Bethany Reynolds

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Stack-n-Whack® Seedlings, pg. 2

Cutting the Main Fabric If you are unfamiliar with Stack-n-Whack® techniques, see any of Bethany's books for full instructions on preparing the stack. Make a 21"-wide, four-layer stack of identical repeats, using one design repeat for each layer. Press and pin the layers, aligning the motifs. Cut a 5" x 21" strip from the stack. Cut (8) 45 degree wedges from the strip, using either the Butterflies cutting guide on page 123 of Stack-n-Whackier Quilts, or the Stack-n-Whack® 45 Degree Triangle Tool. (Click here for more info and ordering instructions.) Cut these wedges up the center to make (16) half-wedge block kits (8 left-facing and 8 right-facing.) You will use 15 kits for this wall quilt.

For a photo tutorial on using the Stack-n-Whack 45 Degree Triangle Tool to cut the wedges and half-wedges, click here.

Piecing the Blossoms
	Sew each set of four wedges into two pairs. Don't place the wedges right sides together. Just pick up two wedges and sew along the long diagonal (bias) edge. Depending on whether the block kit is a left- or right-facing triangle, the right or wrong sides of the fabric may be face up. You will be using both types in the quilt, and it makes no difference which you use in each block - just be aware that they will look different as you sew this step.
	Trim the seam allowances at the tip at a sharp angle, as shown.
	Finger-press the seams open. The unit should be kite-shaped now. (If it is shaped like the wedge you originally cut, that means you sewed the straight-grain edge instead of the bias edge. Time for a reverse-sewing break!)
	Sew the identical pairs together to make sets of 4. Trim the seam allowances at the tip.   Note that the front and reverse sides of the fabric alternate in the finished unit.

From Background fabric, cut the following pieces.
First Cut (across width)	Second Cut	Third Cut
(1) 31/4" strip	(8) 31/4" squares	Cut each square twice on the diagonal to make 30 quarter-square triangles. (You will have 2 extras.)
(2) 43/8" strips	(15) 43/8" squares	Cut each square once on the diagonal to make 30 half-square triangles.
(3) 61/2" strips	(30) 61/2" x 4" rectangles
(3) 15/8" strips	(15) 15/8" x 71/2" rectangles
(1) 31/2" strip	(5) 31/2" x 71/2" rectangles

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