Hive 3 - May Tutorial- Improv block

 Hello Hive 3.  For May I am asking for a (hopefully) easy improv block.  Please pardon the lighting in my pictures - we've had a string of cloudy grey days here in Dallas, and the lighting isn't great!

This block will have background squares of dark blues, greys, and black fabrics.  Solids highly preferred.  The backgrounds can be as many or as few different fabrics as you would like.  You will also need a selection of orange, yellow, gold, pink, and red scraps - again solids preferred, and this can be as scrappy or monochrome as you'd like and your fabric scraps allow.  

Cutting instructions:  from your dark background fabrics, please cut 9 5x5 squares.  

From the bright scraps you will need a total of 18 pieces that you can cover one of the corners.  These can be as large or small as you'd like.  I found it easiest to use scraps that were at least 1 inch wide, and 1-3 inches long.

Take a scrap and place it so that when stitched and flipped, it covers one corner:

Trim 1/4" away from your stitch line, and press towards the bright corner:

Repeat this process with the opposite corner:

Once both corners are covered, trim the square to 4.5"

When you have 9 squares trimmed to 4.5" each, arrange in a nine patch, alternating whether the color triangles are in the bottom or top left hand corner:

Combine the squares, pressing seams  however is easiest for you.  And you're done!