Kaleido_block.jpg (9270 bytes) Scrap Kaleidoscope (unfinished size 7 1/2" square)

Colors:

4 3/4 " x whatever  scraps of contrasting values (dark, medium and light—can be all one color family if you like)

kaleido_pieces.jpg (10917 bytes) Cut for each block
  • Using the cutting diagram at left cut 4 darks, and 4 medium/light triangles. Use the triangles marked with an X only. (You can make a template if you like—no need to add seam allowance)
  • for corners cut 2-3" squares and cut them in half diagonally from medium/light fabric
Piece
  1. Join each dark triangle to a medium/light triangle. Press seam allowances toward dark triangle.
  2. Join 2 pairs of triangles to make each half block, joining medium/light fabric to dark fabric. Join half blocks. Press all seams allowances in the same direction (toward dark fabric). You now have a hexagon.

If you make more than one block, attach corners to dark triangles in one block, and medium/light triangles in the next.

kaleido_assemb.jpg (8309 bytes)

lt_corners.jpg (9513 bytes)

dk_corners.jpg (9174 bytes)

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