- 1). Machine wash and dry both fabrics. Iron both fabrics fresh out of the dryer. Letting the fabrics cool before ironing makes wrinkles and creases harder to get out.
- 2). Place one of the fabrics on your cutting mat. Cut a square from the fabric 1-inch wider and longer than you want your finished pinwheel square. Use your ruler to guide your rotary cutter for straight, smooth cuts. Repeat with the other fabric.
- 3). Place your two fabric squares together with the right sides facing each other. Sew the squares together along all four edges with a 1/4-inch seam allowance.
- 4). Place the sewn together fabric squares on your cutting mat. Place your ruler on the squares so one edge of the ruler connects two corners diagonally. Cut along the edge of the ruler with your rotary cutter. Repeat with the other two corners before moving the fabric.
- 5). Open up each resulting set of triangles -- each made of one solid-colored and one printed triangle -- to form four squares. Press the seam allowance toward the darker fabric on the wrong side of each square.
- 6). Place one of the squares face up on your work surface with the solid colored fabric in the lower-left corner and the printed fabric in the upper right. Place a second square face down on top of the first with the printed fabric over the solid and vice versa. Sew the two squares together along the right edge with a 1/4-inch seam allowance.
- 7). Place one of the remaining squares face up on your work surface with the printed fabric in the upper left corner and the solid fabric in the lower right. Place the other remaining square face down on top of it with the print over the solid and vice versa. Sew the two squares together along the right edge with a 1/4-inch seam allowance. Open up both sets of sewn together squares, and press the seam allowance toward the darker fabric.
- 8). Place one side face up on your work surface horizontally oriented. Place the second face down on the first with each solid covered by a print and vice versa. Sew the two together along the top edge with a 1/4-inch seam allowance. Open up the resulting square, and press that seam allowance to one side -- it doesn't matter which -- to complete the square.
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