Old Maid's Puzzle

1. Cut the pieces.

From background fabric (white) cut the following:

3 7/8 X 3 7/8 inch square--cut 5, then cut each diagonally to make two triangles, giving you a total of 10 triangles. These are your A triangles.
3 1/2 X 3 1/2 inch square--cut 4. These are your C squares.

From dark blue fabric, cut:

6 7/8 X 6 7/8 inch square--cut 1, then cut diagonally to make 2 triangles. These are your large blue B triangles.
3 7/8 X 3 7/8 inch square--cut 1, then cut diagonally to make 2 triangles. These are your small blue A triangles.

From light blue fabric, cut:

3 7/8 X 3 7/8 inch square--cut 1, then cut diagonally to make 2 triangles. These are your light blue A triangles.

From red fabric, cut:

3 7/8 X 3 7/8 inch square--cut 1, then cut diagonally to make 2 triangles. These are your red A triangles.

Red, white and blue are just for illustration--use any colors at all!

2. Sew the small triangles into squares.

Sew each small colored triangle to a small white triangle to make a square, like this:

You'll end up with 2 each of red, dark blue, and light blue, a total of six squares. You'll have 4 white triangles left over.

3. Sew the units.

Make 2 of these units:

3. Sew the units together to make the block:

4. Admire your block!

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