center block |
Step 1:
1.Sew the 4 center blocks together that you made last month if you haven't already. See diagram 1a.
diagram 1 |
Border 1
2- 1 3/4'' X 16 1/2''
2- 1 3/4'' X 19''
Sew the border strips to the center 1a. See diagram 1b above.
HST Border
Medium fabric: A 16- 3'' x 3''
Background Fabric: B 16- 3'' x 3''
C 4- 2 1/2'' x 2 1/2''
Step 1:
1. On the back of both piece B draw a diagonal line from corner to corner. See diagram 1a.
2. Place the square on top of piece A. Sew a 1/4'' seam on both sides of the line. See diagram 1b.
3. Cut on drawn line. See diagram 1c.
4. Press HST's open to dark side.
5. Trim the HST's to 2 1/2'' x 2 1/2''
6. Make 32.
diagram 2 |
Step 2:
1. Sew four of the HST's from step 1 together. See diagram 3a.
2. Make 4, 3a's.
3. Sew four of the HST's from step 1 together. See diagram 3b.
4. Make 4, 3b's.
diagram 3 |
Step 3:
1. Paper piece the four triangle square units, using the medium and background fabric. See diagram 4.
The paper piecing pattern is included in the PDF download.
diagram 4 |
Step 4:
1. Sew the units 3a and 3b from Step 2 above to a triangle square unit from Step 3. See diagram 5.
2. Make 4.
diagram 5 |
Step 5:
1. Sew a piece C to each end of one of the units from Step 4 above. See diagram 6.
2. Make 2.
diagram 6 |
Step 6:
1. Sew units from Step 5 to the center. See diagram 7.
diagram 7 |
Border 2
2- 1 3/4'' x 23''
2- 1 3/4'' x 25 1/2''
Sew the border strips to the unit center unit from above. See diagram 8. The center should now be 25 1/2'' x 25 1/2''.
diagram 8 |
Remember to have fun and to post to Instagram using #stitchinathomemedallion2017
I still hope to hop in, even know what fabric I want to use...it will have to wait a little bit yet though.
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