Quilt Block Planner (Free Printable PDF)
A large empty block grid to colour in, six squares to swatch your fabrics against, and a cutting list that turns the coloured block into a shopping and cutting plan.
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The block grid fills the top left of the page at about four inches square, divided into a three by three, four by four or five by five layout depending on the option you choose. The cells are large enough to colour with pencils or markers, and the outer edge is drawn heavier so the block reads as a block rather than as graph paper. Draw diagonals inside a cell when you want half square triangles; the grid does not force any particular piecing.
Beside the grid are lines for the block name, the finished block size, how many blocks you need, the finished quilt size and the seam allowance you are working to, then six small squares to colour with the fabrics you plan to use, each with a line to name the fabric or the collection. Colouring the swatches in the same pencils you used on the block keeps the key and the drawing honest.
The cutting list underneath has ten rows and six columns: fabric, shape, cut size, how many per block, how many in total and a notes column for pressing or sub-cutting. Filling it in before you cut is what stops the third fabric running out. A short ruled notes block sits at the bottom. The grid and swatches are for colouring by hand; every cell of the cutting list and all the detail lines are fillable.
