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The Garden of My Life - Step 3

 Snail’s Trail

 

Finished Block Size: 6 ½” x 6 ½”, Sewn finished is 6” x 6” 

Cutting:

Background Fabric (Beige Tonal (Dots)): cut

(1) strip 4 ¼” by WOF, subcut into

    (8) 4 ¼” squares, cut twice on the diagonal 

(2) strips 3 7/8” x width of fabric (WOF), subcut into

    (16) 3 7/8” squares, cut once on the diagonal

(1) strip 2 3/8” x WOF, subcut into

    (16) 2 3/8” squares, cut once on the diagonal

(2) strips 1 ½” x WOF 

From Dark Blue Tonal: cut

(1) strip 4 ¼” by WOF, subcut into

    (4) 4 ¼” squares, cut twice on the diagonal

    (8) 2 3/8” squares, cut once on the diagonal

(1) strip 3 7/8” x width of fabric (WOF), subcut into

    (8) 3 7/8” squares, cut once on the diagonal

(1) strip 1 ½” x WOF 

From Light Blue Tonal: cut

(2) strips 4 ¼” by 9”, subcut into

    (4) 4 ¼” squares, cut twice on the diagonal

From remaining length (approx 35”), cut

(1) strip 3 7/8” x 35” , subcut into

    (8) 3 7/8” squares, cut once on the diagonal

(1) strip 2 3/8” x 35”, subcut into

    (8) 2 3/8” squares, cut once on the diagonal

(1) strip 1 ½” x 35” 

All seam allowances are ¼” unless otherwise specified. 

To Make the Dark Blue Snail Trail Blocks:

Sew the dark blue 1 ½” strip to a background 1 ½” strip. (Your blue strip will be considerably shorter than your beige strip; that’s OK.) Cut (16) 1 ½” segments from this strip set. Using these segments construct 8 Four Patch blocks. 

Orient the Four Patch so that a background square is in the upper left corner. Sew background triangles made from a 2 3/8” square to the top and bottom of the Four Patch. Sew dark 2 3/8” triangles to the remaining sides. Repeat to make a total of 8 blocks. 

Orient the block you’ve created so that the background triangle is in the upper left corner. (The Four Patch will be on point.) Sew background triangles made from a 4 ¼” square to the top and bottom of this square. Sew dark 4 ¼” triangles to the remaining sides. Repeat for all 8 blocks.

 
Again, orient the block so that the background trangle is in the upper left corner. Sew background triangles made from a 3 7/8” square to the top and bottom of this square. Sew dark 3 7/8” triangles to the remaining sides. Repeat for all 8 blocks. 

To make 8 Light Blue Snail Trail blocks, repeat this process substituting the light blue for the dark blue.



Give each block a final press and trim to 6 ½” x 6 ½”.

See you next month!