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Three Dimensional Bow Tie Blocks |
You can make a three dimensional bow tie block quite easily, as long as you carefully cut and sew.
To make an 8 1/2 inch three dimensional bow tie, you will need two 4 3/4 inch squares of your background fabric and three 4 3/4 inch squares of a homespun plaid for each block.
| Now let's start..... Carefully fold in half, right sides out, one of your bow tie squares. Do NOT crease this, just fold it gently in half. |
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Place this folded tie square between a background and tie square, right sides together, with the fold in the center. Sew along the raw edges. |
| Open up, and pull out the folded tie piece, remember, don't crease it. |
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Now sew that together with the remaining background and tie squares. If the background is on the top of the first set, then it belongs on the bottom set this time. |
Next sew both halves together.
Open and press.
You should have a nine inch three dimensional bow tie. It will be 8 1/2 inches when sewn into a quilt.
Want a different size?
To figure what size to cut your squares, you first need to know what size you want your finished blocks (size when in the quilt). Let's just say you want a six inch finished block, the size after it is sewn in the quilt. The block is basically a four patch block, so you would divide the finished size you need in half, and add 1/2 inch. So to make a six inch finished block, you would cut your squares 3 1/2 inches. (6 divided in half equals three, plus 1/2 equals 3 1/2)
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