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Prairie Queen
Prairie Queen
This one is kind of cool. The colors I chose to do it in say "October" more than "March"...but that was my choice. It's a fairly easy block...hope you have fun with it. You need 3 fabrics for this block: a dark, a medium and your background. We will be making this one 12" finished.
Just as a reminder: a couple of points...(1) I have you cut slightly large for the Half-Squares Triangles (HST), so you MUST square them up as I direct, and (2) there is no sashing in the quilt to "fudge" block sizes, so you need to be exact with your finished block sizes in order to join them easily. In case you are wondering what colors I'm using in the blocks...the fabrics that I used are the same colors as my graphics. I hope this will be the start of a fun project for us all!

Fabric Cutting Information
Dark Cut 8 2-1/2" squares
Cut 2 5" squares

Medium Cut 4 2-1/2" squares
Cut 1 4-1/2" square

Background Cut 4 2-1/2" squares
Cut 2 5" squares

Posted: March 2004
Sample Quilt Layouts

Step Sewing Directions

1 Mark a diagonal line on the wrong side of both 5" squares of Background; match right sides together with 5" squares of Dark; stitch 1/4" seam on both sides of diagonal line; cut apart on diagonal line and press toward Dark. Square up to 4-1/2". (Diagram 1)

2 Attach 4 2-1/2" squares of Dark to 2-1/2" squares of Background...press toward Dark. (Diagram 2)

3 Attach 4 2-1/2" squares of Dark to 2-1/2" squares of Medium...press toward Dark. (Diagram 3)

4 Attach a row from step#2 to a row from step#3...press either way. Square up to 4-1/2". (Diagram 4)

5 Attach a unit from step#4 to opposite sides of 4-1/2" square of Medium...press toward 4-patches. (Diagram 5)

6 Attach an HST to opposite sides of last 2 4-patches...press toward 4-patches. (Diagram 6)

7 Attach rows from step#6 to opposite sides of row from step#5...press toward center. (Diagram 7)

8 IMPORTANT: Please square up your finished block to be sure it is 12-1/2". If it is larger or smaller, check your seams and redo if necessary. If you do not check your measurements, your block may not join properly with other blocks easily to create the finished quilt.

Diagram 1	Diagram 2
Diagram 3	Diagram 4
Diagram 5	Diagram 6
Diagram 7

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