Step #3
5-Color Quilt
From A cut eight 2-½ x 4-½ pieces.
From B cut eight 2-½ x 4-½ pieces.
From C background, cut eight 2-½ x 4-½ pieces AND cut 20 pieces, 2-½ x2-½ square.
From D cut four 2-½ x 2-½ squares.
First: Mark a diagonal line on 16 of the 2-½ x 2-½ background Color C fabric - marked in photo as A. separate into 2 piles of 8 pieces each.
Take a color A, place a 2-½ background square on the patterned fabric as shown, sew from upper left to lower right. . Make 7 more pieces exactly like this one.
Take a color B, place a 2-½ background square on the patterned fabric as shown, sew from upper right to lower left. Make 7 more pieces exactly like this one.
Trim off the corners. Press as shown in photo - half of the seams press to the top, the other half press to the bottom so the seams will nestle and eliminate bulk. Sew the two pieces together to make a 4-½ square as shown.
You will make 8 pieces as shown in photo.
Using the 2-½ squares, sew together a background C and a sashing D, . Make 4 sets.
Sew a 2-½ x 4-½ piece of background C to the 2-patch, copying placement of fabrics. You will have 4 blocks as shown.
Sew these four C-D pieces to the A-B pairs previously made, as shown in final photo.