red and white: patience corner, top completed

Patience Corner
92 by 78 inches
Block finishes 7 inches
Top completed 2023

120 blocks set 10 across and 12 down
4 1/2 inch cut border

Patience corner is one of my favorite blocks and I have used it in at least 4 quilts. Proportions can be altered for different effects. I have made it all scraps and have used it as the setting for a sampler quilt.
In this quilt, the constant white (Kona Snow) gives a scattered look to the reds scrap squares. 
I like how the white borders let the field look like the red squares are floating.

Block finishes 7 inches

Cutting:
Red: four 2 1/2 inch squares (480 total)
White: four 2 by 2 1/2 inch rectangles, four 2 by 4 inch rectangles (480 each)

Sewing and Pressing quarter-blocks:
Sew white 2 by 2 1/2 rectangle to squares
Press towards the red square
Orient as show, sew 2 by 4 inch rectangle to the previous piece.
Press towards the larger rectangle

Press towards white rectangle

Sew 480 quarter blocks into 240 half blocks as shown
Press to the one side (left from front, right from back).

Half block, front and back sides showing pressing

Rotate one half-block and sew two into 120 full blocks
Do not press horizontal seam yet



Sew into 60 2-block units, making sure to keep the units center seams horizontal.
Do not press yet.


Then make 30 4-block units.

Press half the 4-block units horizontal seams up and the other half down
(You can just press them all in one direction, then rotate every other one)
Sew into fifteen 8-block units and lay out the quilt. Mine is three rows of five 8-block units.

Press top and bottom rows left and middle row right
All seams will nest

Cut side borders 4 1/2 inches by 84 1/2 inches
Cut top and bottom borders 4 1/2 inches by 78 1/2 inches

My design, use at your pleasure.

I intended to make a small quilt, but loved the red squares too much to stop

The dalmation and the airport are two favorite fabrics

That Ritz cracker!!

Backing is from Dear Stella