Love Patchwork & Quilting - UK (2019-12)

LIGHT AND SHADE

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D

B

E

C

triangle,withthecornerat thetoprightto
makea mirror image trapezoid piece (Fig A).

8

Takeoneblackandonewhitetrapezoid
piece.PlacetheanglededgesRSTand
sewusingain seam.Pressthe seam
towards the darker fabric.

9

Takeoneblue 5 in square.Atthe
bottomleftcorner,markin fromthe
bottom and left side. Lay the square RST

Assembling the blocks

withtheblack/whiteunitfromthelast

step,aligningthemarkeddotwiththe

seam(FigB).Sewfromthemarkeddotto

theouteredgeofthewhite,backstitching

at thedot. Leave the seam unpressed.

10

Arrangesotheotheredgeoftheblue

squareis RSTwiththeblackedgeof

theunit,foldingsothenextseamtobe

sewnis flat(FigsC–D).Sewalongthe

blackedgeoftheunit,from the marked

dotoutward, as before.

11

Carefullyfingerpresstheseamsas

shown(FigE).Thenpressagainusing

anirontoset.Trimtheblockto 10 in

squaretocompleteoneblock.Repeat

steps7–11tomakea total of eight blocks

withblue squares.

12

Repeatsteps7–11tomakefivepink

blocks and seven yellow blocks.

13

Takeonewhitetrapezoidandone

yellowtriangle.Arrangeasshownand

sewtogethertoforma largertriangle

(Fig1).Repeattomakeonepink, one blue

and one more yellow unit.