THE PATRIOT Clue #4

MQ4M A7 Clue #4

For this clue you are making 8 Rail Blocks.  The blocks need to finish at 9 ½ inches.

You will be using your Reds and Whites.  This block needs to be White, Red, White, Red, White – It should be more than 3 rails, and up to as many rails as you like AS LONG AS IT IS BORDERED BY WHITE ON BOTH ENDS

I did mine all scrappy as I needed to use Strings up – and I like scrappy.  You can also do them with yardage. 

Scrappy Rails

Cut your Red and White Strings at least 10 inches long, using various widths. I sewed White/Red/White/Red and then pressed. Then I measured the width and decided it I could use thin or wide strips to finish them – some ended up only 5 rails, most ended up 7 to 9 rails –

My goal was to make them 10 inches by 10- ish inches, then trim down to 9 ½ inches.

YARDAGE Option:

You can cut each strip even – this math works out to 2 5/16 inch strips – well I suck at that cut – so how I would do it is – used the White rails at 2 ½ by 9 ½ and use RED Rails at 2 inches by 9 ½ inches – then you get an easy cut and a block at 9 ½ by 9 1/2 inches.

If you decide to use yardage – you need 36 White strips and 24 Red strips

Step 2:

You are making Peppermints!!

You can make them Scrappy – varying the width of the Reds and the white, or you can make them symmetrical – and use approximately 3 ½ by 3 ½ inch squares

This is what you need:

Two pieces that Start and End with Red  at 3 ½ by 30 ( ish) inches long. If it turns out 29 or 31 – it’s okay – keep it – it will work so amazingly well!!

And you need Two pieces that Start and end with Red that are 3 ½ by 41 ( ish) inches long – again if it turns out 40 or 42 you are ok!! Keep it

I made mine all scrappy – and because I did it took a little longer than if I just used yardage – but I sure had fun playing in my scraps

And that’s it!  Catch up on everything else so you are ready for the next clue!~!!!

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