eo-4 Block Assembly

To begin the block assembly, I started by cutting out pentagons in green fabric.

Next, I added the 'shadow' fabric.

Then, I proceeded to add light toned fabric around to each of the pentagon sides.

After adding pieces around the entire pentagon, then I trimmed the blocks to the intended size.

The colors in the photographs are not great - I am having trouble with the lighting in my sewing area. Hopefully I will figure out some improvements.

This process will be the same for all of the blocks. In this example, I ironed each block after adding another piece. There are few nice aspects to this block assembly approach. First, there is very little waste. You can pick small pieces and just keep adding to the block until it is large enough. Second, the final block size is something you trim to, so this avoids my utter inability to maintain an exact seam allowance!