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Fromyoursix(6)lengths

assembletwo(2)stripsegments

(Fig2). Press seams to the darker

fabric.

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Cross-cuteachstrip-setintofive

(5) 2in segments(Fig3).

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Assembleandsewthethree(3)

Nine-Patchblocksasshownin

Fig 4 , pinningat everyintersection

to makesurethattheseamsareneatly

aligned.Press. Put the spare unit to

one side.

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Repeatwiththeothersetsof

stripstomakea total of sixty (60)

Nine-Patch blocks.

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Choosetwelve(12)ofthespare

unitsandthenmakeupfour(4)

morescrappyNine-Patchblocks.

Youneedsixty-four (64) Nine-Patch

blocks in total.

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Ta keone(1)of t he 6 i nf abr ic

A backgroundsquaresandon

thewrongsideof thefabricdrawa line

across one diagonal(Fig 5A).

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Withrightsidestogether,lay

themarkedbackgroundsquare

ontopofone(1)oftheNine-Patch

blocks,aligningtheedges.Sewain

seamonbothsidesofthe marked

diagonal(Fig 5B).

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Pressthestitchinglinetoset

beforeopening.Cuttheunits

apartbetweenthestitching,cutting

onthemarkedline.Pressopen

towardsthebackgroundfabricto

create two new units(Fig6).

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Usinga quiltingruler,trimthe

unitsto measure6insquare.

Makesurethediagonalmarkingsonthe

quiltingsquarealignwiththediagonal

seamof theunit.Youwillneedto trim

two(2)sidesandthenrotatethesquare

to trim the other two (2) sides.

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Repeatwithallsixteen(16)

6 infabricA squaresand

sixteen(16) 6 infabricB squares

andthirty-two(32)oftheNine-

Patchblockstomakea totalof

thirty-two(32)unitswithfabricA

andthirty-two (32) units with fabric

B(Fig7).

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Sewfour(4)unitswiththe

same background fabric

Make 1 of each

Make8 ofeach

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Fig 5A Fig 5B

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Fig 8

Make 32 of each