final clue

Clue 6

Putting it all together

Sashing (color #2 light) cut 24 pieces 12 ½” by 3 ½”.

Inner border cut six 1 ½ by width of fabric strips from colour #3 dark join together into one long length.

Outer border cut border parallel with selvedge. Cut 4 borders 6 1/2” wide by length of fabric (2meters).

Lay out quilt according to diagram.

Sew blocks and sashing into rows pressing rows in opposite directions to nest seams as you go.

Sew rows together press.

Measure through center of quilt, cut inner borders to fit, Sew to quilt center.

Repeat with outer borders.

Quilt and bind as desired.

 

 

 

 

Clue 5

Cut 8 squares 2 7/8” from background fabric. Cut from corner to corner to make 16 triangles.

Cut 4 squares 9 1/4” from background cross cut into 16 triangles

Cut 4 squares 3 3/8” from med/dark color#3 fussy cut if necessary.

Lay out block as shown.

Sew small background triangles to ends of flying geese strips.

Sew 2 strips to either end of med/dark square.

Sew 2 large triangles on either side of the other flying geese units. Press and put block together.

Make four 12 ½” blocks

 

 

 

 

 

Clue 4

Take the half square triangles you made in clue one and lay them out according to the block diagram.

Make five 12 ½” blocks.

Sew into rows pressing toward the darker fabric. Sew rows together and press block.

the red is colour #1 med /dark and the grey is colour #2 med.

 

 

 

Hope you enjoy this clue we are getting close to the end now.

 

I have been very busy getting ready to sell my house so i havent even finished this clue all the way yet.

happy new year and some projects from last year

This is a picture from the front cover of one of my new patterns. Its a realy fun block and the pattern has options for a on point set, a row and applique set or 4 table runners.

I realy like this quilt its one of my first modern patterns. The fabric is from Frond design studios. They are a new company just starting up and the have some realy neat stuff.

 

Both theses patterns are for sale. Just email me and I will set things up. Im also thinking of selling kits of the modern quilt if anyone whants one.

clue #3

here it is finaly.

Cut five 1 ½” by WOF. strips from color  #1 dark

Cut four 1 ½” strips from color #3 dark

Set 1: Sew two sets with this sequence #1,#3,#1

Set2: And one set with this sequence #3, #1, #3

Sub cut into 1 ½” pieces. 16 of set 2 and 32 of set 1

Sew into sixteen 9 patches.

The 9 patches will be 3 ½” square and they will finish at 3” square

Clue 2

 

 

 

Traditional piecing:

Cut 32 squares  2 7/8 of dark colour #3 cut from one corner to the other to form 2 triangles from one square. You should have 64 large triangles.

 Cut 32 3 ¼” dark color #1 squares and cross cut them so one square forms 4 triangles. You should have 128 small triangles

Sew small triangles to one edge of the large triangle press open sew triangle to other edge to form flying geese and press.

Make 64 flying geese.

Sew 4 together into a strip making 16 strips.

Units will look like this.

But all the geese will be the same colour.

 

 

 

sorry for taking so long with this clue life has been a bit crazy trying to get the house renovated.

My Fabric selections for the mystery Quilt

This is my first set the fabrics are in the order listed on the fabric yardage list.

I am making this quilt in 2 color ways. the top one in the momma said sew line from Moda and some Kona solids and the bottom one is mostly Camolot from Jason Yenter with Kona for the background and some Kauphman fabric                                                                                                                                                                                        

this is my new purse I love this fabric line its from Riely Blake