Why Strip Piece the Quilt?
Strip piecing four blocks halves at a time lets you make seven different dark halves and seven different light halves. When it's time to put the blocks together, you'll be able to really scrap it up by combining halves in different ways.You'll have three extra blocks for more design versatility, and you can use them later as a narrow wallhanging or centered diagonally in a throw pillow.
Make the Light Strip Pieced Sets
- Gather your light and medium light strips and squares, sorting like-fabrics together.
- Sew the medium-light strip lengthwise to one side of the light widest strip. Sew The narrower light strip to the remaining side of the medium light strip. Press seam allowances towards the widest strip.
- Square up one end of the strip set and cut four segments from it. For the miniature, cut 1-1/2" segments. For the wallhanging, cut 2-1/2" segments.
- Sew your second wide light fabric lengthwise to your remaining medium-light strip. Press the seam allowance towards the narrower strip.
- Square up one end of the strip set and cut four segments from it using the same width you cut for previous units.
- Gather one unit from each of the two strips sets and one of your light squares.
- Arrange the components as shown above right, placing the wider sections of the units on the left as shown above and the square on the bottom.
- Sew the three rows together as shown, matching seam intersections carefully.
- Use the remaining components to construct three more half-block units.
Don't worry about those jagged edges along the diagonal, because we'll get rid of them soon.
