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A Twisted Tablerunner

Time to make some half QSTs. If you're a new quilter these may seem a little bit intimidating but don't stress them. Just pay attention to what you're doing and you will be fine -- honestly. If you're an expirienced quilter these will be old hat and you'll be done them in no time :)

7. Take your 4 1/4" square of color #3 and cut it in half on the diagonal, then cut the resulting triangles in half again so that you have four triangles. Do the same with a 4 1/4" square of your background fabric. Use the resulting triangles to make four units that look like this:



8. Take two 4" squares of fabric #2 and cut them in half once diagonally. Sew one of the resulting triangles to the above unit so that it looks like this:


Repeat that step until you have four of these blocks. We'll call this block HQST #3.

9. Take your 4 1/4" square of color #1 and cut it in half on the diagonal, then cut the resulting triangles in half again so that you have four triangles. Do the same with a 4 1/4" square of your background fabric. Use the resulting triangles to make four units that look like this:



10. Take two 4" squares of fabric #2 and cut them in half diagonally. Sew one of the resulting triangles to the above unit so that it looks like this:


Repeat until you have four blocks. We'll call this block HQST #4.