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Thursday, February 1, 2018

FEBRUARY BLOTTO BLOCK INSTRUCTIONS

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FEBRUARY BLOTTO BLOCK:

BACKGROUND FABRIC -  Cream, tone on tone, white on white, very light … the block needs good contrast ……..  please no white muslin
            Cut one 5 inch square  ……     Cut 4 squares of 2 inch size
On the back of the background fabric draw a line from corner to corner on the diagonal. 
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COLOR FABRICS:         RED, PINK, ROSE, PRINTS THAT READ AS THOSE COLORS, TONE ON TONE, RED& WHITE
            Cut one square 5 inches  ……   CUT two squares  4-5/8th inches
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Patch work:
Right sides together using a 5 inch background square and a 5 inch color square. Sew a quarter inch from the diagonal on each side and make a half square triangle.  Cut on your diagonal line.  You will have 2 half square triangles of  __4.5 inches__inches in size.  Press seams to the color side.  These will be used for the bottom half of the heart. 
















LEFT SIDE

RIGHT SIDE
 



 
Using the 4-5/8 block place a 2 inch square of back ground fabric and sew on the diagonal and snow ball the corners.   Press seams to the colored patch.  Make two patches. 



 
MAKE TWO OF THIS PATCH


 


Sew all the patches together similar to a 4-patch block.  Your finished block should measure  8-3/4 __inches square. 











For Blotto you can submit up to 3 (three) blocks for a chance to win the hearts.   This is such an easy block hopefully we will have every one participates in the blotto lottery. 


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LILLIAN ORIGINAL DIRECTIONS


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