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Easy quilt blocks that look difficult – These are not as hard as you think!

Don’t be intimidated by complex quilt patterns – these easy quilt patterns are designed to look difficult, but they’re actually a breeze to create.  Impress your friends and family with stunning quilt patterns that look like they took hours to create – but in reality, they’re easy enough for beginners to tackle! Here are our top picks for easy quilt patterns that look difficult.

Ready to take your quilting skills to the next level? These easy quilt patterns will make you look like a quilting pro, even if you’re just starting out. Get ready to wow everyone with your new creations!

The most difficult quilt blocks

These not only look complicated but require a lot of quilting before you attempt them. The Three most difficult quilt patterns are:

1. Cathedral window

This block is worth the effort it requires because when you finish it, it looks amazing, with its large circles that have contrasting square pieces with inwardly curved edges inside them, so when you look at a few of such blocks joined together, it resembles a set of shiny sparks surrounded by flowers with four thin and elliptical petals.

by Quiltingwemple

2.Double wedding ring

Here’s a gorgeous quilt block that takes some time to finish because it features large relatively thin rings that interlock with each other, all of the rings consisting of small rectangular patches stitched in circles with the patches alternating in color, meaning you can use your quilting scraps creatively instead of throwing them out.

3. Paper pieced quilts

You’ll have to put in a bit of extra work to make the quilt block we have here but it will be well worth it when you see the result, a colorful block with many sharp points of big triangles made of many small ones in various colors, all pointing to the middle where a sawtooth star with a smaller, contrasting sawtooth star inside it sits as the main motif.

by Jessicaleboquilts

Easy quilt blocks that look hard to sew

Friendship chain block

When you separate it into sections, this one is simple, a block with a 3 x 3 grid in which the outer squares have four small contrasting squares inside, a solid color central square, and four diagonally split squares around it whose halves match the center square in color.

by Katiemaequilts

Squash blossom quilt block

The quilt patch we have here uses fabrics in three colors, one for the background, the other for the small triangles at the bottom and top edges that point to the middle, as well as the two wide trapezoid pieces next to them, and the third color for the two small triangles that form an hourglass square in the center of the patch.

by Scissortailquilting

CELTIC TWIST Quilt Block

The Celtic twist is a simple block when you look at it like this; it’s a combination of four diamond pieces with colorful edges made of rectangles in similar hues, a diamond that matches the background inside each one, set in two parallel pairs so each diamond touches the neighboring two by their tips, with small triangles that match their edges in color, placed at the touching points to create the famous design of a tilted, hollow framed cross.

by Monicacurryquiltdesign

Double pinwheel easy quilt block pattern

Here’s a pattern for a quilting block that’s almost ridiculously easy to make despite its appearance, all you have to do is make two mirrored pairs of square patches out of one large triangle in the main color, and two smaller ones in secondary colors, and arrange them properly, it’s that simple.

by Generations-quilt-patterns

Sugar plum quilt block

The whole trick behind making this quilting block is to cut up small triangles in identical dimensions, then follow the pattern instructions to join them into small and large squares and rectangles, arrange them together, and get the beautiful block with a colorful X mark and a Froebel star behind it.

by Ilovequiltingforever

Friendship star

The beautiful friendship star block features a 3 x 3 grid of squares, with the corner ones in one color, a central square in another color, and the remaining that are diagonally split with contrasting colors and arranged in a plus shape to form a motif resembling a windmill.

by Sewcanshe

Seesaw – traditional quilt block

Fear not, this block is easy to make, just whip up a regular windmill design in the center and then surround it with squares that are solid and diagonally split into two contrasting colors so that you create the pattern of a windmill with long blades and envelop patches around each blade.

by Fabric406

Easy railroad quilt block

Here comes a quilting block that will make you think of those fun train rides when you were little, with its design that looks like a railroad, thanks to the three checkered squares set diagonally across the block, surrounded by half-square triangles, and checkered squares in the outer corners.

by Fabric406

Celtic twist block #2

This alternative version of a Celtic twist block features a solid background with colorful rectangular strips and small triangles arranged to create square frames with notched corners interlinked with each other, with some corners wrapping around the neighboring ones from above while others do so from underneath.

