Fabric Gal notes: can anyone figure out what I meant?

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I took notes during the Eleanor Burns show so I could do a scrappy Fabric Gal quilt, but I can't make any sense of these instructions that I took down...

"Cut strips 2.5 & 3.5 inches.Use 4 sets of 2 colors.

Make a kind of wonky 4patch, then do the half triangle things with the resulting 4.5 by 5.5 rectangles, ending up with 2 block.

Set like pinwheels."

I think I get the 4-patch part; but then how should I cut it to "do the half triangle things"?? I think if I could figure out how to cut the four-patch I could get the rest.. It seemed so clear at the time. :-( I rememver that you end up with 2 blocks that have reverse color values from each other; but I can't figure out that d** cut!

susan kraterfield see my quilts: members.cox.net/kratersge

nzlstar* · Accepted Answer

check  the august block is still online for free download. that explains what it sounds to me like you're doing. i could be wrong but worth a wee check. increase the view to 400%, yes 4 hundred, so you can see how the lines  across work. its simple when you see how it works. hope that helps. cheers from the sunny south pacific winter, jeanne

Marjorie · Answer

Susan, how I love your question.  I do my notes a bit more thoroughly now  that I'm antique but I have many times had no clue what my notes might have  meant.  Let's try this - and do it with scraps, please.  Doesn't matter in  deciphering your note what size or color you use but think on this manner:  Lay a 2.5 square of white on top of a 2.5 square of red.  Draw a diagonal  line corner-to-corner.  Stitch 1/4 " away from the line on one side of the  line, then stitch 1/4" away from the line on the other side.  Cut on the  line.  That may be what your note means.  This will give you 2  half-square  triangles.  Polly

Sandy Foster · Answer

Polly, are you incognito? ;)

Fabric Gal notes: can anyone figure out what I meant?

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