Adding corners to a four patch quilt block

In this tutorial you’ll learn to make a quick and easy bow tie block but also how to add a rounded corner to any block. This technique should work with any four patch block.

Sewing curves is a bit fiddly but at the same time it’s quite straight forward.

The trick to sewing curves is using lots of pins or not many pins at all depending who you talk to. I do use a lot of pins in general. Though I’ve tried using fewer. Sometimes it depends on how open or closed the curve is. If it’s an easier curve it may be easy to do with fewer pins.

You can also try and use glue instead.

How to make a quick and easy bow tie quilt block with rounded corners

Learn how to make this easy block in just over than 2 minutes:

Pattern download

• Round corners for 4-patch blocks pattern (pdf)

Block size

9 1/2 inch square.

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