Following a Drunkard’s Path: A Quilt Block

Let your imagination run wild with the Drunkard’s Path design. These curvy little units are like quilt‑building puzzle pieces—mix them, match them, spin them around. You can use a single block for a pillow top or small mat. With a few more squares, you might make a table runner or an entire quilt. In some quilts, the pattern is explored as a sampler with the units in each block arranged differently. Any Drunkard’s Path project is a fun adventure. Relax with your favorite beverage and imagine the paths that you might takealong the way!

Materials

• Cotton fabric: ¼ yd each of blue and white
  
• Sewing thread: white
  
• Handsewing needle
  
• Sheet of paper
  
• Sheet of template plastic
  
• Cutting mat and rotary cutter
  
• Scissors: fabric, paper, and plastic
  
• Iron and ironing surface
  

Block Size:12½" × 12½" (31.8 × 31.8 cm) including seam allowances.

Each block is four rows of four 3" × 3" (7.6 × 7.6 cm) square units, for a total of 16, plus ¼" (6 mm) seam allowances on the outer edges.

About: Kathy Hartman is retired and lives in Loveland, Colorado. She has always admired the many creations shown in PieceWork and Long Thread Media titles. A sometime quilter and longtime seamstress, she got her start in middle school home economics. In college, she joined Co-op Threads, a clothing and craft cooperative in Madison, Wisconsin, which later became the Silver Thread. She has primarily created children’s clothing, toys, and baby quilts as well as men’s and women’s apparel.

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