Leaf block – Foundation paper piecing pattern

Make Leafy medallion quilt using one single block

One simple block, many possibilities. You can play with colours and placement for this one.

How to do foundation paper piecing

You can learn the principles of foundation piecing on this 2 minute video. These principles can be applied to any foundation piecing blocks no matter how complex they are.

Materials

Make the pattern 4 times to make one block. Each patter has 3 pieces. For one pattern cut:

• Piece 1: 5 1/4 inch square of fabric
• Piece 2 and 3:  4 inch square cut into 2 triangles of background fabric

Pattern

The pattern has 2 identical pieces:

• Download the  Leaf block (pdf) – make sure you print the pattern at 100%

The diagram below is one possible block you can make with this pattern.

Putting together this block takes a very short time and it’s a perfect block for a beginner in foundation paper piecing.

The video above explains in detail how to start, the placement of the first piece on the back of the pattern, when to trim off excess fabric, etc.

I made one block like the diagram using different colour fabrics.

I pinned and stitched the white triangles at the same time.

Press well and trim off along the pattern’s edge.

This is another possible block layout.

How to use this block

You can use this block in many ways. Depending on the choice of colours and placements the quilt designs can be very different.

Have a look at 11 different quilt layouts you can do with this pattern. Each quilt is about 36 inch square, a bit more for those with sashing.

Leafy medallion quilt – version 2

Wheat spikes

Double accordion

Leafy medallion version 2

Cross roads

Crossroads variation

Dashed lines

Leafy medallion

Dashed lines 2

Colourful medallion quilt

Colourful medallion quilt

Let me know if the video tutorial helped you learn foundation paper piecing.

Happy piecing!