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Choose two coordinating jewel tone fabrics (gold, ruby red, emerald green, amethyst purple, turqoise, etc.).  Also choose a tone-on-tone black for the background. 1.  From the black background fabric, cut four 2 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch rectangles and one 5 1/4 inch square.  Cut the square diagonally twice to form four quarter-square triangles.       2.  From the first fabric, cut one 5 1/4 inch square and one 2 1/2 inch square.  Cut the larger square diagonally twice to form four quarter-square triangles.       3.  From the second fabric, cut two 4 7/8 inch squares.  Cut each of the squares diagonally once to form four half-square triangles. Sewing Directions 4.  With right sides together, sew the four color #1 quarter-square triangles to the four black quarter-square triangles using a 1/4-inch seam allowance.  Match the seams up in such a way that the finished pairing looks like that in graphic 4.  The long edges of the triangle should face out, and the black triangle should be on the right side when finished.  Press seams toward the black side.  You will end up with four pieced triangles.   5.  Refering to graphic 5 for placement, sew one color #2 triangle to one of the triangle sets from step 4.  You should end up with four pieced squares.   6.  Add each of the black rectangles to the left side of the pieced squares from step 5 by sewing the long edge of the rectangle to the long side of the color #1 triangle. 7.  Here's the tricky part!  Line up the small color #1 square (right sides together) with the bottom right hand corner of one of the sets from step #6.  Then sew a 1/4 inch seam for HALF the length of the small square starting at the right side and ending HALFWAY through the square and BACKSTITCH. Refer to graphic 7.  Press seam toward the small square. 8.  Line another pieced rectangle up with the right side of the piece created in the last step and sew.  (see graphic 8)   Press seams toward the center. 9.  Similar to step 8, line another pieced rectangle up with the bottom side of the piece created in the last step and sew.  (see graphic 9).   Press seams toward the center. 10.  Here's another tricky part...  line the last pieced rectangle up with the last unfinished side of the block  Because you only sewed half a seam length in step #7, you can now sew the entire seam length of this last rectangle.  (Refer to graphic 10)   Press seams to the center once again.   11.  Lastly, fold the bottom half of the block up so that the unfinished seams match.  Starting with where the stitching from step #7 ends, BACKSTITCH and continue finishing this last seam to the end of the square. (see graphic 11)   Press seam to the center to finish the block. Your completed unfinished block will measure 10 1/2 inches. 10 inches after sewn into a quilt!