46 McCall’s Quilting January/February 2020
2 Mark diagonal line on wrong side of
unit 1, intersecting seams as shown
Diagram II. Place marked unit 1
on unit 2, right sides together with
contrasting colors facing one another.
Sew ¼ ̋ seam on both sides of the
marked line. Cut on the marked line,
open, and press to make 2 unit 4’s.
Make192unit4’stotal.
3 Join 2 greenC’s,1 navyC, 2 unit3’s,
and 4 unit4’sasshownin
DiagramIIIto makestarcenter.
Make 48 starcenterstotal.
Cutting Instructions
Patches are lettered in order of use.
Measurements include ¼ ̋ seam allow-
ances. Border strips will be pieced and
cut to exact length needed. You may
want to make them longer to allow for
piecing variations.
- Green tone-on-tone
48 squares 2¾ ̋ (A)
16 squares 2⅝ ̋ (J)
48 squares 2⅜ ̋ (B)
10 rectangles 2¼ ̋ x 16½ ̋ (M)
4 rectangles 2¼ ̋ x 10¼ ̋ (L)
4 rectangles 2¼ ̋ x 8½ ̋ (K)
96 squares 2 ̋ (C)
48 rectangles 1⅜ ̋ x 10¼ ̋ (H)
96 rectangles 1⅜ ̋ x 8½ ̋ (G)
96 rectangles 1⅜ ̋ x 6¾ ̋ (E)
48 rectangles 1⅜ ̋ x 5 ̋ (D) - Navy solid
9 strips 4 ̋ x WOF for border 2
9 strips 2½ ̋ x WOF for binding
4 squares 4¾ ̋ (I)
96 squares 2¾ ̋ (A)
48 squares 2⅜ ̋ (B)
288 squares 2¼ ̋ (F)
48 squares 2 ̋ (C) - White solid
48 squares 2¾ ̋ (A) - Turquoise ombré dots
cut from dark blue:
48 rectangles 1⅜ ̋ x 6¾ ̋ (E)
48 rectangles 1⅜ ̋ x 5 ̋ (D)
cut from medium blue:
48 rectangles 1⅜ ̋ x 8½ ̋ (G)
48 rectangles 1⅜ ̋ x 6¾ ̋ (E)
cut from light blue:
48 rectangles 1⅜ ̋ x 10¼ ̋ (H)
48 rectangles 1⅜ ̋ x 8½ ̋ (G)
Piecing the Blocks
1 Referring to Triangle-Squares in Quilt
Basics and to Diagram I-A, use green
tone-on-tone A’s and navy solid A’s to
make 96 unit 1’s as shown.
In the samemanner,usewhite A’s
and navyA’sasshownin
DiagramI-Bto make 96 unit 2’s
total.
Similarly,usegreenB’sand navy B’s
to make 96 unit3’sasshown in
DiagramI-C.
DiagramI-A
Unit 1
Make 96
DiagramI-B
Unit 2
Make 96
Diagram I-C
Unit 3
Make 96
DiagramII
Unit 1
2
Unit 4
Make 192
Star Center
Make 48
Diagram III
C
C