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You have a choice of techniques with this block.
You can paper-piece the block or you can use templates. The instructions on
this page are for Paper-Piecing. Click here for Template Piecing
instructions.
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Cutting Instructions (for all sixteen paper-pieced
blocks):
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*Fabric:
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Size & Shape:
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Number to Cut:
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1
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2-3/4” x 10” rectangle
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16
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1
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4” Square
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8 (cut once diagonally.)
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6
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2-3/4” x 10” rectangle
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16
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3
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4” Square
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8 (cut once diagonally.)
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*See Fabric Requirement Chart for fabric key.
Sewing Instructions:
Step 1: Make (or print out)16 copies of the paper foundation
pattern. Click here for the paper foundation
pattern in .pdf format. Cut each
foundation out about 1/4” from the outer edge of the dotted
lines.
Step 2: Layer a Fabric 1 (dk green) 2-3/4” x 10” rectangle on a
Fabric 6 (cream) 2-3/4” x 10” rectangle, right sides together. Place the top edge of the layered rectangles about 1/4”
above the line between section 1 and section 2 on the wrong side of the paper
foundation.
Pin in place on the printed side of the
paper foundation. Using a very short stitch
length setting, machine stitch on the line between section 1 and section
2.
(You will sew on the printed side of the
paper foundation. The fabric will be
UNDER the paper.) Flip the Fabric 6 (cream) rectangle over to cover the seam
and press with a warm, dry iron.
Step 3: Fold the paper foundation along the line between section 2
and section 3.
Trim the Fabric 1 (dk green) rectangle
to 1/4” above the folded paper. Unfold the paper
foundation and layer a Fabric 3 (red) triangle on the Fabric 1 (dk green)
rectangle, right sides together. Pin in
place.
Machine stitch along the line between
section 2 & 3. Flip Fabric 3 (red) over to
cover the seam and press.
Step 4: Fold the paper foundation along the line between section 1
and section 4.
Trim the Fabric 6 (cream) rectangle to
1/4” above the folded paper. Unfold the paper
foundation and layer a Fabric 1 (dk green) trinalge on the Fabric 6 (cream)
rectangle, right sides together. Pin in place and
machine stitch along the line between section 1 and section 4. Flip the Fabric 1 (dk green) triangle over to cover the seam
and press.
Step 5: Trim the excess fabric and paper away by cutting along the
dotted edge of the paper foundation.
Step 6: Repeat Steps 2 through 5 fifteen more times for a total of
sixteen Diagonal Stripe blocks. Leave the paper
foundations in place for now. They will be
removed in a later step.
(Note: The numbers in the
block above represent fabric numbers.)
February
GALLERY:
Here is Margi Borck's paper-pieced
version in browns and pinks:
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