ube quilting

As promised I took a few photos to show how I put the braid pattern together. This is just a general how to. You can make your square and strips any size you want. Make it as big or little as you want to. The idea is to use up quantities of scraps.

center square: 2.5"
strips: 2.5 x 7.5

1.lay out your squares and strips
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2.flip square onto the strips that will be the left side of braid
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3.stack them up and string piece them
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4.snip them apart and press to the dark side
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5.place them back down on your layout. start stacking from the right side and alternate right and left sides
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6.right- left- right- left- right- left to the end of the braid
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7.this looks weird but follow and you will see. lay out the top two pieces in the stack and flip the plain strip over the strip unit ( strip with square attached). It will cover the square. sew where shown.
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8.press to dark
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9.the third strip lays on the long edge next to the one you just sewed
(the picture should say 3rd strip) sorry
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10.Sew and press to the added strip
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Continued in part 2.