QuiltNotes Learning Center
- Learning Center
- Piecing Techniques
- Machine Piecing
- The Snail's Trail Paper Pieced Quilt
Use paper foundations to piece the snails trail quilt block. This article contains paper foundations you can copy and use. The foundations include the block, sash and cornerstone. I made the quilt below using these foundations. It was intended to be a Quilt of Valor® but, after washing the quilt, I found that a red, hand dyed batik bled all over it. For more information about pre-washing fabric, read the article Washing Fabric and Quilts.
For each block use one red fabric, one blue fabric one light fabric. The sashing and cornerstones make a star between the blocks. The blocks finish about 7-1/2″. Sashes are 3″ x 7-1/2″ and cornerstones are 3″ square. The quilt finishes at 60″ x 81″.
Snails Trail Quilt Color Variations
Here are some variations of red, white and blue I tried on Electric Quilt.
This version uses tan in the background and blue sash and cornerstones.
Red, white, blue and gold.
For this version we use red, white, blue and gold in the blocks and blue and gold in the cornerstones and sash.
This version uses blue and white for the blocks and red for the sash and cornerstones.
Snails Trail on Pinterest
Check out the QuiltNotes board for snails trail on Pinterest.
Download the Snails Trail Quilt Foundations
The download file is five pages. There is a diagram for cutting fat quarters for the blocks.
Download Snails Trail Quilt Papers
For paper piecing instructions, check out these articles:
- Foundation Paper Piecing Tutorial
- Paper Piecing with Vellum: Two Amazing Advantages!
- Paper Piecing Floating Points: FREE Pattern and Tutorial
Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter sent every Saturday morning at 8:15. Be sure to forward this information to your friends because I know they’ll love it and appreciate you for it.
Related Articles/Posts
-
-
-
-
- Flat Centers in 8-Point Star Blocks
- From Squares to Star
- Stacked Seams in Flying Geese Units
- The Churn Dash Quilt Block
- Use Orphan Quilt Blocks to Make a Pillow
- Hexagons in Quilts
- The Bear Paw Quilt Block
- Donna's Cathedral Window Quilt
- The Rolling Stone Quilt Block
- Quilt Block Library and Tutorials
- The Snowball Quilt Block
-
-
-
- Strip Piecing Tutorial
- Chain Piecing
- Sewing Interlocking Seams
- Sewing Y-Seams
- Half Square Triangles
- 9 Tips For Frustration Free Machine Piecing
- How to Machine Piece Hexagons
- Paper Piecing Floating Points: Free Pattern & Tutorial
- Foundation Paper Piecing Tutorial
- Paper Piecing With Vellum: Two Amazing Advantages!
- Flange and Faux Flange in Quilts
- Stitch and Flip Piecing
- Bargello Quilt Basics: 3 Steps to Bargello Quilts
- Two Ways to Fly: Piecing Flying Geese
- 5 Steps to Mitered Corners
- The Snail's Trail Paper Pieced Quilt
- Strip Piecing: Free Pattern and Tutorial
- Paper Pieced Log Cabin Free Tutorial
- Twinkle Star Tutorial
- Curve Piecing: Two Easy Techniques
- Show all articles ( 5 ) Collapse Articles
-
-
-
-
-
- Tote Bags and Quilted Bags
- How to Make a Mondo Bag: Step-by-Step Instructions
- Lessons Learned from Projects Half Done
- Use Orphan Quilt Blocks to Make a Pillow
- Using Scraps From Pre-Cut Strips - Update
- Bargello Quilt Basics: 3 Steps to Bargello Quilts
- Finished is Better Than Perfect!
- Color Block Quilt
- No Sewing Machine for a While? Don't Let Quilting Down Time Get You Down
- The Snail's Trail Paper Pieced Quilt
- Strip Piecing: Free Pattern and Tutorial
- Shaded 9-Patch Quilt
- Fractured Star Video Tutorial
- How to Piece a Tuffet Cover
- Paper Pieced Log Cabin Free Tutorial
- Twinkle Star Tutorial
- Quilt Project Tutorials
- Twinkle Star Tutorial -- Lesson 2
- Twinkle Star Tutorial -- Lesson 3
- Twinkle Star Tutorial -- Lesson 4
- Twinkle Star Tutorial -- Lesson 5
- Twinkle Star Tutorial -- Lesson 6
- Stars Stripes Quilt Tutorial
- Show all articles ( 8 ) Collapse Articles
-
I am looking to make a much smaller block I would like the block to finish at 6″. I have been unable to find a paper piecing templat for that size and am investigating the purchase of software to do that but don’t really know which product enables me to rescale the is particular block
Barbara, you don’t need anything to resize these papers. When you make copies, reduce the size by 1/3 (33%). that should get you a 6″ block. Be sure to measure the copy to make sure the size is right. You might need to tweak the reduction size. Let me know how it works!
This is fantastic from didn’t color perspectives. And about pattern… Thanks for sharing.👍
Thank you. It was my pleasure.