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Prepare 6 layers and pin through all the layers. How many blocks you can cut will depend on the size of your repeat. The instructions here will yield two 10 1/2' finished hexagons. This layout uses background triangles to set the hexagons without any Y seams, and to form a secondary shape of a star using a contrasting background fabric. Shown here is just one layout idea from Bethany's book, Magic Stack-n-Whack® Quilts. Now for the 60 degree Triangle block, using 6 triangles to form a hexagon. Then carefully pinning at the center, stitch the two halves of the block together. Sew two segments together and press the seams open. This will help you match your seams more easily when joining the four units together. Your unit will now look like this from the back. Trim away the extra rectangle piece, as shown. Place one triangle/triangle unit RST (right sides together) on one triangle/rectangle unit. Don't worry, you'll be trimming that in a moment. See the pretty kaleidoscope?!! You'll have a bit of overlap on each pair, where the background rectangle and the background triangle meet. These next two images are just all the pieces you've just sewn, laid out so you can see how all the components are placed. Stitch each background rectangle and each background triangle to the focal triangles. This two sewn segments will form 1/4 of the block. To give you a visual of how these pieces are used, here are our sewn segments. This is the side you will sew all of the background pieces to. Looking at the stack as a pyramid, as shown, with the long side down, place a pin in the left short side on each piece. It will be very important to identify which side you will be sewing the background pieces to. Return to one of your stacks of focal fabric half square triangles. Next, cut 4 rectangles of background fabric (to complete one block), each 2 3/4' x 8 1/2'. Cut 2 squares, or 4 half square triangles to complete one block. Now you will cut the background fabric using the same exact dimensions as your focal block. Each stack has 8 identical half square triangles. To be more precise, use the 45 degree marking on your ruler.

This square will make 2 blocks.Ĭut the square in half on the diagonal.

Watching carefully for pins, cut a 6 1/4' square. We highly recommend you use a 60mm rotary cutter with a fresh blade to cut smoothly through 8 layers! Our repeat was approx 12 1/2' wide. Now that you've got your focal fabric pinned, get ready to cut.

Watch this technique on our video from lesson one to learn how:

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Bethany's books are full of layout ideas and complete fabric requirements.įirst off, you'll need to prepare 8 layers and pin through all the layers. The instructions here will yield two 15' finished blocks.

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Read an exclusive interview with Bethany, plus learn two different Stack-n-Whack ® techniques from her books.įirst up, Bethany's Half-Square Triangle Block. Reynolds is the oh-so famous designer who first developed the beloved Stack-N-Whack ® technique of layering fabrics before cutting to create Kaleidoscope blocks.

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