October 2009 BLOCK LOTTO

$C:\Users\Pansy\Documents\My Scans\2009-08 (Aug)\scan0006.jpg$ October 2009 BLOCK LOTTO

Fall Leaves Ohio Star

Select three fabrics thinking fall colors. Background fabric (bk) is fall leaves, star points (a) are a fall gold, and third color (b) is a complementary fabric to the leaves.

From the background fall leaves fabric cut 5 each 4 ½” squares and one square 5 ¼”.
From the complementary fabric cut 1 square 5 ¼”
From the fall gold fabric, cut 2 squares 5 1/4”

Cut all 5 ¼” squares diagonally twice.

Sew the background and complementary triangles to the gold triangles. Press seams open, and then sew these half square triangle units together according to the diagram. Press seams open. Square blocks to measure 4 ½”. Arrange blocks according to diagram and sew into rows, sew rows into block. Your block should measure

12 ½”unfinished.

$C:\Users\Pansy\Documents\My Scans\2009-07 (Jul)\scan0002.jpg$ Faux Lemoyne Star

Choose 4 different fall colors and off-white for the background.

From each of your fall colors, cut 2 squares @ 4”. Cut in half diagonally.
From your background fabric,

cut 4 squares at 4”, cut in half diagonally.
Cut 4 squares at 3 ½”

Assign a letter to each fall color. This will make it easier to piece together.

Take two triangles from each color and sew each to a background triangle. You will now have 8 half square triangle blocks.

Take the remaining bright fall color triangles and stitch color a to color b and color c to color d, repeat twice.

Press all seams open.

Square up all the half square triangle blocks to measure 3 ½”. Arrange the blocks according to the diagram and stitch together to make your faux Lemoyne Star block to measure an unfinished 12 ½”.