On my Design Wall ~ April 23

I took down the Waterfall quilt because there are not enough hours in my day to get that finished before the movers come and pack us out of here...I will be working on that one again after I get set up in Michigan.

So, I pulled out a quilt top that I have had sitting around for several years. All it needed was a border and quilting...so I started quilting, ripped out quilting, staring at the quilt to see what it needed in quilting design...and it is still up on the design wall trying to speak to me.

For now, I'm taking wall paper off the walls in the dining room so I can paint the room. AND thinking about where the quilting is taking me on this little quilt...

For more design wall inspiration visit Patchwork Times. There are some great projects linked there!

Scrapbusting Mystery Quilt CLUE FIVE

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Take your 32 Four Patch units from Clue One and sew them into 16 pairs.

Sew the pairs together to make 8 Sixteen Patch units.

Set aside for last clue.

Take your 8 HST units from Clue Four and make 4 Chevron units with the background fabrics in the center.

Set aside for last clue.

Take 32 of your Scrappy HST units from Clue Three and make 16 Chevron units with the scrappy triangles in the center.

Set aside for last clue.

Units you should have from the clue:

            8 – 16 patch units

            4 – Chevron units with border fabric

            16 – Chevron units with scrappy triangles

  

The final clue will put them all together – stay tuned!

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Monday...with something on my design wall!

not much to see, but I've made some progress in the last week ;) I have a few more blocks on the Waterfall and some blocks for my mystery quilt...

For more design wall inspiration visit Patchwork Times.

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

No New Clue :(

my internet is down at home and I dont' have a way to post pictures when I'm posting from the library...

Hold on and I'll update the Mystery as soon as our internet provider takes care of our problem...

Scrapbusting Mystery Clue 3

I know, it is a long time between clues! Next one will be here in two weeks, I promise!

Clue 3

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 CUT 34 - 6” Assorted light/neutral squares

          set aside 4 for Clue #4

Using a pencil, draw a diagonal line from point to point on the back of the 30 assorted light/neutral squares. Now draw a line 1/4” away from the center line on each side.

Setting the light/neutral square on top, with right sides facing each other, match the direction of the diagonal on the string block, and sew on the 1/4” lines.

 

Cut on center line and iron your HSTs open. Square up to 5” if needed.
CORRECTION: this should read 5 1/2"

Taking your Four Patch units and your HST units, lay them out and choose a border fabric from your stash. You will need approximately 1 ¼ yards.

Keep all units together for next clue...

Scrapbusting Mystery Clue Two

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Cut lots of strings from med to dark fabrics in widths from 3/4” up to 2 1/2” width. I do not know how many, I just keep cutting until my bag is full and then I start sewing! If I run out, I cut more...

Cut 30 – 6” foundations. You can use thin fabric (old sheets, weird fabrics or poor quality), scrap paper, phone books, tissue paper, newspapers, specialty foundation paper, or wash away stabilizer.

Make 30 - 6” square diagonal string blocks using a short stitch length 1.5 or so – especially if using paper. NOTE: you may want to use one of your wider strips for the center of each block.

Iron the piece to keep it flat. I do this after every strip...

Look at your messy piece and wonder why you even started the project (I did).

 Trim the messy edges off the piece, making it 6” square. Now it looks MUCH better, doesn’t it?

Starch your blocks while the foundation is still attached. You have bias edges on the outside of the block and want to stabilize them before the next step!

 If you used paper or other removable foundation, now is the time to remove it from your blocks (unless it is wash away, then you can let the laundry take care of it). Set these aside in a safe place as you wait for the next clue :)

Expect the next clue on March 8...we have three weeks between guild meetings this time around!