SWEET WRAPPERS
Sew soft prints and candy colours into a clever Half-square Triangle block that combines stylish hourglass units with simple squares to maximum effect
YOU WILL NEED
■ Fabric A (print) one (1) fat quarter
■ Fabric B and C (solid) two (2)
5½in squares
FINISHED SIZE
■ 12in square (finished)
NOTES
■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted.
■ Press seams to one side, unless otherwise instructed.
■ RST = right sides together.
■ HST = Half-square Triangle.
FABRICS
■ Fabric A is from the Stories & Songbirds Fat Quarter Pack 2 by Margot Elena.
■ Fabrics B and C are from the Moda Zen Chic Fat Quarter Bundle.
■ All fabric supplied by our friends at Sewing Quarter (sewingquarter.com)
CUTTING OUT
1
From Fabric A cut:
■ Five (5) 4½in squares.
■ Two (2) 5½in squares.
2
From each of Fabric B and C cut:
■ One (1) 5½in square.
MAKING THE BLOCK
3
Pair one Fabric A and B 5½in square, RST. Draw a diagonal line on the reverse of one square. Sew ¼in from either side of the line, trim along the line and press each unit open. Leave the units untrimmed.
4
Draw a diagonal line on the reverse of one HST unit, perpendicular to the seam. Place the two HSTs RST, aligning the seams. Each Fabric A triangle should be opposite a Fabric B triangle. 5
Sew ¼in from either side of the line on your HSTs. Trim along the drawn line and then press open. Square up each unit to measure 4½in square, carefully centring where the seams cross, to complete two hourglass units.
6
Repeat steps 3–5 with a Fabric A and C
5½in square, to make two hourglass units.
7
Sew the hourglass units and remaining Fabric A squares, in rows (Fig 1). Sew the rows together to complete the block (Fig 2).