South Carolina
Yellow Jessamine

Cut the pieces

• Light Yellow: Cut 12 - 2” x 2"; mark a diagonal line on the wrong side of 8 of these.
• Light Yellow: Cut 2 - 2” x 3 1/2”.
• Light Yellow: Cut 2 - 1 1/2” x 6 1/2”.
• Light Yellow: Cut 1 - 3 1/2” x 3 1/2”.
• Light Yellow: Cut 1 - 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”.
• Medium Yellow: Cut 2 - 2 1/2” x 3 1/2”.
• Medium Yellow: Cut 2 - 2” x 3 1/2”.
• Dark Yellow: Cut 2 - 2” x 3 1/2”.
• Medium Green: Cut 4 - 2” x 2; mark a diagonal line on the wrong side of 8 of these.
• Medium Green: Cut 2 - 2” x 3 1/2”.
• Medium Green: Cut 4 - 2” x 4”.
• Medium Green: Cut 4 - 1 1/2” x 1 1/2”; mark a diagonal line on the wrong side of each.
• Medium Green: Cut 1 - 1 1/2” x 5 1/2”.
• Medium Green: Cut 1 - 1 1/2” x 6 1/2”.
• Medium Green: Cut 2 - 2 1/2” x 3 1/2”.
• Dark Green: Cut 4 - 2” x 2.
• Dark Green: Cut 1 - 3 1/2” x 3 1/2”.

Piecing directions

1. Blossom corners
   Place a marked Light Yellow square right sides together with a Dark Yellow rectangle. Stitch on the marked line. Trim the corner, leaving a 1/4" seam allowance. Repeat for the next corner. Make 2 of these.
   
   
   
   
   
   Place a marked Medium Green 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” square right sides together with a Light Yellow 1 1/2” x 6 1/2”. Stitch on the marked line. Trim the corner, leaving a 1/4" seam allowance. Repeat for the opposite corner. Make 2 of these.
   
   
   
   
   
   Place a marked Light Yellow square right sides together with a Medium Green 2” x 4”. Stitch on the marked line. Trim the corner, leaving a 1/4" seam allowance. Repeat but with the opposite angle line, as illustrated. Make 2 of each of these.
   
   
   
   
   
   Using all the sewn units plus Light Yellow 2” x 2" squares and 2” x 3 1/2” rectangle and Medium Yellow 2 1/2” x 3 1/2”, assemble blossom corners as illustrated.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Dark upper corner
   Place a marked Medium Green square right sides together with a Medium Yellow rectangle. Stitch on the marked line. Trim the corner, leaving a 1/4" seam allowance. Repeat for the next corner. Make 2 of these.
   
   
   
   
   
   Using these two sewn units plus Dark Green 2” x 2" squares and 3 1/2” x 3 1/2” square and Medium Green 2” x 3 1/2” rectangle, assemble dark upper corner as a nine patch.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Light lower corner
   Stitch together as a four patch both remaining yellow squares with the Medium Green 2 1/2” x 3 1/2” rectangles. Stitch on a Medium Green 1 1/2” x 5 1/2” rectangle; stitch on the remaining rectangle.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Finishing
   Stitch together all units as a four patch.
   
   
   
   
   

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