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** Preparing the Pieces
and Sewing the Block ** |
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Start by stacking two Color 1 and two Color 3 5-1/4"
squares and cutting them twice on the diagonal to make eight quarter
square triangles of each...
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Lay these quarter square triangles out to form
quarter squares, then sew pairs of these quarter square triangles
together. Join the pairs to make four Quarter Squares, using 1/4" seams, and pressing seams to the darker side... |
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Mark and cut the Color 2 1-1/2" x 14" strip into four
1-1/2" x 3-1/2" rectangles. Mark and cut the Color 2
1-1/2" x 10" strip into four 1-1/2" x 2-1/2"
rectangles. Mark the Color 2 2-1/2" x 11-1/2" strip
into one 2-1/2" x 6-1/2" rectangle and two 2-1/2"
squares...
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Now mark and cut the Color 3 1-1/2" x 13" strip into
two 1-1/2" x 6-1/2" rectangles. Mark and cut the Color
3 1-1/2" x 10" strip into four 1-1/2" x
2-1/2" rectangles. Mark and cut the Color 3 2-1/2" x
12" strip into two 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" rectangles and two
2-1/2" squares...
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Sew the short Color 2 and Color 3 rectangles together in pairs. Make
four. Sew the longer Color 2 rectangles to the ends of the Color 3
long rectangle. Make two for the block's top and bottom rows. Sew the
Color 3 short fat rectangles to each end of the Color 2 long fat
rectangle for the block's center row. Sew the Color 2 and Color
3 squares together in pairs. Make four...on to Page
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Oct 29 2002 Marcia Hohn |

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Traditional Block |
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