Block of the Week – Block #4 – Spinning Spools – Walworth County

Jen Buettner – Cre8tive Quilter

Wisconsin Quilt Blocks on Barns - Block of the Week

Block #4 – Spinning Spools – Walworth County

Your block will finish to 6”. This means that it will physically measure 6-1/2” X 6-1/2” before it is sewn to other blocks.

Cutting Instructions & Piecing Locations for 6” Paper Pieced Block:


(4) 1-3/4” X 4-3/4” Rectangles – Brown – A1, B1, C3 & E2
(4) 2-1/4” Squares – Brown Sub-Cut - A4, A6, B4, B6, C2, C6, E4 & E6

(4) 1-3/4” X 2-1/2” Rectangles – Brown – D1, D3, F1 & F3

(4) 1-3/4” X 4-3/4” Rectangles – White – A5, B5, C1 & E3
(4) 2-1/4” Squares – White Sub-Cut - A2, A3, B2, B3, C4, C5, E1 & E5

(4) 1-3/4” x 2-1/2” Rectangles – White – D4, D6, F4 & F6

(1) 2-1/2” Square – Blue – F5

(1) 2-1/2” Square – Green – F2

(1) 2-1/2” Square – Red – D5

(1) 2-1/2” Square – Yellow – D2

Paper Piece your sections and then assemble the block according to the above picture.  To do this you will first connect the C & E sections.  From there, your A section is row 1, F is row 2, C/E is row 3, D is row 4 & B is row 5.

Click HERE to print a clean Spinning Spools Instruction Sheet
Click HERE to download and print the Spinning Spools Foundation Pattern. 

**You will want to Download the file and then print the .pdf file.  When you print, make sure that scaling is turned off enabling the document to print at 100%.  Take a moment to measure.  The dashed horizontal lines on sections A, B, D or F should measure 6-1/2".  If you print directly from the Google Docs screen you might come out with a slightly smaller sized block.**