Second Clue
Let's Start Building Our Path
I hope you have dug out some scraps to sew together for this Flower Garden path. Ours is built with the green grass and the yellow sun to go through our flowers.
We will build it with scrappy four patches. You need 182 - 4 patches – it’s a long path…
Cut 2” strips from your greens and yellows.
Sew a yellow strip to a green strip. Strip piece these and make them scrappy!
I put the green strip on the bottom and put the yellow on top, and sew with the right sides together. Continue to chain piece these units. I used 2” strips cut from a fat quarter so they were 18” long.
Cut the strips apart and take to the ironing board. Press seam allowance toward the green.
Now to the cutting mat. I place two pressed strips together, right sides facing each other, (green with yellow) and the seams should butt together. Cut them into 2” sections. I could get enough for 4 four patches from one 18” strip pair. Keep these pairs together. They are ready to sew! Sew them by chain piecing these pairs together. This makes your 4 patch.
3.5” square unfinished.
Clip apart and press. I press this seam open. Yup! Quilt police haven’t caught me yet…
You will also need 12 Half 4-patches.
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I used the
easy angle ruler to make my angles.
For each half 4-patch: Cut a 2” green square from your green garden path strips.
For the yellow triangles – put 2 – 2” yellows strips right sides together. Cut a triangle from strip set. Make a straight edge down the left side of the strip and line up the EZ angle ruler on the 2” measurement, cut across the angle, turn the ruler and cut another matching set –black point down. This one will leave the edge straight. This gives you 2 pairs. You need one pair per half 4 patches.
Sew triangles to the square like the top-left picture.
For each half 4-patch: Cut a 2” green square from your green garden path strips.
For the yellow triangles – put 2 – 2” yellows strips right sides together. Cut a triangle from strip set. Make a straight edge down the left side of the strip and line up the EZ angle ruler on the 2” measurement, cut across the angle, turn the ruler and cut another matching set –black point down. This one will leave the edge straight. This gives you 2 pairs. You need one pair per half 4 patches.
Sew triangles to the square like the top-left picture.
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You can cut a yellow 2 3/8” square and cut diagonally once for the angle
if you prefer. But this will give you bias edges on the outside edge. Don’t
stretch it!
Download PDF for printing:
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