Diagonal Stripes  - Template Method
Size:  6" Finished (Make 16)

February 2004 Quilt Block of the Month Free from BlockCentral.com

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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 Template Piecing.  Click here for Paper Piecing instructions.

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Cutting Instructions (for all sixteen blocks):

*See Fabric Requirement Chart for fabric key.

Sewing Instructions:

Before you start, print out a copy of the templates.  Click here for the templates in .pdf format.  Place a sheet of clear template plastic over the printed templates and trace the templates onto the plastic.  Cut templates from the plastic and label.

Step 1:  With right sides together, layer a Fabric 1-A (dk green) on a Fabric 6-A (cream).  Using a scant 1/4” seam, stitch along the longest side.  Press seam toward the darker fabric.

Step 2:  With right sides together, layer a Fabric 1-B  (dk green) on the Fabric 6-A (cream).  Using a scant 1/4” seam, stitch along the longest side.  Press seam toward the darker fabric.

Step 3:  With right sides together, layer a Fabric 3-B (red) on the Fab. 1-A (dk green).  Using a scant 1/4” seam, stitch along the longest side.  Press seam toward the darker fabric.

Step 4:  Repeat Step1 through Step 3 fifteen times more for a total of sixteen Diagonal Stripe blocks.

February GALLERY:

Here is Margi Borck's paper-pieced version in browns and pinks:

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