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Cutting Instructions (for all four
blocks):
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*Fabric:
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Size & Shape:
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Number to Cut:
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3
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6-7/8" Square
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2
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4
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6-7/8" Square
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2
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*See Fabric Requirement Chart for fabric key.
Sewing Instructions:
Step 1:
Using a ruler and a water soluble marker, draw a diagonal line on the wrong
side of all Fabric 4 (gold) squares.
Step 2:
With right sides together, layer a Fabric 4 (gold) square on a Fabric 3 (red)
square and sew a 1/4" seam on each side of the diagonal line that you drew in
Step 1. Repeat once more and cut apart on the diagonal lines. Press seams and
trim points. Four Fabric 4/Fabric 3 half-square triangles made.
Assembling Center Medallion Blocks &
Borders:
It's time to assemble what
we've made so far.
Step 1: Arrange the January Mosaic #5 blocks as shown
below:
Using a scant 1/4" seam, sew blocks
together to form rows Sew rows together to form the center of the medallion as
shown below:
Step 2: Sew four February Diagonal Stripe blocks together as
shown below. Repeat three more times for a total of 4 four-block
units.
Step 3: Sew a March Corner Triangle to each end of a four-block
unit from Step 2 as shown below. Repeat once more for a total of two rows for
the top and bottom of the medallion section.
Step 4: Sew a four-block unit
from Step 2 to each side of the Mosaic #5 section as shown below.
Step 5: Sew the rows from Step 3
to the top and bottom of the Medallion section as shown below:
Step 6: Cut four 3-1/2" x
36-1/2" strips from Fabric 5 (plaid). Cut four 3-1/2" squares from Fabric 3
(red).
Step 7: Using a scant 1/4" seam,
stitch a Fabric 3 (red) 3-1/2" square to each end of a 3-1/2" x 36-1/2" Fabric 5
(Plaid) strip as shown below. Repeat once more for a total of two border/corner
block strips.
Step 8: Using a scant 1/4" seam,
stitch a 3-1/2" x 36-1/2" Fabric 5 (plaid) strip to the left side of the center
medallion. Repeat once more on the right side.
Step 9: Using a scant 1/4" seam,
stitch a border/corner block strip to the top of the center medallion as shown.
Stitch the other border/corner block strip to the bottom of the center
medallion.
You now have a 42" x 42" Wallhanging.
If you wish to stop now, you can bind and quilt as desired OR you can
come back on April 1st for the next installment in our "Many Designs of Friendship Quilt"!
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