This makes a 28" block , and is rated as a three pin pattern only because of the number of pieces within it :o)

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** Preparing the Pieces and Sewing the Block **

 

From the strips listed below, cut the number of 2-1/2" squares indicated at left...

 

 

Now sew the fourteen rows shown at left, always using a scant1/4" seam. Press rows in alternating directions. Sew the rows together to complete the block! It's easy, in that there are only squares, but...there are many of them...so it won't be necessarily FAST... :o)

...on to Page 2!

 

 Why do you sometimes refer to it as a SCANT 1/4" seam?? Each time you press a seam to the side, you can lose the tiniest bit of block width in the crease. Across the whole width of a block, that can mean significant loss of block size! So, sewing with a SCANT 1/4" seam, which is a couple threads LESS THAN a true 1/4", you compensate for that bit of lost block width! Generally, quilters call this  "using a 1/4" seam", but the reality is that each quilter needs to find the sweet spot on Their Own Machine, so that after pressing, your blocks consistently come out the right size!

 

April 8 2005 Marcia Hohn

 

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