The Broken Dishes Quilt Pattern

The broken dishes quilt pattern is so easy to put together, it just makes you want to sew some more.

What an easy way to make this old favorite.

You can use one color combination or use up your scraps.

Either way, you will end up with a treasured quilt.

If you place 32 broken dishes quilt blocks together, it creates a pattern within the pattern.

Do you see the stars or the squares?

Can you imagine what this broken dishes quilt pattern would look like if you used different colors to create another pattern?

Completed block size:
4 inches
Completed quilt size:
56" x 56" plus borders

Materials:
fabric in two colors
3 ½” yards brown print
3 ½” yards white
Backing
Batting

Step 1 - Use the rotary cutting techniques.

Cut 28 strips 3 ½” wide from the brown and white fabric.
Sub cut the strips into 3 ½” squares.

Step 2 - Use the half square triangle method.

Place one 3 ½” square of brown fabric and one 3 ½” square of white fabric, right sides together. Draw a line on the diagonal on the lighter fabric from one corner to the opposite corner. Stitch ¼” on each side of the marked line.

Cut on the drawn line with your rotary cutter or scissors to separate the square into triangles.

Fold open the square and press the seam allowances toward the darker fabric. Using your plastic ruler, trim the square to be 2 ½”. Be sure to use the 45 degree angle on your ruler.

You will need a total of 784 half square triangles measuring 2 ½”.

Step 3 - Use the sewing directions from the Broken Dishes Quilt Block.

Step 4 - Assemble the completed blocks as indicated by the pattern to create the "hidden" Ohio star.

The border is not shown in the picture but this quilt has two borders.

The first is a white 2" border.

The second border is a 4" brown border.

The binding is from the brown fabric.

Go to Free Quilt Block Patterns from Broken Dishes Quilt Pattern