- Repeat Step 1, page 79, using one
off-white print 2×21" strip and one
second orange print 2×21" strip to
make an orange B strip set. Repeat
to make six orange B strip sets total.
Cut strip sets into eighteen 6^1 ⁄ 2 "-wide
orange B side units (you will use 16). - Using remaining off-white print
2 ×21" strips and light brown floral
2 ×21" strips, repeat Step 1 to make
three light brown C strip sets. Cut
strips sets into nine 6^1 ⁄ 2 "-wide light
brown C side units (you will use eight).
ASSEMBLE BLOCK A- Use a pencil to mark a diagonal line
on the wrong side of each off-white
print 2^7 ⁄ 8 " square. - Referring to Assemble Large
Triangle-Squares, Step 2, page 78,
use a marked off-white print square
and a brown print or floral 2^7 ⁄ 8 "
square to make two brown medium
triangle-squares (Diagram 3). Each
triangle-square should be 2^1 ⁄ 2 " square
including seam allowances. Repeat to
make four brown medium triangle-
squares total. - Using red polka dot, orange print,
and dark gold print 2^7 ⁄ 8 " squares,
repeat Step 1 to make four red medium
triangle-squares, 12 orange medium
triangle-squares, and four dark gold
medium triangle-squares. - Use a pencil to draw a diagonal line
on the wrong side of each off-white
print 2^1 ⁄ 4 " square. - Align a marked off-white print
square with one corner of a brown
dot 2^1 ⁄ 2 " square (Diagram 4). Stitch
on marked line; trim seam allowance
to^1 ⁄ 4 ". Press open attached triangle.
Add a second marked off-white print
square to opposite corner of brown dot
square to make a stem unit. The stem
unit should be 2^1 ⁄ 2 " square including
seam allowances. Repeat to make six
stem units total.- Referring to Diagram 5, lay out
four brown medium triangle-squares,
one off-white print 2^1 ⁄ 2 " square, three
brown print or floral 2^1 ⁄ 2 " squares,
and one stem unit in three rows. Join
pieces in rows. Join rows to make
a brown Maple Leaf unit. The unit
should be 6^1 ⁄ 2 " square including seam
allowances.
7. Using red polka dot, orange print,
and dark gold print 2^1 ⁄ 2 " squares and
complementary medium triangle-
squares, repeat Step 5 to make one red
Maple Leaf unit, three orange Maple
Leaf units, and one dark gold Maple
Leaf unit.
8. Referring to Diagram 6, sew
orange A side units to opposite edges
of brown Maple Leaf unit. Join red
large triangle-squares to ends of two
orange A side units; sew to remaining
edges to make Block A. The block
should be 12^1 ⁄ 2 " square including seam
allowances.
Diagram 3(^2) sq.^1 / 4 "
Diagram 4
(^2) sq.^1 / 2 "
(^2) sq.^1 / 2 "
(^2) sq.^1 / 2 "
Diagram 5
Block A
Diagram 6
80 APQ ¥ October 2019