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Old 08-09-2009, 04:44 PM
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EQ6 does print out the rotary cutting directions, with nice diagrams, but I can't quite figure out how to copy them for you, so I will repeat them this way instead. I will refer to the colors in the block I sent earlier.

For the yellow center square, cut 1 piece 2" square.
For the 4 light blue triangles, cut 1 piece 2 11/16 inches square, and then cut it on the diagonal each way.
For the 4 dark blue triangles, cut 1 piece 2 3/8 inches square, and then cut it on the diagonal each way.
For the 8 light pink triangles, cut 2 pieces 2 11/16 inches square, and then cut each on the diagonal each way.
The 4 dark pink smaller size squares are 1 9/16 inches square.
For the 8 light yellow triangles, cut 4 pieces 2 3/8 inches square and cut on the diagonal once.
Cut 4 corner squares 2" square.

Notice all the measurements that are really hard to measure accurately? That's because you're adding triangles to the sides of squares. It can be hard to get them sewn accurately.

Are you really, really sold on this particular block? I could suggest others that would look just as nice, but be much easier to put together. I wish someone else would weigh in on this - it may be that I'm just too cautious or not that good at piecing, but I would avoid having to do all those stretchy bias edges, adding triangles to squares - it makes my head hurt to think about it. If I were doing it I would definitely paper piece it.

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