Lessons for the Card Trick Quilt

Materials
1/4 yard of 4 different fabrics (for cards)
3/8 yard for background for 4 blocks
1/2 yard for shashing
1/4 yard for binding
1 square yard of batting and material for the back of the quilt

Unit 1

  1. Cut one strip of each of the 4 colors for the cards 6"x45"
  2. Cut 2 strips of background fabric 6"x45"
  3. Cut two 6" squares of each of the 4 colors (8 squares)
  4. Cut eight 6" squares of the background fabric
  5. Place one colored square with one background square, right sides together
  6. Draw one line from corner to opposite corner

  7. Sew 1/4 inch seam on each side of drawn line
  8. Cut on the line you drew
  9. Press, Open and Press
  10. Using 4 1/2 inch square, trim the units making sure you have the points of the square on the seam line

Unit 2

  1. Take one 6" square of each color (1-4) and 4 background 6" squares
  2. Put the right sides together
  3. Draw lines across from corner to corner

  4. Now start sewing on the LEFT side of the drawn line 1/4, down to the midpoint where the lines cross, pivot, and stitch along the line for about 5 or 6 stiches, pivot and now sew down the RIGHT side of the line
  5. Repeat for each square
  6. Repeat on the other line
  7. Cut on the lines you drew
  8. DO NOT PRESS with iron at this point, finger press open
  9. Next, take two 6" squares of each color 1-4 and cut on the diagonal
  10. Now you will start laying out your units, do not sew 3 triangle units together until you have laid them out and like your color arrangement

  11. Once you have laid them out, then you can sew the large triangle to the units of the two small triangles
  12. Trim each unit, lining up 3 points on your square, on seam lines

Unit 3

  1. Take one 6" square of each color #1 and #2, place right sides together

  2. Place color #2 on top, draw two lines from corner to corner, and sew as you did unit #2
  3. Cut on the draw lines, DO NOT PRESS WITH IRON, only finger press at this point
  4. Take colors #3 and #4, place color #4 on top, draw lines from corner to corner and sew as you did unit #2
  5. Cut on the lines you drew
  6. Take one unit of colors #1 and #2 and one unit of colors #3 and #4 and sew together
  7. Press open, and trim, matching all 4 corners of your square to the 4 seam lines
  8. Place in the center of your block

Sewing Units Into Blocks

  1. Lay out units into block in 3 rows

  2. Turn unit #2 onto unit #1, just like turning the pages of a book, do NOT twist as your turn
  3. turn unit #5 onto unit #4
  4. turn unit #8 onto unit #7
  5. pick up units 1 and 2 and sew on the right side, do not cut threads
  6. pick up units 4 and 5 and feed them in right behind the first units, and sew on the right side
  7. pick up units 7 and 8 and feed them in right behind the first two sets of units
  8. Now you can cut the threads
  9. Open the units, take unit #3 and sew it to the right side of unit #2
  10. sew unit #6 to the right side of unit #5
  11. sew unit #9 to the right side of unit #8
  12. fold row one down onto row 2, sew across matching up opposing seams
  13. Press finished block

Have fun! Good luck!!

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