Fabric - A
Fabric - B
Fabric - C
One background fabric
one strip 2" wide and at least 9" long of fabric A | |
one strip 2" wide and at least 9" long of fabric B | |
two 3 1/2" squares of the background fabric | |
four 2" squares of fabric C |
1) Sew the 2" wide strip of fabric A to the 2" strip of fabric B using a scant 1/4" seam allowance. Press the seam toward the darker fabric. | |
2) With a rotary cutter, straighten one edge the sewn together strips. Then cut four 2" wide rectangles from the sewn strips. The rectangles should measure 3 1/2" x 2". | |
3) Take two of the rectangles created in Step 2 and piece together as shown to create a four square unit. Repeat with the two remaining rectangles. This unit should measure 3 1/2" square. | |
4) Lightly mark a diagonal line on the wrong side of the fabric C squares as shown. | |
5) Take one of the 3 1/2" squares of background fabric and one of the 2" fabric C squares and place the 2" fabric C square on the 3 1/2" background square as shown, right sides together. Sew on the diagonal line marked on the 2" fabric C square. | |
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6) Trim fabric 1/4" from the sewn diagonal line as shown. Press seam toward fabric C. Repeat Steps 5 and Step 6 with the remaining 3 1/2" background fabric square and 2" fabric C square. |
7) Take the unit completed in Step 6 and one of the remaining 2" fabric C squares and place right sides together as shown. Sew on the diagonally marked line. | |
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8) Trim 1/4" away from the sewn line. Press seam toward fabric C. Repeat with the remaining Step 6 unit and the remaining 2" fabric C square. The resulting unit should measure 3 1/2" square. |
9) Take one of the four square units created in Step 3 and one of the units completed in Step 8 and piece together as shown. Repeat with the two remaining units. | |
10) Piece together the units created in Step 9 to create the completed Arkansas Cross Roads Block. The finished Block should measure 6 1/2" which includes a 1/4" seam allowance on all sides. |