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This makes a 13" block ! |
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** Preparing the Pieces and Sewing the Block ** |
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Start by marking and cutting the Color 3 3" x 14" strip into eight 1-1/2" x 3-1/2" rectangles... |
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Sew together the Colors 1, 2 and 3 1-1/2" x 12" strips along one long edge, and press seams to darker sides. Mark and cut at 1-1/2" intervals to make eight pieced units...unit A |
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Sew together two Color 3 and one Color 2 1-1/2" x 7-1/2" strips along one long edge, and press seams to darker side. Mark and cut at 1-1/2" intervals to make five pieced units...unit B |
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Sew together two Color 2 and one Color 3 1-1/2" x 3" strips along one long edge, and press seams to darker sides. Mark and cut at 1-1/2" intervals to make two pieced units...unit C |
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Sew together one Color 1 and one Color 2 1-1/2" x 12", and one Color 3 3-1/2" x 12" strip, pressing seams to darker sides. Mark and cut this at 1-1/2" intervals...unit D |
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Sew together two Color 3 1-1/2" x 14"strips and one Color 3 3-1/2" x 14" strip, pressing to one side. Mark and cut this at 3-1/2" intervals to make four pieced units....unit E |
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To make the block's corner units, join two unit A's and one unit B. Sew Color 3 rectangles to the top and bottom, then add unit D's to the left and right. Make four units like this...on to Page 2! |
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Traditional Block |
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August 11 2003 Marcia Hohn