Make Strip-pieced Bar Units
Bar units, made from a light fabric and a dark fabric, surround the quilt block's center square.
- Sew a light striped 1-3/4" x 42" fabric strip lengthwise to a chocolate brown strip of the same size. Press seam allowance towards the chocolate strip.
- Square up one end of the strip set and cut as many 5-1/2" segments from it as possible (seven minimum).
- Make additional identical strip sets until you have a total of seventy-two bar units.
Make Strip-pieced Four Patch Units
Four-patch units are in block corners.
- Sew a mauve/pink 1-3/4" x 42" fabric strip lengthwise to a neutral swirled strip of the same size. Press seam allowance towards the mauve/pink strip.
- Square up one end of the strip set and cut as many 1-3/4" segments from it as possible (twenty-four if strips are slightly longer than 42").
- Make additional identical strip sets until you have a total of one-hundred-forty-four units.
- Sew two 1-3/4" segments together as shown, with like-fabrics diagonal from each other. Press. Repeat to make a total of seventy-two four patch units.
Assemble the Quilt Block
- Arrange four bar units, four four-patch units and one 5-1/2" square as shown to form three rows. Check color placement carefully.
- Sew components in each row together. Press seam allowances towards bar units.
- Sew rows together, butting seam intersections for a perfect match. Press. The block should measure 10-1/2" x 10-1/2".
- Repeat to make a total of eighteen patchwork blocks.
