The first step is to sew the strips together and then press them to the dark. You will have 4 strip sets - 2 short and 2 long. Now subcut each set. You can cut them at 2 1/2" or you can cut them a little bigger which is what I like to do.
Sew them together with colors on opposite side. Then we are going to do the little pinwheel press. Grasp the top layer on each side of the seam and gently pull the seam apart, you will end up with a little pinwheel with the allowance being pressed to the light side.
Now line up a ruler with the seam on the 2 1/4" line and trim each side. You will end up with a 4 1/2" unit.
Each block for the swap is made up of 2 four patches and 2 half square triangles. We really are trading blocks even though we are not sewing them together because each person can put them together differently.
Here are a few ways to put a matching block together
If you separate the units and mix them up then you can come up with a lot of other ways to put these units together.
For swapping if you stack the blocks offset as pictured
in sets of ten and then put each set in a zip-lok bag then you will be ready to bring them to the swap.
See you at the swap!
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