Block 24
8½” x 8½”
Cutting Instructions
From the red fabric, cut:
(2) 3½” x 3½”
(8) 1½” x 1½”
From the green fabric, cut:
(2) 3” x 3”
(4) 1½” x 2½”
(8) 1½” x 1½”
From the cream fabric, cut:
(2) 3½” x 3½”
(2) 3” x 3”
(4) 1½” x 4½”
(4) 1½” x 2½”
Unit Assembly
Flying Geese
Mark the wrong side of a green 1½” square in half diagonally once. Lay the marked square right sides together with a cream 1½” x 2½” rectangle, 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 red 1½” square. Make 4 Flying Geese units.
Half Square Triangles
Mark the wrong side of the green 3” squares in half diagonally once. Lay a marked square over a cream 3” square, right sides together. Sew a ¼” from each side of the marked line. Cut apart on the marked line. Trim unit to 2½” square. Make 4.
Repeat with the cream 3 ½” squares and red 3 ½” squares to make (4) red/cream HST for the next unit.
Need help with Half Square Triangles? Watch this helpful video.
Quarter Square Triangle
Take the red/cream HST from the previous step. Mark the wrong side of one of the HST in half diagonally once. Lay the marked HST over an unmarked HST with opposite colors facing each other. Sew a quarter inch from each side of the marked line.
Cut apart on the marked line to make 2 red/cream QST. Repeat to make 4 red/cream QST. Trim QST unit to 2½” square.
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 4½” 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 4 Corner Flip units.
Block 24 Section
Use the diagram above to lay the Block 24 Section. Sew the units into three rows, and then sew the three rows together. Block 24 Sections measures 4½” x 4½” unfinished.
Block Assembly
Use the block diagram above to lay the block out. Sew the Block 24 Sections into tow rows.
Sew the rows together to complete the block.
Block measures 8½” x 8½” unfinished.
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