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You will need 2 fabrics:
Ocean blue (blue, green, aqua...) in small print, solid, tone on tone;
White, solid or white on white.
Cutting:
Step 1: Making Half Square Triangles (HST) u
sing 3 Ocean and 3 White
4" squares
Place 2 squares, one of each colour, right side together. Mark a diagonal across the top square.
Sew a 1/4" away on each side of the diagonal.
Cut the unit in half on the diagonal. Open the unit and trim to a 3" square.
Reserve 5 of those HST
Step 2: Making the Hourglass block
Pair the remaining HST with the remaining 4" Ocean square (n ote that the Ocean square is slightly larger than the HST)
Right side together, alining the smaller square to 2 edges of the bigger one.
Draw a diagonal across the HST (perpendicular to the previously sewn line, see picture below).
Sew a 1/4 away from the marked line (only on one side). Cut on the line, open the unit.
Time to trim. With the 45 degree angle line of your ruler on top of the diagonal of the unit, align the edge with the 3" mark, trim.
Rotate the unit, repeat the process to obtain a 3" square.
Step 3: Assemble the Florida Ocean Wave according to the diagram.
Your block will measure 10 1/2".
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