Broken Wagon Wheel Quilt Pattern

This particular quilt square sends the message for the slaves to pack their wagon or to prepare to leave on a wagon to begin their trip on the underground railroad to freedom.

Broken wagon wheel quilt pattern.

You ll need the most current. Janet nesbitt and pam soliday of buggy barn. Repeat with another small square on the opposite corner then on the remaining two corners. It could also mean that there were compartments built into the wagon to hide slaves.

General instructions step 1. Choose fabrics with good contrast. Can you see the broken wheel aka flat tire in the center of the design. Simple squares and triangles form the à wheels à on this easy single block quilt from buggy barn designers janet nesbitt and pam soliday.

At any rate the broken wheel quilt block is a 9 patch block with square in a square units and 2 piece rail units revolving around a central square. In the cutting charts below the. Trim off excess seam allowance. Apr 21 2018 broken wheel quilt block the broken wheel quilt block harkens back to the days of the covered wagon.

Skip this step if you choose connector corners. Beautiful example of a wagon wheel pattern quilt. In each of the sns units the corner facing the center uses the same color as the central piece of the rail unit. Especially if it s raining.

Press remainder to the outside. Printing the paper piecing pattern. Place a color 3 small square right sides together lined up with the upper right corner of a color 2 large square.