Prickly Pear Quilt Block

Prickly Pear Quilt Block

Skill level: Intermediate

The Prickly Pear Quilt Block, designed on a 7×7 grid, incorporates many half-square triangles to form a border. When the blocks are grouped together in straight sets, the borders combined with neighboring blocks to create a zig-zag design. (See grouping example of Prickly Pear Quilt Blocks below.)

Grouping Example

illustration of a quilt made with prickly pear quilt blocks

illustration of a quilt made with prickly pear quilt blocks

Block Construction

Image of Exploded version of the Prickly Pear Quilt Block Pattern

Exploded version of the Prickly Pear Quilt Block Pattern

Coloring Sheets

Click to download coloring sheets of the prickly pear quilt block.

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