This makes a 13" block ! 

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** Preparing the Pieces and Sewing the Block **

Start by marking and cutting the Color 3  3" x 14" strip into eight 1-1/2" x 3-1/2" rectangles...

Sew together the Colors 1, 2 and 3  1-1/2" x 12" strips along one long edge, and press seams to darker sides. Mark and cut at 1-1/2" intervals to make eight pieced units...unit A

Sew together two Color 3 and one Color 2  1-1/2" x 7-1/2" strips along one long edge, and press seams to darker side. Mark and cut at 1-1/2" intervals to make five pieced units...unit B

Sew together two Color 2 and one Color 3  1-1/2" x 3" strips along one long edge, and press seams to darker sides. Mark and cut at 1-1/2" intervals to make two pieced units...unit C

Sew together one Color 1 and one Color 2  1-1/2" x 12", and one Color 3  3-1/2" x 12" strip, pressing seams to  darker sides. Mark and cut this at 1-1/2" intervals...unit D

Sew together two Color 3  1-1/2" x 14"strips and one Color 3  3-1/2" x 14" strip, pressing to one side. Mark and cut this at 3-1/2" intervals to make four pieced units....unit E

To make the block's corner units, join two unit A's and one unit B.  Sew Color 3 rectangles to the top and bottom, then add unit D's to the left and right. Make four units like this...on to Page 2!

August 11 2003 Marcia Hohn

Traditional  Block

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