Welcome to Treadlestitches! I'm back from a quilt retreat, and working on the Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks again. Two little quilts today! These are made from the potato chip blocks I've been piecing since January, 4 each month, in 10 colors. The blocks are 9 in. finished, and the quilts themselves measure 36 in. x 45 in. It was hard to decide how to divide the blocks into two quilts. I didn't want them to be just alike. Eventually I did it like this: Quilt A has the brighter colored…

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Potato Chip Quilt Block

Welcome to Treadlestitches! I'm back from a quilt retreat, and working on the Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks again. Two little quilts today! These are made from the potato chip blocks I've been piecing since January, 4 each month, in 10 colors. The blocks are 9 in. finished, and the quilts themselves measure 36 in. x 45 in. It was hard to decide how to divide the blocks into two quilts. I didn't want them to be just alike. Eventually I did it like this: Quilt A has the brighter colored…

I make this quilt block every day. It's so easy that I can't stop! FREE Downloadable Pattern for the Simplest Potato Chip Block Step-by-Step Tutorial!: https...

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I've been working to finish things recently. Some folks have told me that it looks like a jumbled mess. Yes, it's hard to see the actual bl...

Now that you guys know about our new pre-cut, Brody is here this week showing you guys how to make this super easy Potato Chip Quilt in a day! We love quilts...

Good day and welcome to my blog. You may have heard of the potato chip quilt pattern? You can't make just one block! Well this past weekend and early this week I cut pieces and started piecing these blocks. It was fun! I used 2.5 inch by 4.5 inch fabric pieces, finishing at 2 by 4 inches. This is a common size. You can cut your fabrics in other sizes - but you must keep the proportion of 2:1 the same (plus seam allowances!). So 3 inch by 6 inch blocks (finished) - cut pieces 3.5 by 6.5…

This post contains all of the directions for making ONE Potato Chip Block (Variation 2). The instructions to make the original Potato Chip Block can be found by clicking the following link: Original Potato Chip Block I cut scraps for most of this quilt. All of the "chip" pieces are scraps. I did use a single fabric as my accent fabric, but you could just pick a color and use a variety of fabrics of the same color. If you want to use the same fabric for the accent as I did, you'll need 1 to 1…