Again, I apologize for being so flighty with getting my quilt block explained to you!
Quilting is VERY new to me, but I think I finally have this block down.
* Cut 4, 4-7/8" pieces each of blue and green material.
NOTE: I am not good at the "scant 1/4 inch seam", so I cut mine 5" and you can trim down later if you need to.
*Cut 1, 4-1/2" piece of either the blue or the green
* Cut 4, 4-7/8" pieces each of blue and green material.
NOTE: I am not good at the "scant 1/4 inch seam", so I cut mine 5" and you can trim down later if you need to.
*Cut 1, 4-1/2" piece of either the blue or the green
* Cut each 4-7/8" square on the diagonal
You will now have 8 triangles of each color and your 4-1/2" square of your color.
*Place a triangle of each color right sides together and sew a scant 1/4" seam.*Press seams. My colors were dark, so I pressed them open.
At this point you can trim the squares to 4-1/2 inches, if needed.
You will now have 8 squares.
*Arrange the squares as shown (I picked one color to be the white in the pattern. It made it easier to follow how to arrange the pieces), with the solid color square in the middle.
*Sew pieces together in rows - with scant 1/4" seam.*Sew rows together - with scant 1/4" seam.
And there you go!You'll end up with a 12.5" square (giving me my "scant" seam allowance). If it ends up a bit larger, don't worry - you'll give me something to work with!
I think I have to get over my "scant" issue or look for that quilting pressure foot.
I was surprised at how easy it was to do and it only took me about 1/2 hour.If any of you have already done it and did it with the smaller size - PLEASE don't worry about redoing it. I know how frustrating that can be. I'll boarder it and use it!
