This weeks installment will again be a simple one. (Not that any of the installments will be difficult).  If you have not completed  step 1  and  step 2  you will need to do so before progressing on to this step.

Step #1.
  Making 4-Patches:

You will be making four 4-patch sections. (see diagram #2 below).

1. using the 1 1/2" pink and the 1 1/2" purple pieces stitch them together to make four 4-patches that look like this:

diagram #2

2. Square up each 4-patch unit to measure 2 1/2" square.  Set these pieces aside for now.

Step #2.

For this step you will be making half square triangles from the 3" purple and pink squares.

 1.Using the 4 purple 3" squares and the 4 pink 3" square, place one pink and one purple right sides together.    You will have 4 pairs sew each pair on the diagonal.  Draw a line on the diagonal of each pair and stitch 1/4" to each of the diagonal line drawn on each pair (as shown in diagram # 3).

 diagram # 3

2.  Cut apart on the diagonal line.
3.  Press open each half square triangle with the seams toward the darker fabric.
4.  Square up each square to 2 1/2".
5.  You should now have 8 -  2 1/2" half square triangles.
 

This is all for now!  You have completed installment #3.   Installment #4 will be available on Feb 9, 1998.  See you then.

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