Block of the Month

Make this Block in other sizes - 3", 4", 8", 10", 12", & 14"

Fabric

Fabric - A

Fabric - B

Fabric - C

One background fabric

Cutting the fabric

	one strip 2" wide and at least 9" long of fabric A
	one strip 2" wide and at least 9" long of fabric B
	two 3 1/2" squares of the background fabric
	four 2" squares of fabric C

Piecing the Block

	1) Sew the 2" wide strip of fabric A to the 2" strip of fabric B using a scant 1/4" seam allowance. Press the seam toward the darker fabric.
	2) With a rotary cutter, straighten one edge the sewn together strips. Then cut four 2" wide rectangles from the sewn strips. The rectangles should measure 3 1/2" x 2".
	3) Take two of the rectangles created in Step 2 and piece together as shown to create a four square unit. Repeat with the two remaining rectangles. This unit should measure 3 1/2" square.
	4) Lightly mark a diagonal line on the wrong side of the fabric C squares as shown.
	5) Take one of the 3 1/2" squares of background fabric and one of the 2" fabric C squares and place the 2" fabric C square on the 3 1/2" background square as shown, right sides together. Sew on the diagonal line marked on the 2" fabric C square.
	6) Trim fabric 1/4" from the sewn diagonal line as shown. Press seam toward fabric C. Repeat Steps 5 and Step 6 with the remaining 3 1/2" background fabric square and 2" fabric C square.
	7) Take the unit completed in Step 6 and one of the remaining 2" fabric C squares and place right sides together as shown. Sew on the diagonally marked line.
	8) Trim 1/4" away from the sewn line. Press seam toward fabric C. Repeat with the remaining Step 6 unit and the remaining 2" fabric C square. The resulting unit should measure 3 1/2" square.
	9) Take one of the four square units created in Step 3 and one of the units completed in Step 8 and piece together as shown. Repeat with the two remaining units.
	10) Piece together the units created in Step 9 to create the completed Arkansas Cross Roads Block. The finished Block should measure 6 1/2" which includes a 1/4" seam allowance on all sides.

WWQP Quilt Coloring Book page for the Arkansas Cross Roads Block & An Alternative Setting

World Wide Quilting Page * Block of the Month 1997