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Cheap Change Installment Two

 

Assembly of BD Flying Geese (uses (36) Color B 4 ½ inch by 2 ½ inch rectangles and (72) Color D 2 ½ inch squares):

 

Putting right sides together, place one Color D square on the Color B rectangle oriented this way:

 



Sew on the drawn line and trim ¼ inch from the sewn line, according to the diagram.

 



Press open. Place a second 2 ½ inch square, right sides together, according to the following diagram:

 

Sew on the drawn line and trim ¼ inch from the sewn line and press open. You should have this unit:

 

 

Make 36 of these BD Flying Geese units. Eighteen of these will be used in the next steps and eighteen will be set aside for a later step.

 

Unit II Construction: (Uses (9) Color A 4 ½ inch squares and (18) BD Flying Geese Units)


Construct Unit I using the following diagram, being careful to orient your AC Flying Geese the same way:


 

Press towards the 4 ½ inch square.

 

You should have a total of nine Unit II’s at the end of this step.

 

Assembling of Unit III (Uses (18) BD Flying Geese and (36) AB Half-Square Triangles)

 

Assemble Unit III according to the diagram, being careful to orient the each piece correctly:

 


Press towards the AB Half-Square Triangle.

 

You should have (18) Unit III’s at the end of this step.

 

Assembling of Unit IV (Uses (8) AC Flying Geese and (16) Color C 2 ½ inch squares)


Assemble according to the following diagram:

 


Press towards Color C squares.

 

At the end of this step, you should have eight of Unit IV’s.

 

This completes Installment 2 and you are half-way through the mystery! Have another piece of chocolate to celebrate a job well-done!

 

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