Card Trick Cutting Instructions
Do not cut all of your fabric. Cut only enough to make a few blocks. That's a good rule to follow for any quilt pattern you encounter. Pattern writers (me included) make errors, and you could make an error in cutting. Always assemble a few blocks before you cut all of your fabric.Instructions assume you will use the sandwich method to create half square triangle units for block corners. Alter cutting to use a different assembly technique for those units.
Instructions calling for a 42" strip indicates a strip cut from selvage to selvage; do not trim back longer strips.
Fabrics A, B, C and D, Cut from Each
- (3) 3-7/8" x 42" strips and (1) 3-7/8" x 26" strip -- cut into (36) 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares
- (1) 4-1/4" x 42" strip -- cut into (9) 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" squares; cut each square in half twice diagonally (illustration)
Additionally from Fabric C:
- (2) 1-1/2" x 42" strips -- cut into (48) 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" squares (for sashing cornerstones)
Light Background:
- (8) 3-7/8" x 42" strips -- cut into (72) 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares
- (4) 4-1/4" x 42" strips -- cut into (35) 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" squares; cut each square in half twice diagonally
Sashing Strips
- (3) 9-1/2" x 42" strips -- cut into (82) 1-1/2" x 9-1/2" bars
Borders are cut after the quilt top is assembled.
