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2008 Friendship Block ~ Card Trick
Deal
Me In!!! How About You?? We are making the "Card Trick" block
for this years exchange block!! We are requesting "Scrappy"
look, with four different colors...dark, Medium, Medium Light and
light....but the light must be darker than your white background!! We'll
be posting the instructions in the days to come, so check back so you
can get a head start on making a whole 'deck' of blocks to enter at this
years "Escape"!! The more you make, the more chances you have
to win enough to make a quilt!! Instructions will also be included in
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Card Trick
Cutting Instructions
Background
... Piece A - Cut two squares 4 7/8" x 4 7/8"; sub cut
diagonally to make a total of 4 half-square triangles
... Piece B - Cut one square 5 1/4" x 5 1/4"; sub cut
diagonally to make 4 quarter-square triangles
From each of FOUR different prints (purple, green, magenta, and dark
blue these colors are used for an example, we are requesting
"Scrappy with a light background), cut the following:
... Piece A - 1 square 4 7/8" x 4 7/8"; sub cut diagonally to
make 2 half-square triangles
... Piece B - Cut one square 5 1/4" x 5 1/4"; sub cut
diagonally twice to make 4 quarter-square triangles (Note: 2 triangles
will be leftover for each print)
Piecing the block
Sub Unit A. Using Diagram I as a guide, sew background fabric, Piece A
to one each of the print fabric, Piece A. Make 1 pieced-square unit for
each fabric combination.
Diagram I
Sub Unit B. Sew background quarter-square triangles (Piece B) to one
each of the four print fabrics. Sew Piece A prints to each
quarter-square units, using Diagram II as a fabric combination guide.
Diagram II
Sub Unit C. Referring to Diagram III for fabric combination, sew print
fabric quarter-square triangles (Piece B) together to make square.
Diagram III
Assembling Block
Using Assembly Diagram as a guide, piece sub units together to make
rows. Piece rows together to make Card Trick block.
Assembly Diagram
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