©1998 Merry May
PART 2
Go back and find all of your Light 4 7/8" squares, plus all of your 3
7/8" Dark triangle units which you cut during Part 1 of this series.
Align the long edge of one of your Dark triangles with one of the raw edges of your Light
square, lining up the corners of the triangle with the corners of the square IF you
pretrimmed your triangle points with a Point Trimmer. If you did not pretrim, then be sure
there is an equal amount of "overhang" on both ends of the Dark triangle after
aligning it with your Light square, as shown below at right.
Once your first triangle is aligned, sew a 1/4" seam along the long edge of your
triangle.
Repeat until you run out of Light squares. Then, turn these units around so the triangles
you just attached are along the bottom edge of the units.Using your remaining Dark
triangles, repeat this procedure until you run out of Dark triangles.
Press all of your seam allowances toward the Dark triangles. You should
now have 84 units which look like this:
Divide these units into two equal piles with 42 units in each stack.
Next, align one of your Medium #1 triangles (which you cut during Part 1 of
this series) with one of the Light/Dark units you just made, so it looks like the diagram
on the left. Sew with 1/4" seam once again. Repeat until the Light/Dark units in that
stack are gone; then turn them around and add your remaining Medium #1 triangles to make a
total of 42 "Diamond in a Square" units.
Press all of the seam allowances toward the triangles which you just
attached. Each unit should now measure 6 1/2" square (unfinished).
(Please note: the drawing at right makes the units appear to be somewhat rounded; yours
should be square!)
Repeat the above procedure using your Medium #2 triangles and your remaining stack of 42
Light/Dark units which you made at the beginning of Part 2 (above).
Now it is time to go on to Part 3!
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