Materials

• Light neutral for background • Dark neutral for Four Patches • Medium green for stem • Rusty orange for pumpkin • Charcoal gray for center unit • Light orange or neutral for center unit

Cutting

Light neutral

17 squares A: 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" 8 squares B: 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" 1 rectangle C: 3-1/2" x 4-1/2" 3 squares D: 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" 1 rectangle E: 1-1/2" x 2" 7 squares F: 1" x 1"

Pumpkin Chain by

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Dark neutral

16 squares A: 1-1/2" x 1-1/2"

Medium green 1 rectangle I: 1" x 1-1/2" 1 rectangle J: 1" x 2"

Rusty orange 2 rectangles G: 1-1/2" x 4-1/2" 2 rectangles H: 1-1/2" x 2-1/2"

Charcoal gray 1 square L: 3-1/4" x 3-1/4"

Light neutral 1 square L: 3-1/4" x 3-1/4"

Sewing

1. Join 16 light and 16 dark A's into pairs, pressing toward the dark. Join the pairs into Four Patches as shown. Make 8 Four Patch units.

Paying careful attention to the orientation, join the Four Patches with light neutral B's to form the 4 corner units of the block as shown.

2. Make the stem: Use stitch-and-flip in the following manner. With right sides together, place a background F on each end of J as shown. Paying careful attention to the direction, sew from corner to corner on each end as shown. Trim the seam allowances to 1/4". Flip the F patches open and press to form the stem unit. Sew 1 F to the left side of I. Sew this unit to the bottom of the stem unit.

Note: The block is built in vertical(up and down) rows.

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Four Patch, Make 8 Corner unit, Make 4

Sew an A to the left side. Sew E to the right side. Press.

3. Make the pumpkin: Use stitch-and-flip in the following manner. With right sides together, place an F on each end of G as shown. Paying careful attention to the direction, sew from corner to corner on each end as shown. Flip the F patches open and press. Repeat to make a total of 2 pumpkin units.

4. Make the center section quarter-square-triangle: On the wrong side of the light L, mark 1/4" out from each side of the diagonal center as shown. Layer the light L with the dark L, right sides together. Sew on both marked lines. Cut between the lines of stitching. Open out and press.

Place these units right sides together so the fabrics oppose each other as shown. From the wrong side, mark one of the units 1/4" out from each side of the diagonal center as shown. Sew on the marked lines. Cut between the lines of stitching. Open out and press. One unit is extra. The center unit should measure 2-1/2" x 2-1/2".

Pumpkin Unit, Make 2

Stem, Make 1

Use 1Center unit, Make 2

4. Sew an orange H to each side of the center unit and press. Add the pumpkin units to the top and bottom and press. Sew the stem to the pumpkin.

Sew the background C to the top of the pumpkin. Add a D below the pumpkin.

Join 2 corner units with a D as shown to form the left vertical row. Repeat to form the right vertical row. Sew the vertical rows together as shown to complete the block.

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