Love Patchwork & Quilting - UK (2020-02)

NATURE TRAIL

PIECINGTHEBLOCKS

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Paira FabricA andbackground3in
square,RST.Drawa diagonallineon
thewrongsideofonesquare.Sewin
fromeithersideoftheline.Cutalong
thedrawnlineandpress open. Trim each
HSTto 2 in square.

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Repeatstep8 withallyour3insquares
tomakethefollowingHSTs.
QNinetysixFabricA/background.
QSixtyfourFabricB/background.
QSixty four Fabric C/background.

Fig 1

Fig 2

Fig 4

Fig 3

QNinetysixFabricD/background.

QOnehundredand sixty Fabric E/

background.

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ArrangefourFabricA/background

HSTswitheightFabricA andfour

background 2 in squares,in fourrowsof

fourasshown(Fig1).Sewthesquares

togetherin rows,pressingseamstoone

side,alternatingdirectionbetweenrows.

Sewtogetherin rows,pressingseams

opento complete one Block A.

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Repeatstep 10 tomaketwelveFabricA

BlockA.RepeattomakeeightFabricB,

sixFabricC andsix Fabric D Block A as

shown(Fig 2).

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TomakeBlockB,arrangeyoursquares

as shown in Fig 3 and sew together in

fourrowsoffoursquaresasin step10.

Makea totalofsixteenFabricA/B/E

blocks,twelveFabricC/D/Eblocks

andthree Fabric D/E blocks.

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Makethesideblocks,asshownin Fig4.

Arrangethesquaresin fourrowsof two.

Sewthesquaresin pairs,pressingseams

tooppositesidesbetweenrows.Sewthe

rowstogether and press seams open.

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Makethetopandbottomrowblocks

asshownin Fig5. Arrangethesquares

in tworowsoffourandsew together

asyoudid previously.

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Makethecornerblocksasshownin

Fig6. Makesurethatyouhavetwo

regularandtwomirrorimageblocks.

Sew together in a four-patch formation.

x 12

A

B

C

D

x 8

x 6

x 6

x 12

x 16

x 3

x 2

x 4

x 4

x 4

x 4

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