Paper Crane Quilt Block

Inspired by the paper cranes sent to me by Tony Pope, I decided to create a paper crane quilt block.  This block could be incorporated into a quilt, become the center piece for a pillow top, a place mat, table topper, or a table runner.



This is my block, and this is how I made it.

Choose your background fabric and cut your square, octagon, or any shape/size you wish.  If you are going to use this block for a table topper, place mat, or other small piece you may want to cut an appropriately-sized piece of batting for the underside of this block.

Your background fabric may be any color/pattern you wish but we suggest a contrasting solid or small pattern.  If your crane will be a small pattern or solid color you may wish to choose a more dramatic background.  The darker three sections of the crane (shown in slide 2) may be a highly contrasting pattern or a solid color.  However, if you like all the pieces may be one pattern and if so just use the above slide as your pattern - enlarge it to the size you wish the crane to be, follow the fusing instructions in slide #4 below and then stitch the folds as shown in slide 6.

(PDF) www.mcbookwords.com/resources/McPattern-Crane.pdf

Coordinating scrap material can be utilized for creating the two crane pieces.  If you wish your crane to be larger than 9 x 10 inches simply enlarge both pattern pieces to the size you wish to have.  The remaining directions will be the same regardless of the size of the pieces.

The stitching will emulate the folds on a traditional folded crane.

Borders can be added to the finished block to enlarge its size or to create a pillow top, or any type of table accessory.

Example of a finished table topper where this crane block was used as the focus block for a "Wonky Block" with a 2 inch border around the edge of the block.  "Big Wonky Quilt Block - Easy Quilt Block Tutorial.  Find at http://bit.ly/bigwonkyblock.

McElmeel, Sharron (2020) Paper Crane Quilt Block. McBookwords. http://bit.ly/papercraneblock.

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