Rail Fence Quilt Block
By Hatun Comak →
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
If you are looking for something different but easy to make, rail fence block is the right choice. It is a beginner friendly quilt block which can also be made uniquely different in so many ways. This quilt blok just requires bacis quilting skills and some imagination.
A classical rail fence pattern is made up of a quilt block which is made by sewing three, four or five strips of fabric to get a square. A little playing with colors and direction of the squares you can have various quilting designs.
Here I prepared a tutorial for a 12" rail fence quilt block with three fabrics. I hope you find it helpful. So here we go:
Cutting instructions
- With 3 different fabrics cut 2 1/2 x30" strips (You can use longer strips in order to make more blocks at once.)
How to mke rail fence quilt block
- Sew the three pieces of strips right sides together. (Always use 1/4" seam allowance)
- Press the seams open. The strip set measures 6 1/2x30" including seam allowances.
- Cut strips into 6 1/2"x 6 1/2" squares. With one strip set you will get four squares.
- Next step is placing the squares, then sew together squares in pairs. Press the seams open. When you join the pairs, you make a rail fence quilt block. The finished size of the clock is 12 1/2" with seam allowances.
This quilt block is so easy and quick to make but once finished it looks fabuluous. By placing the squares differently you hace the chance to get different designs.
