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Fabric

One focus fabric

One background fabric

Cutting the fabric

	eight 2-1/2" squares of background fabric
	four 4-1/2" squares of background fabric
	four 2-1/2" x 4-1/2" rectangles of background fabric
	one 2-7/8" x 5-3/4" rectangle of focus fabric
	one 2-7/8" x 5-3/4" rectangle of background fabric
	twenty-four 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric

Piecing the Block

	1) On the wrong side of 2-7/8" x 5-3/4" rectangle of background fabric, lightly draw a straight line 2-7/8" from the short edge dividing the rectangle in half and forming two squares. Then draw two diagonal lines through the center of the two squares as shown. Note: Instead of drawing on your fabric, you can also use Easy Piecing Triangle Templates.
	2) Place the 2-7/8" x 5-3/4" rectangle of focus fabric and place, right sides together, with the marked background fabric rectangle on top. Still holding the two rectangles together, sew a 1/4" away from the diagonal line on both sides.
	3) Cut the rectangles apart on the drawn lines creating four half square triangle components. Press the seams to the darker fabric. The finished units should measure 2-1/2".
	4) On the wrong side of the twenty-four 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric, lightly mark a diagonal line as shown.
	5) Take one of the 2-1/2" x 4-1/2" rectangles of background fabric and one of the 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric and place them right sides together with the marked diagonal line placed as shown. Sew on the marked line. Repeat with the three remaining 2-1/2" x 4-1/2" rectangles of background fabric and three more 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric.
	6) Trim 1/4" away from the sewn line and press the seam allowance toward the focus fabric.
	7) Take one of units completed in Step 6 and one of the 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric and place them right sides together with the marked diagonal line placed as shown. Sew on the marked line. Repeat with the three remaining Step 6 units and three 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric.
	8) Trim 1/4" away from the sewn line and press the seam allowance toward the focus fabric. The completed rectangular units should measure 2-1/2" x 4-1/2".
	9) Take one of the 4-1/2" squares of background fabric and one of the 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric and place them right sides together with the marked diagonal line placed as shown. Sew on the marked line. Repeat with the three remaining 4-1/2" squares of background fabric and three more 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric.
	10) Trim 1/4" away from the sewn line and press the seam allowance toward the focus fabric.
	11) Take one of the Step 10 units and one of the 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric and place them right sides together with the marked diagonal line placed as shown. Sew on the marked line. Repeat with the three remaining Step 10 units and three more 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric.
	12) Trim 1/4" away from the sewn line and press the seam allowance toward the focus fabric.
	13) Take one of the Step 12 units and one of the 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric and place them right sides together with the marked diagonal line placed as shown. Sew on the marked line. Repeat with the three remaining Step 12 units and three more 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric.
	14) Trim 1/4" away from the sewn line and press the seam allowance toward the focus fabric.
	15) Take one of the Step 14 units and one of the 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric and place them right sides together with the marked diagonal line placed as shown. Sew on the marked line. Repeat with the three remaining Step 14 units and three remaining 2-1/2" squares of focus fabric.
	16) Trim 1/4" away from the sewn line and press the seam allowance toward the focus fabric. The completed units should measure 4-1/2" square.
	17) Take two of the units completed in Step 16 and piece together. Repeat with the two remaining Step 16 units. Press the seam allowances toward the left. Join these two units together to completed the unit as shown. Press the seam allowance in either direction. This completed unit should measure 8-1/2" square.
	18) Take one of the units completed in Step 8 and two of the 2-1/2" squares of background fabric and piece together as shown. Repeat with the three remaining Step 8 units and six remaining 2-1/2" squares of background fabric. Press the seam allowances toward the 2-1/2" background fabric squares. The completed units should measure 2-1/2" x 8-1/2".
	19) Take the square unit completed in Step 17 and two of the rectangular units completed in Step 18 and piece together as shown to completed the middle of the quilt Block. Press the seam allowances toward the Step 17 unit. This completed unit should measure 8-1/2" x 12-1/2".
	20) Take one of three remaining Step 18 units and two of the half-square triangle units completed in Step 3 and piece together as shown. Repeat with the remaining Step 18 unit and the two remaining Step 3 half-square triangles. Press the seam allowances toward the Step 18 units. The completed units should measure 2-1/2" x 12-1/2".
	21) Take the center unit completed in Step 19 and the two units completed in Step 20 and piece together as shown to complete the Wedding Bouquet quilt Block. Press the seam allowances toward the center of the Block. The completed quilt Block should measure 12-1/2" which includes a 1/4" seam allowance on all sides.

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