Children of Israel Bible Quilt Block Pattern

There may be only 2 variations of this pattern, but there are well over 50 references to the Children of Israel in the concordance. The quotation was chosen as being an early one defining the people in bondage as "children" and directly referring to Moses and his story.

The block is an easy one and a good one to use fast strip methods in piecing.

Our fifth pattern is for a Children of Israel quilt block. As Charlotte said, this is a good block for using your rotary cutter. On the other hand if you want to stick with templates I've provided those as well.

The instructions for strip rotary cutting this block is on this Children of Israel Block Instructions PDF. Be sure to cut all strips on grain and the grain will be correct on all pieces.

If you prefer using templates go to this Children of Israel Template PDF.

Step 1 Sew the sets of three narrow strips together. You will have 4 completed sets.

Step 2 Add a large rectangle to one side of two of your sets of three strips.

Step 3 Add the triple strip side to the large square.

Step 4 Do the same to the other side of the large square.

Step 5 Sew a larger triangle to each end of the series of pieces

Step 6 Sew a small square to both ends of the two remaining triple strips

Step 7 Sew a smaller triangle to each end of the resulting sets as shown in the above graphic.

Step 8 Sew a smaller triangle to each end of the 2 remaining rectangles.

Step 9 Sew a larger triangle to the long side of the rectangles.

If you have trouble getting the corner seams matched it might help to sew some basting stitches at the corner then turn it over to be sure the 4 corners are matched.

Step 10 Attach the three strip sections to the corner sections.	Step 11 Attach those to each end of the central square section. Press the completed block.

� 2007 Judy Anne Breneman and Charlotte Bull