What's the difference?

[Mchelem]

A pattern I am looking at calls for:

4 3.5 in blocks
1 2 x 3.5 in rectangle and
1 3.5 in square

What's the difference in a block and a square???

[Davidsgirl08]

Your guess is as good as mine, that would confuse me! New or old pattern? Could just be a typo

[SewCrazy4Quilts]

um....a block is a square...unless my basic wooden block skills from preschool fail me. IDK why they would write it like that though. It's totally confusing.

[auntiemern]

Only reason I can think of is cuz there is only 1, the blocks are 4. Heck I don't know why anyone would write a pattern that way.

[Renate]

Maybe she wanted to express, that there are 2 different kind of blocks (the one she named block, the other one she named square). I do not see any sense in this description

[Mchelem]

Your guess is as good as mine, that would confuse me! New or old pattern? Could just be a typo

Maybe. It's a tutorial from October 2011.
They are cut from the same color fabric.
I was just making sure I wasn't missing something obvious.

[quiltsRfun]

When I'm making notes on a pattern I'm designing I refer to the units that will be sewn together to make the blocks as squares (or patches). The blocks are what will be sewn together to make the quilt top. Some blocks are one piece.
EXAMPLE:
Cut X number of blue 4-1/2 inch blocks
Cut X number of red 2-1/2 inch squares
Cut X number of white 2-1/2 inch squares
Sew the red and white squares to make 4-patch blocks
Alternate the 4-patch blocks with the blue blocks

Don't know if this is what they had in mind but at least it's something to think about. It might also help to read the pattern entirely so you can determine how the blocks and squares fit together.

[Mchelem]

When I'm making notes on a pattern I'm designing I refer to the units that will be sewn together to make the blocks as squares (or patches). The blocks are what will be sewn together to make the quilt top. Some blocks are one piece.
EXAMPLE:
Cut X number of blue 4-1/2 inch blocks
Cut X number of red 2-1/2 inch squares
Cut X number of white 2-1/2 inch squares
Sew the red and white squares to make 4-patch blocks
Alternate the 4-patch blocks with the blue blocks

Don't know if this is what they had in mind but at least it's something to think about. It might also help to read the pattern entirely so you can determine how the blocks and squares fit together.

Maybe this is the difference, but still makes no sense. The 4 printed blocks get sewn to 4 white squares and then cut diagonally each corner to corner to become 4 HST's

[MartinaG]

I would expect a "block" to be pieced or it could be a fussy-cut?????

[CarrieG]

I would expect a block to be a finished unit, made up of pieces. A square would be part of a block. That's how my mind works.