Forget Me Not Sew-along ~ Parts Five & Six

It's Friday, and we meet once again for another installment of our sew-along.  I'm actually on board the ship with Lynne, and have been out of internet touch with everyone for a bit.  I'm anxious to get home to see if you've left me any comments on how you like the sew-along so far.  Well....enough of that....let's get to sewing!

Cutting and sewing instructions for Part Five.

Light print
*Cut (4) 1 1/2" x 3" rectangles.

Blue Print
*Cut (1) 2 1/8" square for HST.

Pink Print
*Cut (1) 2 1/8" square for HST.
*Cut (2) 1 3/4" squares.

Green Print
*Cut (4) 1 1/2" squares.

Directions:

*Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the pink 2 1/8" square.  Match with the blue 2 1/8" square to make a HST.  Make (2) HST that should measure 1 3/4" unfinished.

*Sew the (2) HST to the (2) pink 1 3/4" squares; press.  Sew them together; press.  This unit should measure 3" unfinished.

*Arrange the units for the block and shown.

*Sew the units into rows; press.  Sew the rows together to make a block that should measure 5" unfinished.

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Here's the cutting instructions for Part Six.

Light Print

*Cut (2) 2 3/8" squares for HST.

*Cut (1) 1 1/4" x 6" strip.

Pink Print

*Cut (2) 1 1/4" x 6" strips.

Green Print

*Cut (2) 2 3/8" squares for HST.

Blue Print

*Cut (1) 1 1/4" x 6" strip.

*Cut (1) 2" square for block center.

Directions:

*Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side (2) 2 3/8" light squares.  Match with (2) green 2 3/8" squares to make HST.  Make (4) HST that should measure 2" unfinished.

*Sew a light print strip to a pink print strip; press to the pink.  Repeat with the blue and remaining pink strip.

* Cut a 1/4" piece to get a clean edge, then subcut (4) 1 1/4" Two-Patch units from each strip set.

(Hint: the reason I cut a clean edge is because, if you look at the left edge of the pink & light print strip set, you'll see the two fabrics do not align perfectly.  This happens because the feed-dogs and presser foot do not feed the top and bottom fabrics evenly.  So, I make my strips a bit longer than needed so I can trim away the uneven edge.  Then, my Two Patches will all have even edges for better accuracy!)

*Sew Two-patch units into (4) Four-Patch units as shown.  Four Patches should measure 2" unfinished.

*Arrange the units for the block as shown. 

*Sew units into rows; press.  Sew rows together to make a block that should measure 5" unfinished.

Yup....we're cooking right along with our quilt! 

This means that half of the blocks are done.  Already?

Six more fun blocks to go.......

Until next week......

Pam