Rhonda

Now here is the way I put together a Quilt block top for the hotpad.

This is the quilt block we are making:

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In the last lesson we discussed how to make a Boston Block and the HSTs.
If you have those block units ready to go then we can start putting them together.

I like to divide the quilt block into 4 patch sections to sew together.
The bottom row are the 4 corners and the top row are the centers of each side. the pinwheel is the center of the design.

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I lay them out and then lay the left square on top of the right square. then tack the left edge where the seam will go through

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Here you can see all of them tacked on the seam ready to sew together
When you tack them you tack the left edge and then I turn them so they are set right to go under the needle.
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Sew the seams and then iron the seam open on all of them.

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Now place the sewn pairs of squares together into the 4 patches as shown above
Tack them in place and sew them together.
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