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** Preparing the Pieces
and Sewing the Block ** |
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Using the template provided cut four of Unit A from a 4-1/2" x
22" strip of Color 1...
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Cut four of Unit C from a 3-1/2" x 15-1/2" strip of Color
2...
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Cut eight of Unit D from a 4" x 13" strip of Color 3...
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Cut four corner squares plus four of Unit B and
four of Unit D from a 10" x 14-1/2" strip of Color 4...
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Now, using a 1/4" seam (here and throughout the project)
sew a Unit D Color 4 triangle to a Unit D Color 3 triangle. Press seam
to darker side. Add Unit B triangles to the left and right, pressing
seams towards the Unit B triangles. Make four units like this...
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Now sew Unit D/Color 3 triangles to the bottom of each Unit C/ Color 2
trapezoid, pressing seam to darker side. Sew each of these units
to a Color 1 parallelogram, starting and stopping at a point 1/4"
from each end of that seam line. Reinforce your stitching at each end.
Press seam to darker side. Now set a corner square into each corner by
stitching from the inner corner to the outsides, again reinforcing
your stitching at that inner corner. Make four units like this in
total...on to Page 2!
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Sept 22 2005 Marcia Hohn |
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Original Block |
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