Celtic Twist Quilt Block

The Celtic twist quilt block is one of those blogs which looks hard to make. It looks fascinating with full of movement.

The woven effect makes it intricate. Good news is that it isn't as hard as it looks. The biggest challenge is to arrange the pieces correctly. Here I prepared a step by step tutorial with manageable steps so you can make this intricate block easily.

The Celtic twist block is made up of rectangles and squares. You need a background fabric and four different fabrics for the twists.

Fabric Requirements

You need a background and four additional fabrics in coordinating colors.

Step by step Tutorial

First of all, we need to cut the fabric in to pieces. Below is the cutting list for each color.

Background fabric

4 pieces 3 1/2" × 6 1/2"

1 piece 3 1/2" × 3 1/2"

4 pieces 2" ×2"

Twist fabrics

Cut the following from each fabric:

1 piece 2" × 5"

1 piece 2" × 3 1/2"

3 pieces 2" × 2"

After cutting the pieces, we begin sewing with the Center square. Pick 3 1/2" background square and the four 2" x5" rectangles. Arrange the strips around each edge of the square. The placement of each rectangle is up to you.

Take the top strip and the square. Line up the strip along the side of the square with one edge flush with the square's edge. The other edge will be overhanging. Sew along this side. Leave 1/2" unsewn at the end of the square.

Sew the next rectangle strip to the right side of the square. Sew the other rectangle strip to the bottom of the square, then fold back the first strip, place the last rectangle along the left side of the square. Sew it in place. Do not forget to press toward the rectangle after sewing each square.

Fold down the top strip and finish off the seam.

Now it is time to arrange the remaining pieces so that we get the twisted look. Start with placing the background rectangles on each side of the square. Continue working on one side at a time. Pick the remaining fabric pieces that match each strip on the center square. Finish arranging each fabric piece as seen in the image below.

Next, create the triangle corners on the background rectangles. Flip the squares to make them upside down right sides together.
Sew the pieces together, squares on top, from one corner of the square to the other corner.

Repeat with the other square. Trim the triangle piece off the corners. Press towards triangles. Repeat this for four sides of the block.

Now we make the corner units. Sew together the two squares and then sew the rectangle to the squares.

Since we have finished sewing the units together, it is time to assemble the block. Lay out the block to make sure that all the pieces are placed correctly.

Sew the pieces of each row together. Then sew the three rows together. Pay attention to the points to be perfect.

It's finished! It looks complicated with lots of pieces but once you lay it out and work carefully, it is not that tough to finish this Celtic twist block.

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Hatun Çomak

I'm Hatun from Turkiye. I love quilting and patchwork and this is my patchworld. I share my projects, process, patterns and tutorials here in my blog. .

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