The Jacob's Ladder quilt block is a variation of a 9-patch quilting block. It's a combination of 4 half square triangle units and 5 four patch units. Line them all up correctly and you get a diagonal ...

I don’t know why, but I’ve always been totally intimidated by quilters. I mean, I’m a mad sewer and seamstress extraordinaire if I do say so myself, but there is something about the little intricacies ...