Quilt Pattern: Jacob's Ladder

The Jacob's Ladder block is rather large, 13 1/2 inches square, but it is really composed of nine little pieced blocks, five four-patches and four triangle squares. These nine little patchwork blocks and again the large squares must all be set together so that light squares follow light and dark ones dark, as shown in the sketch. Otherwise Jacob might yet misstep on a faulty ladder!

The band of four patches set diagonally between dark triangles makes one of those clever little patchwork borders which add so much of well planned beauty to a patchwork quilt. It would finish about 6 inches wide and could be effectively spaced between plain color strips of dark or light.

Material Estimate: The quilt sets together with alternate unbleached blocks, 13 inches square, and is 5 blocks wide by 5 long plus a three-inch border. If thirteen pieced blocks and twelve plain ones are used the quilt will finish about 73 by 73 inches. Material required is 5 yards of unbleached, 1 1/2 yards red print, 1 yard brown and 1 yard extra for the three- inch border.

An Anchor design, slanted all one direction, would be lovely quilted on the large plain squares between "ladders."