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TECHNICALTIP

Theseinstructionsmakea

9infinishedTripletblock.

It is anexcellentbuilding

blockthatlooksgreatalone

andwouldpairwellwith

other 3x3 grid blocks.

6

Stitchainseamallowance

alongeithersideofthedrawn

line(Fig 2 ). Cutapartalongthe

drawnline(Fig 3 ). Pressyourseams

towardstheprintfabric.Thiswill

giveyoua nice,crispjoin in the

centre of your QST.

7

Pairthetwo(2)HSTunitsRST,

withoppositefabricstouching,

buttingtheseamstogether.Drawa

linediagonallycornertocorner

(Fig 4 ) perpendiculartotheseam.

Stitcheithersideofthedrawnline,

inaway.Cutapartalongthedrawn

line(Fig 5 ). Presstheseseams

open;thisis usingpressingtoyour

advantage,asdoingthiswillhelp

reducebulkinthecorners(Fig 6 ).

Makesix(6)QSTunits(Fig 7 ).

Tr i m each to 3i n squa re.

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Layouttheblockswiththe

remainingsquares,rotatingunits

sofabricsalternate.Youwillhave

enoughfortwo(2)identicalblocks.

Youc a nnowc h a i npie c et he s eu n it s

together.Presstheseamsasshownin

Fig 8 – topandbottomrowstowards

theprintandthecentrerowtowards

theQST.Stitchthethree(3)rows

together, matching up the seams.