woven four patch- a Four Patch Block

This block can be made from jelly rolls and minicharm squares but will give the best optical illusion when you use yardage.

The block is made up from four identical subunits.  These consist of two squares the same size and a rectangle which will be the same height but twice the length when finished.  Kind of reminds me of a corner log cabin but with only one round...
 So for example
  We have five accent colours and a background colour.
For one block cut:
 four squares x 2 1/2 inches of the background colour
From each of the other colours cut one 2 1/2 inch square and one rectangle 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 .
This will give a block that is 8 inches when finished.
Set edge to edge for optical illusion to work.

Here is a page by Patchwork Square.com

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