5-Star Block - Page 2

Step 3. Four-patch Unit Sew Piece 4F medium green strip to Piece 5F dark green strip. Press seam toward dark green. Subcut two-patch rectangles 1 1/2" x 2 1/2". Cut 16 two-patch rectangles total (Diagram IIIA). Using Diagram IIIB as a guide, sew 2 two-patch rectangles together to make a four-patch unit. Make 8 total. Diagram III-A Diagram III-B Step 4. Sub-unit #1 Using Diagram IV as a guide, place Piece 1A 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" cream square, 2 flying geese units and 1 four-patch unit as shown. Sew units and square together to make sub-unit #1. Make 4 total. Diagram IV Step 5. Sub-unit #2 Using Diagram V as a guide, place Piece 1E 1 1/2" x 6 1/2" strip, 2 square-in-a-square units, and one four-patch unit as shown. Sew units and strip together to make sub-unit #2. Make 4 total. Diagram V Step 6. Pieced Square Sub Unit Draw a diagonal line on wrong side of Piece 3C 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" gold squares. Layer Piece 3C square and Piece 1C 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" cream square, right sides together. Sew 1/4" offset from each side of the drawn line (Diagram VI-A). Cut sewn squares diagonally using unsewn corners as guide (Diagram VI-B). Yield 2 sets of triangles. Cut each triangle set on previously drawn line (Diagram VI-C). Press seams toward gold triangles. Yield 4 sets of quarter-square triangles. Using Diagram VI-D as a guide, place triangle sets so that there are alternating gold and cream trianlges. Sew together to form pieced-square. Make 4 total.