Today's Quilter - UK (2020-01)

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PROJECTl chain reaction
Makingtheeconomy
squareunits
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Tomakeeachoftheeconomy
squares,youwillneedeither
one(1)BKGfabric 4 insquareand
four(4)print 2 insquares,orone
(1)print 4 insquareand four (4)
BKG 2in squares.
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Marka diagonallineonthe
backofeach 2 insquare with
a pencil or erasable marker.
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Placea smallsquare,right
sidestogether,withonecorner
of a largesquareandsewalongthe
diagonalline.Repeatwitha square on
the opposite corner(Fig 1 ).
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Trimawayexcessfabricin
beyondtheseamlines(Fig 2 ).
Pressopentoaddtwo(2) triangles to
the corners(Fig 3 ).
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Repeatforthetwo(2)
remaining corners(Fig 4 ).
Assemblingtheblocks
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EachblockA containsone
(1)pinkHST,one(1) 2 inx
6 inBKGstripandone(1) 6 inx
8 inBKGrectangle.JointheHST
tothebottomofthe 2 inx 6in
BKGstripandaddthistotheleftof
theremainingrectangle(Figs5-7).
Repeat to make four (4) block As.
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EachblockB containseight(8)
pinkorturquoiseHSTs,six(6)
2 in BKGsquares,three(3) 2 in x
4 in BKGstripsandone(1)darkblue
economysquare.Layouttheunits
in rows,asshowninFig 8. Joinunits
to makerows,thenjointherowsto
completeblockB (Figs9-10). Make
twelve(12)blockBs:eight(8) pink
and four (4) turquoise.
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EachblockC containstwo
(2)HSTs(onepinkandone
turquoise),one(1) 2 inx 8inBKG
stripandone(1) 8 inx 12inBKG
rectangle.JointheHSTstoeither
endofthestrip.Stitchtotheleftof
theremainingrectangle(Figs11-13).
Makeeight(8)blockCstakingcare
tofollowthecolourplacementinthe
layout diagram for each block.
BlockA –
make 4
BlockB –
make 12