Quilt Pattern: Jack in the Box

Jack in the Box is a crisp angular pattern almost as perky as its surprising name. The sketched block shows how easy it is to piece first two white triangles onto a diamond to make a little oblong, then two white triangles added to a red triangle make another, and these two oblongs join together making one corner square. Seams are not allowed so should be added to the sizes given if your blocks are to finish 10 inches square.

Material Estimate: This quilt sets together with alternate plain white ten-inch blocks. We suggest 7 blocks wide by 8 blocks long. A 3- inch border all around will bring the size to about 76 by 86 inches for the complete top. Twenty-eight pieced blocks and twenty-eight plain are used for this plan, requiring 2 1/2 yards of red and 6 1/2 yards of white, which will allow for the border.

A Pineapple or Four Flowers would fit nicely onto the alternate plain 10-inch squares with the pieced blocks quilted to follow the seams.