1980s Puzzle Cube Footstool
Supplies Needed: Supplies 7/8 yard of 60"-wide black poplin 1/8 yard of 45"-wide broadcloth in each color: yellow, blue, red, orange, green, and white Floriani Heat N Sta Fleece Floriani Appli-Kay Wonder Floriani's Pressing Cloth Black thread 12" x 12" x 12" foam cube (Note: if you can't find the foam cube, glue three 12" x 12" x 4" or four 12" x 12" x 3" foam cushions together to make the cube.

Instructions

1. Cut six 13" squares from the black poplin and the Floriani Heat N Sta Fleece. Fuse a batting square to the wrong side of each poplin square. (Cover the ironing surface with a non-stick sheet to keep the battingfrom sticking.)
   
2. Cut the Floriani Appliqué Wonder into strips 4" wide and fuse to the wrong side of each colored fabric strip, overlapping the Appliqué Wonder as necessary to cover the strip width.
   
3. Cut each colored fabric piece into nine 3-1/2" wide squares.
   
4. Use a ruler and tailor's chalk to divide each black square into nine sections as shown in Figure 1.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Remove the protective backing from nine squares of the same color fabric. Arrange the colored squares on the black poplin 1/4" away from the marked lines. Cover with Floriani's Pressing Cloth and fuse in place.
   
6. Set your sewing machine for a blanket stitch 2.5 mm long and 3.0 mm wide. Blanket stitch the edges of each colored square.
   
7. Set the machine for a straight stitch 3.0 mm long. Stitch on the chalk lines between the colored squares.
   
   
   
   
8. Repeat steps 5 through 7 with the other colored and black squares, fusing nine patches of a single color to each black square.
   
9. Sew the squares together as shown in Figure 2. Although 1/2" seam is allowed, for more accuracy match the appliquéd patches on adjacent squares and sew 1/4" outside the patch edges.
   
   
   
   
10. Stitch the squares with red and white patches together.
    
11. Sew the square with blue patches to the others to form a box. Turn right side out.
    
12. Insert the foam cube into the box. It will be easier to push the foam into place if it is still inside its plastic bag packaging; when the foam is in place, just tear away the plastic and remove it.
    
13. Fold under the seam allowances on the square with green patches and whipstitch it to the box sides to close and complete the cube. A curved quilting needle makes the stitching easier.
    
    

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