Let’s Make a Sugar Bowl Quilt Block – Mini Block Monday #29

by LeahDay · Published September 14, 2020 · Updated September 16, 2020

This Sugar Bowl Quilt Block is really fun! It’s a new riff on a Square-in-a-Square block, but with sliced Half Square Triangles to make the triangle corners. The best part is you will get 2 Sugar Bowl quilt blocks for every set of fabrics you piece!

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Looking for a pattern for this Sugar Bowl quilt block? It’s all in the video! I’m trying something new with these Mini Block Monday videos and including all the information in the video itself. Just hit “pause” when you need to and write down the pieces to cut.

Is that just not your thing? Here’s a snapshot of the patchwork pieces to get you started:

Mini Sugar Bowl Quilt Block Piecing Instructions

This Sugar Bowl Quilt Block is a bit tricky because it’s a combination of Half Square Triangles and a Square in a Square. First make a batch of 4 Half Square Triangles from the 3-inch squares. Then cut them in half diagonally to create 8 triangles. Make sure to keep these organized as you piece a matching set of 4 triangles around the center smaller square to create the Sugar Bowl Blocks.

Here’s what it looks like when you finish piecing your Sugar Bowl Quilt Block (you’ll also have a second block in the opposite colorway):

Learn more about the sewing machine I’m using – the Janome 1600P.

Click Here to find a tutorial with my 5 key tips to piecing precisely.

Now if you really want to geek out on quilt piecing, check out my book How to Piece Perfect Quilts to learn the WHAT, WHY and HOW behind everything I do.

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day