Block Patterns

Note: This page is in transition from the old blog and will be updated/reformatted

We’ve made some great blocks over the many years of the Block Lotto. Here’s an alphabetic list. If you are looking for a block pattern or a design idea, you might find it here. The block names are linked to the block pattern instructions we used for the Block Lotto. Blocks with multiple commonly used names, like Sawtooth Star and Square & Points, will appear both ways.

Amish Dahlia (12 inch)

Amish House (6 inch Template)

Annie’s Choice (12 inch)

Anvil (12 inch)

Army Star (12 inch)

Arrowheads Block (12 inch)

Asterisk Block (8 inch)

Attic Windows (7.5 inch)

Bow Tie (12 inch)

Bow Tie (6 inch with square center)

Buckeye Beauty (6 inch)

Broken Arrows (10 inch)

Cactus Pot (6 inch)

Christmas Quilt 2001 (8 inch)

Churn Dash (12 inch)

Cracker Block (6 inch)

Darting Bird (6 inch)

Double 4-Patch (8 inch)

Double Wrench (10 inch)

Dutchman’s Puzzle (12 inch)

Farmer’s Daughter (10 inch)

Fireworks Block (8 inch)

Flying Geese Variation (6 inch)

Framed Pinwheel (6 inch)

Goshen Star (10 inch)

Grandmother’s Choice(10 inch)

Grandmother’s Fan (12 inch)

Grandmother’s Favorite (12 inch)

Hard Times (10 inch)

Heart in a Snowball (6 inch)

Hearth & Home (10 inch)

Heavenly Stars (16 inch)

Home Circle (10 inch)

Hope of Hartford (10 inch)

(Liberated) House (8 inch)

I-Spy Snowball Block (6 inch)

Johnny ‘Round the Corner (10 inch)

Laced Star (8 inch)

Log Cabin (6 inch)

Log Cabin with Attitude (9 inch)

Log Cabin Rose (9 inch)

Maple Leaf Block (9 inch)

Milky Way (8 inch)

Monkey Wrench (Snails Trail) (12 inch)

Nine O’Clock (10 inch)

9-Patch in a Square (8-1/2 inch)

Odd Fellows Chain (16 inch)

Ohio Star Block (12 inch)

Oklahoma Boomer (6 inch)

Pinwheel (8 inch)

Polka Dot (6 inch)

Posy (8 inch)

Prizes Block (12 inch)

Queen Charlotte’s Crown (10 inch)

Reeds (7 inch)

Rose (9 inch)

Saw Toothed Square (12 inch)

Sawtooth Star (8 inch)

Scottie Dog (10 inch)

Scrappy Basket (15 inch)

Scrappy Heart (6 inch)

Shoo Fly (6 inch)

Sixteen-Patch (6 inch)

Snails Trail (Monkey Wrench) (12 inch)

Snowball (12 inch)

Spool Block (6 inch)

Square and Points (6 inch)

Stamp Basket (12 inch)

Starflower (12 inch)

String Block (6 inch)

Strip Squares (9 inch)

TIc-Tac-Toe (8 inch)

That 30’s Thing (10 inch)

Thrifty (6 inch)

Union Squares (12 inch)

(Liberated) Variable Star (9 inch)

Violet (4, 6, 8, 9, 10, or 12 inches)

Watermill Block (10 inch)

Whirling Star (10 inch)

Wonky Fly (8 inch)

Yankee Puzzle (6 inch)

You can also see all the blocks, in chronological order, with links to all the photos of the blocks that were made for the lotto, in the Lotto Block Index posts.

If you find a bad/broken link or have questions about any of the blocks, please let me know. I’ll do my best to chase links from other sites or blogs.