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You will need 2 fabrics:
Cutting:
Step 1: Making Half Square Triangles (HST) using 3 Ocean and 3 White 4" squares
You will need 2 fabrics:
- Ocean blue (blue, green, aqua...) in small print, solid, tone on tone;
- White, solid or white on white.
Cutting:
Ocean
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White
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3” square |
8
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2
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4” square |
4
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3
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Step 1: Making Half Square Triangles (HST) using 3 Ocean and 3 White 4" squares
- Place 2 squares, one of each colour, right side together. Mark a diagonal across the top square.
- Sew a 1/4" away on each side of the diagonal.
- Cut the unit in half on the diagonal. Open the unit and trim to a 3" square.
- Reserve 5 of those HST
Step 2: Making the Hourglass block
- Pair the remaining HST with the remaining 4" Ocean square (note that the Ocean square is slightly larger than the HST)
- Right side together, alining the smaller square to 2 edges of the bigger one.
- Draw a diagonal across the HST (perpendicular to the previously sewn line, see picture below).
- Sew a 1/4 away from the marked line (only on one side). Cut on the line, open the unit.