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Dove in the Window

Skill Level BEGINNER

Finished Size 12" x 12"

Cutting Instructions

Pink Print
... Cut 8 squares 2 5/8" x 2 5/8"
... Cut 4 squares 2 1/4" x 2 1/4"
... Cut 1 square 2" x 2"
... Cut 4 squares 4" x 4"

Background
... Cut 8 squares 2 5/8" x 2 5/8"
... Cut 4 strips 2" x 5 3/4"

Assembly Instructions
Step 1. On wrong side of 2 5/8" background fabric, draw diagonal line with the marking tool of your choice. Layer square with 2 5/8" pink print square, right sides together. Sew 1/4" seam on each side of marked line; cut apart on marked line. Press open to make pieced squares (Diagram I-A). Make 16.

Diagram I-A

Step 2. Sew 2 pieced squares together to make pieced-rectangle unit. Make 4/4 reversed (Diagram I-B).

Diagram I-B

Step 3. Using Diagram II as a guide, sew pieced rectangle to 4" square. Sew reversed pieced rectange to 2 1/4" square; sew rows together. Make 4 large pieced squares.

Diagram II

Step 4. Using Assembly Diagram as placement guide, sew 2 large pieced squares to 2" x 5 3/4" background strip. Make 2; top and bottom rows. Sew 2 background strips to 2" pink square to make middle row. Sew rows together to make Dove In the Window Block.

Assembly Diagram

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beckywest04

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makes a pretty quilt

I amde this out of purple and white to give to the lady who also gets our class reunion together

May 30, 2010 at 02:39 PM

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