Empire Quilters Block of the Month – October 2006

Railroad: 6 " finished

Fabric preparation:

• Cut 2 strips at 1½" x 6½ inches of a light cream fabric
• Cut 1 strip 1½" x 6½" of a rose color fabric
• Cut 1 strip 1½" x 6½" of a green fabric
• Cut 1 strip 1½" x 3½" of the rose fabric
• Cut 1 strip 1½" x 3½" of the green fabric
• Cut 2 squares 2-7/8" x 2-7/8" of the cream fabric
• Cut 2 squares 2-7/8" x 2-7/8" of a blue color fabric

Instructions:

• Sew one strip of the 1½" cream to the 1½" rose strip. Cross cut thes at 1½". This should give you eight 1½" by 2½" pieces of rose and cream. Sew these pieces together to form four 2½" squares.
• Do the same with the cream and green strips to make four 2½" squares.
• Then do the same with the smaller rose and green strips to make one 2½" square.
• Take the two 2-7/8" blue squares and match them with the two 2-7/8" cream squares. Draw a diagonal line on the lighter square. Sew ¼" on each side of the line. Cut in half on the line. This should give 4 half-square triangles of blue and cream.
• Layout the squares using the illustration as your guide, and sew together to make the 6½" unfinished block.

— Anna Krassy

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