by Madebychrissied

Lady of the lake quilt block pattern

Here’s a block that’s as easy as it is beautiful, and all you have to do to make it is to whip up one large and seven small half-square triangles, then join them into a block so the large one sits in the upper left half of the block, while four small ones stand left to it and the remaining three sit below it, all of them oriented identically.

by Saidwithlove

Monkey wrench – easy quilt block pattern

Monkey wrench block makes many quilters shy away from it because it seems complex, but it’s just a simple block with four large half-square triangles in the corners, set so the matching triangles point to the block center, with ten small squares that alternate in color placed in a plus shape between them.

by Fabric406

Star twist pinwheels

The block here isn’t so difficult when you split it into parts, four differently oriented blocks joined together in a 2 x 2 grid, each one with a 3 x 3 grid of squares in three colors, four of which are solid while the rest are diagonally contrasting, it’s that simple.

by Sewinlovewithfabric

Windy city quilt block

Check this one out, it looks so cool and difficult to make, but here’s the trick, each block is just a colorful square frame made of rectangular strips that are slightly offset, with an inverted diamond shape inside the frame, and tilted hourglass patches on the corners of the frame.

by Abrightcorner

Lisa’s star

The star design on this block is something you’re familiar with, it just has a little twist, it’s the good old Froebel star with small contrasting triangles all over it, and the twist is a pinwheel design that matches the background in color, set inside the star center.

by Betsysbestquiltsandmore

Easy friendship quilt block

Here’s a block that is, despite its appearance, extremely easy to make, because all you have to do is sew five identical squares with diamond shapes on a contradiction background, and four squares made of contrasting rectangles, then arrange them in a 3 x 3 grid with the diamonds in the corners and the center, and the four remaining set so each one is oriented differently.

by Fabric406

Connemara flower block

 

The block we have here is not only easy to make, but also looks cheerful and fun, with a Froebel star in its center, and four halves of a Froebel star in a different color placed around it so their sharp ends point away from the star in the center, complete with blank squares in the corners of the block.

by McCallsquilting

Card trick quilt block

Despite the appearance of four squares set to form an X mark with the corner of each square hidden below the neighboring pieces, this block is just a 3 x 3 grid of diamond, hourglass, and solid patches, with a few half-square triangles, cleverly arranged to create the aforementioned illusion.

by Scissortailquilting

Chisel die block

To create this lovely block, make two solid squares in contrasting fabrics, and two half-square triangles out of the same fabrics, and join them into a 2 x 2 grid, with the solid pieces on the left, and the two remaining on the right, each one with their contrasting halves aligned with the right edge of the block.

by B-quilts

Chevron quilt block

Whether you want to whip up a large chevron design or a small one, the method is the same, you make a bunch of half-square triangles and some solid squares, and then arrange them into a grid, turning the half-squares so they create the arrow shape with their neighboring half-squares.

by Instructables

Quilty stars block

You’ll have lots of fun while you quilt this block, and you’ll enjoy the vibrant result, a colorful Froebel star set on a white background, with a square inside it that matches the background in color and has many colorful squares around it as a creative frame.

by Quiltylove

Simple cat block

It’s hard to resist a cat design, especially if it’s as adorable as this minimalistic one, a white background with three squares set in an L-shape and a half-square triangle that form a sitting cat silhouette, topped with a square made of a horizontal rectangle and contrasting triangles above it that form the cat head and ears!

by Intrepidthread

Crossroads block

One of the most adorable quilts, this lovely crossroads block is made of many small squares in various bright, pink hues arranged into a 5 x 5 grid, with a black square in the center of the block and some squares in identical color around it that create a plus mark together.

by Quiltylove

Moda love block

Five diamond patches and four checkered squares, all made from five differently colored fabrics, arranged in a 3 x 3 grid, surrounded by some triangles that give the whole design an appearance of a tilted sawtooth star with the grid inside it, that’s what this block is all about.

by: Quiltingdigest

pattern: mOdafabrics

Now you see for yourself, all these blocks that seem complex and bothersome are actually easy to make and you don’t have to worry if you’ll have troubles with them, you’ll ace them easily. Do you have a favorite one already? Come back when you give some of these a go and let us know how they turned out in the comments below. Enjoy quilting amazing blocks!