Sewing squares

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Eilene Johnson on Instagram: "Ever wonder how to sew a square in a square block? I’m showing 2 techniques!
Here are some tips:

- I used a 2 1/2” acrylic square template and fussy cut a strawberry in the middle.
- cut a background square at 5 1/2” (you can do any size center square-just add 3” to the size of the center square to get the measurement for the background square)
- lay the center square onto the background square in the middle, with the background square on the diagonal.
- use a piece of cardstock to use as a guide to fold over sides and press. Use a 1/4” seam to sew around all 4 sides.
- trim finished block using lines on a ruler to keep the square even and trim 1/4” away from the corners.
- for the outside square, cut 2 squares of fabric 1 1/2” larger than your finished block Couture, Patchwork, 16 Square Quilt Block, Square In Square Quilt Block Tutorial, How To Square Up Fabric, Fabric Squares Projects, Square In A Square Quilt Block Tutorials, Square In A Square Quilt Block, Cross Quilt Pattern Free

Eilene Johnson on Instagram: "Ever wonder how to sew a square in a square block? I’m showing 2 techniques! Here are some tips: - I used a 2 1/2” acrylic square template and fussy cut a strawberry in the middle. - cut a background square at 5 1/2” (you can do any size center square-just add 3” to the size of the center square to get the measurement for the background square) - lay the center square onto the background square in the middle, with the background square on the diagonal. - use a…

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Lucinda Plummer
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Working on a super simple square in a square technique! I’m calling this “Total Eclipse” since part of the 10” square is fully shadowed by the 5” square. The pattern will use one layer cake and...

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Maruška Kočičí

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