Week 3
This is a rather odd unit, but very useful. Deb Tucker calls it a corner beam unit, because it looks like the beam of a spotlight coming from one corner.
You will be making 40 units total. Your Fabric #3 will be the center “beam” on all of them. 32 of them will have Fabrics #1 and #2 as the side triangles. 8 of them will have fabrics #1 and #4 as side triangles.
(Queen quilters will be making 48 total: 40 of them will have Fabrics #1 and #2 as the side triangles. 8 of them will have fabrics #1 and #4 as side triangles.)
Important! Half of these units will need to be mirror images. See the picture!
Deb has a tool for these (she has a tool for everything!) And a video on how to use it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Myn-ijuO2U
But you can also paper piece it. There is a pdf pattern here:
https://scissortailquilting.com/quil...ilt-block-unit.
It’s very convenient that those are for 3-inch blocks.
There are numerous youtube videos on how to paper-piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Kx4Q7JSwQ is a good one
That page says paper piecing is wasteful, but there are ways to reduce the waste. I take a paper-piecing pattern, make an extra copy, and cut the different shapes into templates, adding a 3/8 inch seam allowance on all sides. If you cut your pieces in two layers, right sides together, you will automatically have the correct pieces for your mirror images. The center beam is best made by cutting from a 4-inch (6-inch) square so that the grainlines are on the edges as they should be.
If you have one of the EQ quilting programs, it will only take a few keystrokes to make one. From the upper left corner, draw a line to the center of the right side and another one to the center of the bottom. Print out your desired size.
(I can’t seem to find a link to make 5-inch finished corner beams. If you need a foundation block to photocopy, PM me and I’ll snailmail you a copy.)