Making the Quilt Blocks

Here the the steps to what I did to make a block. First I took 2 squares 8.5" and drew a grid on them. The first line was down 1/4" from the diagonal middle on one side to make large triangle with the second line 3/4" down on the same side. The third line goes halfway across the block 1/4" on either side of the diagonal middle of the square. These are all sewing lines.

Second I drew the cutting lines -shown in red and cut the block apart on those lines. After you make a few of the blocks you won't need to put the cutting lines on the blocks.


Pictures 3 & 4 show the square being cut apart into 1 large and 4 smaller triangles.


Picture 5 shows the blocks being trimmed with a bias square ruler. The large triangle will be trimmed to 6.5 inches with the 4 smaller blocks being trimmed to 3.5 inches.

The last picture shows the block sewn together. To get there I sewed the 4 smaller triangle squares together repeating this step twice. Then I laid out the 4 blocks together into the pattern and did the final block piecing.