Indian Puzzle Quilt Block Free Tutorial

Today let's take a look at the Indian Puzzle quilt block. This three-color traditional block uses Flying Geese, Square in a Square and Half Square Triangles to form a very interesting block. At the end I show what happens when you change up the color placement and values. Let's get started!

Fabric Requirements for a 12" Finished Indian Puzzle Quilt Block:

Sewing Directions:

Square in a Square Unit:

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Flying Geese Units:

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Corner Units:

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Putting It All Together:

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Color Options:

You can get an entirely different look just by changing up the colors of this block. Here are just a few of the possibilities that I put together.

This one is the block as I've shown in the tutorial. Now let's see what happens when you start changing up the colors!

This one is fun - all the dark fabrics are toward the center and create a star design, and the light fabrics outline the star. 

For this one I added in another color. All sorts of secondary designs start showing up!

Here's one with a border made of Hourglass blocks with Half Square Triangles in the corners.

And here's the block alternating with a simple chain block for another look:

Then you have all the possibilities of putting the block on point. Here's one example with the block alternating with an Hourglass block:

Conclusion: