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Owls Are the Bomb!

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Well, it's Wednesday, but this week is very different in that the Dots on Dots Blog Hop is happening and I am posting a LOT of blocks on Friday (some from Windham and some from Blank). So, I am posting today with Benartex Fabrics . They have the cutest new collection called "Owl Be There" and I used a 60 degree ruler to create a hexagon to fussy cut from one of the fabrics. Don't you just love these owls in a tree? Circle of Owls How did I do this? you ask. Well, it is a future class but I'll share a few secrets with you. 1. Use any 60 degree ruler and cut out a hexagon using freezer paper. Give it a 6" finished height. 2. Fussy cut the fabrics (in this case, the print you can see here) for a total of 6 hexagons 3. Cut out a single contrasting print hexagon for the center 4. Sew the 6 matching hexagons into a ring. Press seams open. 5. Trim 1/4" away from all sides of the freezer paper template and use on the wrong side of each of the 6 f...