Block 10
8½” x 8½”
Cutting Instructions
From the red fabric, cut:
(2) 3” x 3”
(4) 2½” x 2½”
From the green fabric, cut:
(4) 1½” x 4½”
(4) 1½” x 1½”
From the cream fabric, cut:
(2) 3” x 3”
(4) 1½” x 4½”
(8) 1½” x 1½”
Unit Assembly
Half Square Triangles
Mark the wrong side of the red 3” squares in half diagonally once. Lay a marked square over a cream 3” square, right sides together. Sew a ¼” from each side of the marked line. Cut apart on the marked line. Trim unit to 2½” square. Make 4.
Need help with Half Square Triangles? Watch this helpful video.
Corner Flip
Mark the wrong side of two cream and one green 1½” squares in half diagonally once. Lay a marked cream square over the corner of a red 2½” square, right sides together. Sew on the marked line. Trim ¼” the sewn line to create the seam. Press.
Repeat with another marked cream 1½” square on the diagonally opposite corner. Complete the final corner with a marked green square in the corner. Make 4 Corner Flip units.
Strip
Sew a cream 1½” x 4½” strip to the top of a green 1½” x 4½” strip.
Make 4 Strip units.
Block Assembly
Use the block diagram above to lay the block center first and sew it together. Then lay out the whole block and sew the units into rows.
Sew the rows together to complete the block.
Block measures 8½” x 8½” unfinished.
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