Step 3 of Sew Your Stash Along

Step 3 consists of 36 blocks that are 3'' and another round of sashing strips.

Cutting Instructions

Background Fabric- Cut 4 triangles from 3 1/2'' strips as shown
                                 OR cut 2 squares 4 1/4'' then cut them on the diagonal once
                                 Cut 144 triangles from 2'' strips as shown
                                 OR cut 72 squares 2 3/4'' then cut them on the diagonal once
Large triangles-        Cut 32 triangles from 3 1/2''strips as shown
                                 OR cut 16 squares 4 1/4'' then cut them on the diagonal once
Small triangles-       Cut 36 triangles from 2'' strips as shown
                                 OR cut 18 squares 2 3/4'' then cut them on the diagonal once

Sashing- Cut 2 strips 3'' x 30 1/2''
               Cut 2 strips 3'' x 35 1/2''

Sewing the Blocks

 Sew the small triangles and small background triangles together and press toward the dark side. These half square triangle squares will be 2''.

 Sew a small background triangle to both sides of the dark triangle sides. Press toward the background triangles.

Sew the pieced triangle unit to the large triangle. Press toward the large triangle.
Make 32.

View of pressing from the back side.

Following the same steps as above, sew four blocks with large triangles cut from the background fabric for the corner blocks.

Adding to the units to the quilt

Arrange the blocks as shown and sew them into four rows of 8 blocks each.
The corner blocks are turned the opposite direction from the rest of the blocks.
Sew a corner block onto each end of two of the rows. Press the seams open.
Sew the rows of 8 blocks to opposite sides of the quilt, then sew the rows with the corner blocks.
Press the seams toward the sashing strips. The unit will be 30 1/2'' square.
Sew the 3'' x 30 1/2'' sashing strips to opposite sides of the quilt. Press toward the sashing.
Sew the 3'' x 35 1/2'' sashing strips to opposite sides of the quilt. Press toward the sashing.

The quilt will now be 35 1/2'' square. Trim if needed.

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See Intro HERE.
See Step 1 HERE.
See Step 2 HERE.

Enjoy every stitch!
And relax, the next two steps are super easy!
Diane