Good morning friends!! Today we are working on our 8" blocks. You need a total of (28) 8" blocks. I have (14) panel/focus 8" blocks so I need to make (14) churn dash blocks.
Ready?!? Let's do it!
First, you'll need to cut the following:
Background:
(1) 4-1/2" square
(1) 4-1/4" square
(1) 1-1/2" strip
Color:
(1) 4-1/4" square
(1) 1-1/2" strip
Let's start with the half-square triangles (HST's). Start by pinning the 4-1/4" squares, right sides together, on all four sides:
Sew all 4 sides:
Line up the sewn squares on your mat, matching up the corners with the 45-degree angle lines, and cut on both diagonals:
Press open and square them up to 2-1/2".
(Love my Bloc-Loc Rulers, btw!). Now let's make our strip sets. Pin the 1-1/2" strips together lengthwise, right sides together.
Sew along the length and press open. Sub-cut into 4-1/2" lengths. You'll need (4) per block.
We're ready to put our blocks together. Here's the layout:
Sew it all together and here you go!
Square them up to 8-1/2"! That's it. Nice and easy! I'm really enjoying seeing everyone's progress! We're getting close to finishing!! So exciting!! I'll be posting our next step on 4/16. :)
Thank you! This will be a real test for me, because I don't like working with bias edges, and I'll be biting my lip the whole way! I know, I could make them another way, but we'll see if I can handle it. LOL
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