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PATRIOTIC PINWHEEL ….
1. Step #1 : CUT FOUR .....7inch squares of white on white or cream fabric
2. Step #2: Cut TWO 7 in. Blue squares and TWO 7 in. Red squares.
Step #3: For each pair of a white and a colored square, place one
white/cream and one colored (red or blue) fabric right sides together.
Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the back of the white
fabric.
Step #3: For each pair of a white and a colored square, place one white/cream and one colored (red or blue) fabric right sides together. Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the back of the white fabric.
Step #4: Sew a scant 1/4 in. seam on each side of the diagonal line.
Step #5: Cut on the drawn lines. Press open and square up the half triangle blocks to 6 1/2 inches each. There should be FOUR blue/white ones and FOUR red/white ones.
Step #6: The half square triangle blocks are squared up to 6 1/2 inches. Then four of these block pieces are sewn together into a 12 1/2 inch pinwheel block.
Step #7: Using Four blue HST, sew these together in the orientation shown in the picture. Using Four red HST, sew these together to make a red pinwheel as shown in the picture.
(Colored piece of the HST is on the top right of pinwheel.)
Step #8: Square your pinwheels to 12 1/2 inches. Sew a red pinwheel to a blue pinwheel for your
Blotto entry. Your completed entry block will measure 12 1/2 by 24 1/2 inches.
(I will also accept one red and one blue pinwheel for a single Blotto ticket if you do not wish to sew the two pinwheels together.)
Step #9: Repeat two more times for two more Blotto entries.
**** HST stands for Half Square Triangle
Step #3: For each pair of a white and a colored square, place one white/cream and one colored (red or blue) fabric right sides together. Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the back of the white fabric.
Step #4: Sew a scant 1/4 in. seam on each side of the diagonal line.
Step #5: Cut on the drawn lines. Press open and square up the half triangle blocks to 6 1/2 inches each. There should be FOUR blue/white ones and FOUR red/white ones.
Step #6: The half square triangle blocks are squared up to 6 1/2 inches. Then four of these block pieces are sewn together into a 12 1/2 inch pinwheel block.
Step #7: Using Four blue HST, sew these together in the orientation shown in the picture. Using Four red HST, sew these together to make a red pinwheel as shown in the picture.
(Colored piece of the HST is on the top right of pinwheel.)
Step #8: Square your pinwheels to 12 1/2 inches. Sew a red pinwheel to a blue pinwheel for your
Blotto entry. Your completed entry block will measure 12 1/2 by 24 1/2 inches.
(I will also accept one red and one blue pinwheel for a single Blotto ticket if you do not wish to sew the two pinwheels together.)
Step #9: Repeat two more times for two more Blotto entries.
**** HST stands for Half Square Triangle
cc: Anna ....Updated directions by Lillian
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Block Construction Details (Clarification)
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Step #2: Cut TWO 7 in. Blue squares and TWO 7 in. Red squares.
Step #3: For each pair of a white and a colored square, place one white/cream and one colored (red or blue) fabric right sides together. Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the back of the white fabric.
Step #4: Sew a scant 1/4 in. seam on each side of the diagonal line.
Step #5: Cut on the drawn lines. Press open and square up the half triangle blocks to 6 1/2 inches each. There should be FOUR blue/white ones and FOUR red/white ones.
Step #6: The half square triangle blocks are squared up to 6 1/2 inches. Then four of these block pieces are sewn together into a 12 1/2 inch pinwheel block.
Step #7: Using Four blue HST, sew these together in the orientation shown in the picture. Using Four red HST, sew these together to make a red pinwheel as shown in the picture.
(Colored piece of the HST is on the top right of pinwheel.)
Step #8: Square your pinwheels to 12 1/2 inches. Sew a red pinwheel to a blue pinwheel for your Blotto entry. Your completed entry block will measure 12 1/2 by 24 1/2 inches.
(I will also accept one red and one blue pinwheel for a single Blotto ticket if you do not wish to sew the two pinwheels together.)
Step #9: Repeat two more times for two more Blotto entries.
**** HST stands for Half Square Triangle