Let’s add a little accent to some of the square-in-a-square blocks. Don’t put them together yet, we have more work to do!
When you press a block, you don’t move the iron at all. I use and recommend the Oliso Smart Iron. Just touch the iron handle and it lowers, ready to press. Take your hand off and it lifts off the board. And yes, you can turn off that feature on the back of the iron.
But I like not lifting that heavy and HOT iron up on its heel and worrying about tipping. Plus it has a 30-minute shut-off, a 12-foot cord, a flat pressing core, and an easy to fill tank in the center you can refill while you work. It’s expensive, but it is worth it for the self lifting feature alone.
Assemble:
- (12) Fabric # 1 Square-in-a-square blocks. (You will have 8 blocks leftover.)
- (12) 2-1/2″ yellow squares
Place a 2-1/2″ yellow square right sides together in one corner of the Fabric # 2 square-in-a-square block so that the pencil line connects the two sides as shown on the far left in the picture below. Stitch on the pencil line. PRESS. Make (12).
Flip the small square over the seam and press to the corner. The edges should match. Trim the excess on the underside, leaving a 1/4″ seam allowance (middle picture.) Press the final block. (far right picture.)
Assemble:
- (12) Fabric # 2 Square-in-a-square blocks. (You will have 8 blocks leftover.)
- (12) 2-1/2″ green squares
Place a 2-1/2″ green square right sides together in one corner of the Fabric # 2 square-in-a-square block so that the pencil line connects the two sides as shown on the far left in the picture below. Stitch on the pencil line. PRESS. Make (12).
Flip the small square over the seam and press to the corner. The edges should match. Trim the excess on the underside, leaving a 1/4″ seam allowance (middle picture.) Press the final block. (far right picture.)
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