The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block E4

Block E4 was difficult to design in Electric Quilt and I’m clueless why. I guess all those angled corner triangles just confused my brain. At one point I was tempted to appliqué the whole darn thing. But that’s not how Jane did it. She traditionally pieced the entire block. So I was determined to come up with a template I could machine piece and would replicate her seams as closely as possible. I finally got it right.

So here I am with yet another block with inset seams. Either Jane liked doing inset seams or she was determined to improve her inset seam skills. One thing is for sure, she’s improving mine. 😉

After assembling each of the template sections, I decided to join the outer sections in two parts, at the triangle corners. This way those corners would be nice and crisp. Then I joined the outer sections to the inner diamond starting with the inner diamond seams and leaving the outer inset corners for last. It worked and I am pleased with the results.

PDF pattern: Jane Stickle - E4

Note: Unit A and Unit B in the pattern are for the sashing. I chose to make 5-inch blocks like the original rather than sash 4½-inch blocks. If you prefer to add your sashing when your blocks are all finished, just eliminate the A and B units from my pattern. The center sections will then be 4½ inches finished in size and you can add your sashing later.