Diagonal Double Stripe

About this block

This block is built from four strips set on the diagonal rather than running horizontally or vertically, giving the finished block a slanted, directional movement instead of the more common straight-grain stripe look. Piecing on the diagonal typically means working with bias edges, which take a bit more care to keep from stretching during construction, but the visual payoff is a stronger sense of motion when blocks are repeated across a quilt top.