Mosaic Block I liked this block when I first found it, but passed it by because it looked very difficult. As it turned out...wasn't very difficult at all. You just have to be careful when sewing as a number of the seams are on the bias. You will need 4 fabrics: a background, a light, a medium/dark and a bright for accent. Don't let the block fool you...it is made up of 4 small units all the same. We will be making this one 12" finished.

Posted: November 2000

Sample Quilt Layouts

Cut as follows:

BOM Fabric	Sampler Fabric	Cutting Information
Background(B)	Background	Cut 2 6-7/8" squares
Light(L)	Light#1	Cut 4 3-1/2" squares
Bright(BR)	Light#2	Cut 1 5-1/2" square
Medium/Dark(D)	Dark#2	Cut 1 5-1/2" square Cut 2 5-1/8" squares

Sewing Instructions:

1. Mark diagonal on the wrong side of the 3-1/2" squares of L; match right sides together with one corner of the 6-7/8" squares of B; stitch on diagonal mark and press open to corner; repeat with opposite corner; cut apart on diagonal on B squares as shown.
   
2. Cut the 5-1/2" squares of BR and D in quarters diagonally; attach a quarter of BR to a quarter of D as shown... watch orientation ...press toward D.
   
   
3. Cut the 5-1/8" squares of D in half diagonally and attach to units from step#2 as shown... again, watch orientation ...press toward D.
   
4. Carefully attach a unit from step#1 to a unit from step#3...press toward B. Square up to 6-1/2".
   
5. Join 2 units from step#4 to create half the block...press toward D; then join the 2 rows to create the block...pressing either way.
6. IMPORTANT: Please square up your finished block to be sure it is 12-1/2". If it is larger or smaller, check your seams and redo if necessary. If you do not check your measurements, your block may not join properly with other blocks easily to create a finished quilt.

This is what your block might look like.