Clue Four with apologies!

I'll start off with the apologies...I did not foresee internet issues when I promised a two week interval between clues *sigh* and once the internet was up we were on another house hunting jog without my quilt pics in the laptop! SO...here is

Clue Four
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If you have not done so, choose your border fabric.

Cut Four 6” Squares of Border fabric 

and make 8 – 5  1/2”  HST using border fabric and the Four assorted background fabrics you set aside in Clue Three. For instructions on making the HSTs, check Clue Three.

Set aside for next clue.

 Taking 20 of your Scrappy Strip HSTs from Clue Three, Sew them into 5 units of four, utilizing a diamond layout. These units should measure 10 1/2” square.

Set aside for next clue

 ONLY IF YOU TRIMMED YOUR HST UNITS TO 5” IN CLUE THREE FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS BELOW:

Cut one 1” strip of your border fabric by width of fabric and 16 – 1” wide assorted background strips (about 12” long).

Sew these strips to the outside of your diamond units, making one unit with the border fabric and four with assorted background fabrics as shown:

  

 Units should measure 10 1/2” Square – set aside for next clue