Small Reversible Table Topping "Quiltlet"

Finishes at 24 inches square.

For this little project I started by sewing 2 inch wide  strips (four at a time) into strip sets and cutting them at 2 inches. Next the resulting four color strips were joined, four at a time, to form sixteen patches, measuring 6.5, unfinished.

a 16 patch

Using 3.5 inch squares as the base, I added 2 inch squares to opposing corners, or one corner, depending on my need in constructing the overall pattern, and sewed on the diagonal from point to point of the squares, trimming at .25 inch before turning back to reveal a “snow-balled” corner.

Ready for snowballing of corners.

Below you can see the layout of the pieces and how they would be joined. For each side of this double-sided “quiltlet”, I used:

• 24 single snow-balled squares (unfinished at 3.5)
• 20 double snow-balled squares (unfinished at 3.5)
• Four 16 patch squares (unfinished at 6.5)
• Four 3.5 inch unfinished squares 
• Binding ...  flanged on one side with rickrack on the other. 

Here you see how four double snowballed squares can form the X pattern with the base fabric. Also, on the edges, combining  two of the double snowballed squares against two single snowballed squares gives a floating look to the little colored corners; a happy surprise!