Pin each stack together to prevent them from getting mixed up (helpful pets can really mess up your stacks if you turn your back for a moment!) The larger the repeat, the less you have to fussy cut. Because our design repeat was small, we moved the template around to ensure each wedge looked completely different. Repeat this process until you have 5 stacks of wedges. Reposition the ruler to each side of the template to cut the entire wedge. Tip: to protect your fingers/and or your template from accidentally being cut, and to provide a firm cutting edge, we like to lay our ruler directly over the plastic template, align the edges of the ruler and the template. Watching carefully for pins, cut the first wedge. If you have a 60mm rotary cutter, that's ideal for cutting through all of these layers, but if you don't, just be sure your 45mm has a fresh blade. You can fussy cut, or you can be random in your placement. Lay your clear template anywhere on the fabric you like. Pin all 8 layers together, again referring to the Lesson 1 video as a refresher. You can see our repeat in the photo below, between the seam rippers. So we cut our layers 8 1/2" wide and incorporated 2 full repeats. To allow space for our templates, we doubled that so we'd have more fussy cut options to work with. Note: our fabric had an unusually small repeat of only 4 1/4". You'll need 8 layers of fabric for this project. Refer to the Lesson 1 video for a refresher on how to identify a repeat and cut your layers. Template plastic will hold up well with repeated cutting and you can see through it if you wish to fussy cut your wedges. We recommend tracing the template onto a sturdy, clear template plastic. This block is template based, and we've provided the template in the pattern. Find your own fabulous focal fabric to make this beautiful wall hanging your own! Download the Free pattern by clicking here. This was designed by Kristin Gassaway and Mari Martin, exclusively for Connecting Threads. This week Karen will teach you how to make the 8 wedge Kaleidoscope block featured in our Free Pattern.
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