Road to Llano #5

Today we’re going to do the components for the side and corner setting triangles.  We’ll need 14 side triangles and 4 corner triangles.  Today we’re only going to work on the components for the block.  This is the side block, but we won’t be putting it together today . . just wanted you to see where we’re headed.

 

1.  Fabric 2 – Cut 1 – 2″ strip.  Cut it into 7 – 2″ squares.  Cut those on the diagonal once to yield 14 triangles.

2.  Fabric 5 – Cut 3 – 1-1/2″ strips.  Cut 14 strips that are “about” 3-1/4″ long.  Cut 14 that are about 4-1/4″ long.  (Depending on how you cut your rectangles, you may end up needing a 4th strip.)

3.  Sew the 3-1/4″ strip to the top of the triangle as shown below.   Make 14 of these little triangle units.

4.  Sew the 4-1/4″ strip to the side as shown below.

5.  Your piece will look like this:

6.  Using your 45 degree line on your ruler, trim the triangle so it looks like this:

7.  We’re going to make this piece next:

I’ve tried my best to come up with a way to strip piece these and cut them without a lot of waste and I couldn’t so we’re going to cut little pieces and sew them together!  Sorry!

Fabric 2:  Cut 1 – 2″ strip.  Cut it into 18 – 2″ squares.  Cut those on the diagonal once to yield 36 triangles.

Fabric 3:  Cut 3 – 1-1/2″ strips.  Cut those into 36 – 1-1/2″ x 3-1/4″ rectangles.

Fabric 4:  Cut 4 – 1-1/2″ strips.  Cut those into 36 – 1-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ rectangles.

Sew 18 those together into a piece that looks like this:

And sew 18 together that look like this:

Use your ruler to trim them along the 45 degree line:

They should look like this.

Next step, we’ll put these together to make the setting triangles and corner triangles.