld Maid's Puzzle
3", 4½", 6", 7½", 9", 12"
Click for Ribbon quilt block patternRibbon Quilt
4½", 6", 9", 12"
Shoofly quilt block tutorialShoofly
3", 4½", 6", 7½", 9"

6x6

Capital T quilt block tutorialCapital T
4½", 6", 7½", 9"
Click here for the Churn Dash quilt block tutorialChurn Dash
3”, 4½”, 6”, 7½”, 9”
Click for Double Necktie tutorialDouble Necktie
3", 4½", 6", 9", 12"
Double T quilt block tutorialDouble T
4½", 6", 7½" 9", 12"
Eight Pointed Star quilt block tutorialEight Pointed Star
4½", 6", 9", 12", 18"
Click here for the Eva's Garden quilt block tutorial in 3 sizesEva’s Garden
4½”, 6”, 9”
Four Crowns quilt block tutorialFour Crowns
4½", 6", 9"
Click here for Illinois tutorialIllinois
4½", 6", 7½", 12"
Jacob's Ladder quilt block tutorial in 5 sizesJacob's Ladder
4½" 6" 7½" 9" 12"
Joyce's Mystery quilt block tutorialJoyce's Mystery
4½", 6", 9"
Click for Mississippi tutorialMississippi
4½", 6", 9", 12"
Morning quilt block tutorialMorning
4½”, 6”, 9”
The Sun Rays quilt block tutorial starts hereSun Rays
4½", 6", 7½", 9", 12"
Click here for the Union Square quilt block tutorialUnion Square
4-1/2", 6", and 9"

9x9

Click here for the Dolly Madison's Star quilt block tutorialDolly Madison's Star
4½", 9", 13½", 18"
Five Patch quilt block tutorialFive Patch
4½", 9"
Log Cabin quilt block tutorial, paper piecedLog Cabin
4½" Paper Pieced
London Roads quilt block tutorialLondon Roads
4½", 9", 11¼", 13½"
Click for Massachusetts tutorialMassachusetts
4½", 6", 7½", 9", 12"
New Irish Chain quilt blockNew Irish Chain
4½", 9", 13½"
Santa Fe quilt block tutorialSanta Fe
4½", 9", 18"

What about a different quilt block?

For a list of all the 220+ quilt block patterns on this site, start here.

If you know the name of the block, shorten your search by using these links:

A-D

E-M

N-Z

Click here if you're looking for blocks with at least some paper piecing.

Click here if you're looking for the basic building blocks of quilting, i.e., Flying Geese, half square triangles, quarter square triangles, etc., along with several techniques to make each.

And finally, use these links to find blocks in these finished sizes:

For even more blocks to make...

Click here to learn about my favorite quilt book resources that inspire my patchwork designs.

For you, are quilt block patterns like potato chips?

You can't have just one?!!

Check the fantastic resources I rely on for the majority of the quilt block designs you see on this website. 

To see if they're worthy of a spot in YOUR quilting library, read about them HERE.

NOTE: All the attribution and alternate names shared in the Free Quilt Block Patterns Library came from these four resources.


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