Broken Dishes

1. Cut the pieces.

From background fabric (white) cut the following:

2 7/8 X 2 7/8 inch square--cut 8, then cut each diagonally to make 2 triangles, for a total of 16. These are your A triangles.

From green fabric, cut:

2 7/8 X 2 7/8 inch square--cut 8, then cut each diagonally to make 2 triangles, for a total of 16. These are your B triangles.

Green and white are only for illustration--use any colors you like!

2. Sew the A and B triangles together to make squares.

You'll be making:

3. Sew the pieces into strips:

You'll be making:

4. Lay out the strips as shown:

You'll have to turn two of the strips upside down to do this.

5. Sew the block together:

And that's it--the block is done!