Originally Posted by Ritacarl
Originally Posted by katei
How about doing square-in-a-square? You could use your white on white as the outer square or perhaps alternate that with another colour?
What is a square-in-a-square? I'm kind of new at this. Especially the verbage.
This is where you sew half square triangles around the block to make a larger square. The original block will then be 'turned on point' - see picture of block below.
Here's a tutorial on making these blocks:
http://quiltville.com/sqinsqtutorial.shtml
There is an easier method developed by Jodi Barrows where you just sew rectangles to the four sides of the inner square and then cut the rectangles to create the triangle shape, but you need her special ruler. It's a bit more wasteful of fabric, but you do get amazing accuracy with this method.
Square in a square block
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