capitol city quilt guild
multi color stripe

Tiny Treats

Brought to you by Ellen Mills and Wilma Rhodes.

Tiny Treats is a quilt block raffle held each month for members only. Patterns and instructions are included in the newsletter and linked off the home page. Make as many three blocks and enter your name once for each one.

multi color stripe

Whirling Twirling Snow

January, 2012


12” finished / 12½” unfinished


  1. Cut four 2 ½” by 4 ½” rectangles from (A).
  2. Cut four 2 ½” by 4 ½” rectangles from (B).
  3. Cut one 4 ½” square from (B).
  4. Cut two 5 3/8” squares from each of (B) & (C).
  5. Join one rectangle of (A) to one rectangle of (B) lengthwise to make a 4 ½” square. Make four of the squares.
  6. Make 4 half square triangle squares using the 5 3/8” squares. There should be four 4 ½” squares.
  7. Join one (A)/ (B) square to one (B)/(C) square to one (A)/ (B) square. This makes Row 1. All (A) / (B) squares should have the (B) fabric on the outside as shown.
  8. Join one (B)/ (C) square to the 4 ½” (B) square to one (B) /(C) square. This makes Row 2.
  9. Join one (A)/ (B) square to one (B)/(C) square to one (A)/ (B) square. This makes Row 3.
  10. Join the three rows as shown.