Balkan Puzzle / Whirlpool

After all those HRT, time to sink into the (relative) comfort of a block made solely with HST.

Block finishes at 6"

Uses Collection 2

Fabric 1 (background)
16 HST, 1.5" (p. 66)
5.5 x 10.5"

Fabric 2 (focus A)
8 HST, 1.5" (p. 66)
Cut a piece 5.5" square to layer with the printed Fabric 1 (machine-piecing)
OR print a sheet the same size (hand-piecing).

Fabric 3 (focus B)
8 HST, 1.5" (p. 66)
Cut a piece 5.5" square to layer with the printed Fabric 1(machine-piecing)
OR print a sheet the same size (hand-piecing).

Cut Fabric 1 (background-fabric) into two halves

With Fabric 1 and 2 : make 8 squares. Press 4 of those towards the background-fabric, and 4 towards the focus-fabric. Yes. This is really necessary if you want to have a fighting-chance to make this block lie flat in the end. If you hand-piece, it isn't an issue, but if you machine-piece, it is.

With Fabric 2 and 3 : make another 8 squares. Again, press 4 of those towards the background-fabric, and 4 towards the focus-fabric.

Arrange as shown in picture (left).

Make 4 identical 3" squares (OR join rows)

Join the 4 squares (OR join the 4 rows).

Finished