Create a block

1. Cut four 6cm x 16cm pieces from dark fabric, plus four 6cm x 16cm and four 6cm x 11cm rectangles from a paler pattern. Snip four 6cm x 11cm shapes from a mid-tone fabric. Place a mid-tone rectangle face up in a portrait position and fold the bottom left corner towards the right hand edge to make a 45° angle. Finger press to make a visible crease.

2. Place a pale shape face up in a landscape position and place the creased rectangle face down on top at a 90° angle, so the diagonal crease runs across the bottom right-hand corner of the pale rectangle. Stitch along this line. Open out and press the triangular excess towards the darker fabric.

3. Lay a dark 6cm x 16cm rectangle right sides facing over the top of the bi-colour strip and stitch along the left-hand edge. Sew the remaining pale strip to the other side of the first section. Make up three more blocks in the same way. Press all four blocks.

4. Lay the four blocks together so the darker coloured strips meet in the middle and the mid-tone prints point to the edges of the square. Stitch together to make a pinwheel block.

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