Rotate and Reveal – Over 10 layouts using 3 colour 4 patch quilt blocks

Welcome to Rotate & Reveal where you can discover the magic of rotating quilt blocks to reveal new quilt designs.

You will be amazed at how many stunning designs you can create just by rotating your blocks. Get ready to unlock a bounty of creative possibilities with one-block quilts!

Even if you are a beginner, you will be able to create designs that look much more complicated than they really are!

Here you will discover and explore some of the great layouts that can be achieved with a simple 3 colour 4-patch quilt block, repeated several times over.

Below you can watch a video demo where I take you through all of these great options, or you can scroll down the page to see a summary of all of the images PLUS keep an eye out for how you can get even more designs straight to your inbox!

As the name suggests, a 3 colour 4-patch quilt block is made up of 4 squares using a total of three colours or prints.

A little aside before we move on to all of the fabulous layout options…

If you’d like to learn more about all of the great possibilities there are with 4-patch quilt blocks, you can also check out The Ultimate Guide to 4-Patch Quilt Blocks.

All of the layout designs to follow will be based on a grid of 4 blocks across by 4 blocks down. That’s a total of 16 blocks.

You can recreate these layouts using a square layout (using 16 blocks or even more) or you can extrapolate a little to create these designs in a rectangular grid. By using a rectangular grid you will open up even more layout options! Scroll to the bottom of the page to find out how you can get a free pdf with 20 different layout options, including those rectangular options.

For each layout option you will be able to see the following illustrations:

• overall design in a 4×4 block layout
• design with the grid layout laid over the top
• design shown with some yellow arrows to show the orientation of each of the blocks

So there you have it, 11 different layouts that can be created with a simple 3 colour 4-patch quilt block, repeated several times over. You really can look like an expert quilter, whereas in fact these are quite simple designs to make.

If you are working on a rectangular design then there are even more options that you can come up with by simply rotating the whole design. 

There are just so many variations for you to discover!

If you sign up to the newsletter you can get all of the above layout options in one handy pdf file

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you will get each of the designs shown in a rectangular format

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you will get lots of additional layouts, giving you 20 great ideas in total!