Sugar Bowl and Flower Basket

Now that you have practiced with a 12 inch basket block, it's time to make something a little smaller.

Sugar Bowl

A sugar bowl isn't really a basket but it is a container (which is good enough for today).  Barbara Brackman lists this pattern from the Farm Journal, established March, 1877. There are a number of different blocks named Sugar Bowl or Broken Sugar Bowl but this particular one doesn't go by any other name.

A - 1 dark square 2" x 2".

B - 2 light and 3 dark squares 2.5" x 2.5".  Cut diagonally to make 4 light and 6 dark triangles.  Trim half square triangles to 2" x 2".

C - 1 light and 1 dark square 4" x 4". Cut diagonally to make 2 light and 2 dark triangles (1 dark triangle not used). Trim half square triangle (center of basket) to 3.5" x 3.5".

D - 2 light rectangles 2" x 3.5".

Block measures 6.5 inches.

Flower Basket

Flower Basket is the same as last week's Basket of Chips but with one less row of triangles.

A - 2.5" x 2.5" squares - cut 4 of background, 1 each of three colors for flowers and 1 for basket. Cut diagonally to make triangles.
Trim half square triangles to 2" x 2".

B - 1 dark and 1 light 4" x 4" square. Cut diagonally, use 1 for background and 1 for basket.

C - 2 light rectangles 2" x 3.5".

Block measures 6.5 inches.




Make one of each block to continue the mystery.