Block 20
8½” x 8½”
Cutting Instructions
From the red fabric, cut:
(16) 1½” x 1½”
From the green fabric, cut:
(16) 1½” x 1½”
From the cream fabric, cut:
(4) 2½” x 2½”
(4) 1½” x 6½”
(8) 1½” x 1½”
Unit Assembly
Four-Patch
Sew a green 1½” square to a red 1½” square, repeat to make 2 pairs. Sew the pairs together into a green/red Four-Patch unit.
Repeat with cream and red 1½” squares. Make 2 red/cream Four Patch units.
Repeat with cream and green 1½” squares. Make 2 green/cream Four Patch units.
Star Points
Mark the wrong side of a red 1½” square in half diagonally once. Lay the marked square right sides together with a cream 2½” square on the bottom left corner, oriented as shown below. Sew on the marked line. Trim a ¼ seam and press. Repeat on the lower right corner of the cream square with marked green 1½” square. Make 2 Top & Bottom Star Point units.
Repeat as above, but with the red on the right and the green on the left. Make 2 Left & Right Star Point units.
Outer Corner Flips
Mark the wrong side of a red 1½” square in half diagonally once. Lay the marked square right sides together with a cream 1½” x 6½” rectangle on the left side, oriented as shown below. Sew on the marked line. Trim a ¼ seam and press. Repeat on the right side of the cream rectangle with marked green 1½” square. Make 2 Top & Bottom Outer Corner Flip units.
Repeat as above, but with the green on the left and the red on the right. Make 2 Left & Right Outer Corner Flip units.
Block Assembly
Use the block diagram above to lay the block center into three rows and sew it together first. 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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