white pine - I am with you. More trouble, to me, than it is worth to save cut-offs from snowball blocks. Even tho' I am a scrappy addict, I just cannot find the energy to do something with them!

I have also pieced my cut offs into pinwheels and will use them in the border. I only have the medium and light ones, as I didn't plan to do the others as covered corners. I personally struggle with covered corners and can never seem to get them right. If I do this pattern again, I'll cut triangles and a smaller square to start with and sew them together. I never have problems getting the correct finished size when I do that. I know for most, it's the opposite!

I am on the last two rows of assembling the field, and then I can start on the borders. I have the pieces for them sewn, but still need to trim the smaller pinwheels down to 2.5".

Thank You Ladies for your kind words. I know my block is a mess. I wasn't paying any attention while I was sewing and it is sooo not meeting at points etc. I just wanted to show the pretty fabrics. It was good therapy though. My husband has some damensia and a few other things were going on. I knew I shouldn't have sewed. But I needed to be distracted for awhile. I will show my blocks again when I finish them in a runner. I don't save my triangles either to small for me to mess with. I've seen some beautiful mini works on here though ,not for me. Have a great weekend and Mothers Day.

You'd be surprised. My pinwheels are trimming out at 3". 2 1/2" finished, 3 1/2" wide finished if you set them on point.
It's called QADD. Quilter's Attention Deficit Disorder, a sub-form of Artistic Attention Deficit Disorder. Caused by the purchase of new quilt books and magazines, and the perusal of Pinterest. You're halfway into a project and some new thing you see screams, " You must make me now!" So you pull out some fabrics, and you're just going to make one block, just one to see how those fabrics look in this pattern...and before you know it, you're halfway through another project that will become a UFO in its turn.

Yes and the cure is lots of Chocolate!!!

Iceleopard- you're a hoot! :D

Ooh, pin wheels. That's a good idea too.

12 blocks down, 8 more to go. I know I’ve already moaned about this, but pressing these seams open and pinning so the points stay pointy is taking Forever, but it really is worthwhile. With borders this should finish at approximately 60x72, perfect size for napping! Thanks Judy!! Once again you picked a winner![ATTACH=CONFIG]594336[/ATTACH]

dhanke- that's wonderful!!!!!!!!!!

Is the method square in a square?

No, you'll see how easy when you check out the posting.

dhanke, I love your lap/nap quilt! Really looking great.

petthefabric, what Judy has us do for this quilt is the same as square in a square. And like most blocks, there are different ways to do it. Covered corners is very common and most people find it the easiest way.

I did the Gypsy wife quilt, and there are an assortment of square in a square blocks and the directions have you do covered corners. I gave up and figured out what the measurement would be starting withe the inner square, and then it worked fine for me. With this mystery, I cut off the corners of my background for sewing on the dark, but did the other side as covered corners because I cut all the squares ahead of time. And my blocks turned out larger than I wanted, but had I cut them down I'd have lost the points. So I eased them all in. Looks ok in the end.

But I did find a good use for most of the cut off corners for the light and medium fabrics.

here is my floppy. I started out cutting 4x to have a larger quilt, but then went with 5 rows x 6 rows with a 12" border all around and used 4 of my extra 6 stars in the corners. It's ending up 84 x 96.

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Judy I love this pattern with you guys but will soon had to many others that had to be worked on at this time.
dhanke I love it the background fabric is perfect!
Macybaby yours turned out so beautiful love the border .

IceLeopard: That would be my diagnosis!

dhanke: It's looking great!

Macybaby: Way to go!

I had my 2.5" squares cut per Judy's directions but when I found out they were going to be for covered corners, I cut HST's instead and left the background fabric under the covered square. I will use the cut squares for something else.

dhanke, Very pretty.

Macybaby, What a creative border!! Looks great.

Gosh you guys sew fast.

Macybaby, your top is beautiful! The colors are great and I love your pinwheel border! My border will incorporate some 4 patch blocks because in clue 2 I cut background squares instead of light squares, so I have a stack of those and some medium and dark squares cut from leftovers, I’m leading and ending with them for now.

All the finishes are great! Kudos to those who have the patience to expand their top to a much larger size...I am happy with the nine block square Judy designed for us! Thanks for all the kind words about that study in red/pink/white. I like it too!

I agree such beautiful finishes are being shown, everyone has done such a great job. My top has been finished being put together and is now waiting for it's turn at the long arm. I haven't decided how it will be quilted, I'm trying to decide if I want an all over meander or if I will use the robotics.

There sure have been some beauties made.

For the sq in a sq: thank you.

I love all the different fabrics used by everyone!...I will try to post a photo of mine so far---hopefully I have enough to enlarge mine..while I have been doing this I have also quilted 3 quilts for others--trying to do mystery 18...and made 2 of the 3 throw quilts that were ordered from a friend---multitasking at its finest LOL LOL luckily I havent gotten any of my fabric mixed up---

RJ sounds like you're very busy.

Due to the small amount of my medium fabric I had trouble cutting enough for 3 more blocks. Also, my piecing was off & im not real happy with how these extra 3 blocks look. I may use them as a table runner for myself & go on with a 3 X 3 quilt from the original 9. My points were harder to keep on these last 3, for some reason.

RJ, you're a quilting machine. :)

I got my squares done and ready to stitch together when my sewing machine started to act up. The top thread is catching on something so I guess I'll have to take it in. I have my old one around here someplace but I'll have to remember how to use it. :(

oh Whitepine---hope you find your other machine---that is frustrating. Since I have not been able to get on my bike during all this nice weather I just go in my room and sew LOL LOL

I got my squares done and ready to stitch together when my sewing machine started to act up. The top thread is catching on something so I guess I'll have to take it in. I have my old one around here someplace but I'll have to remember how to use it. :([/QUOTE]
whitepine,

If your thread is catching somewhere above the needle plate, try pulling some Unwaxed dental floss through your tension disks, the same direction the thread travels. If it is catching below, look to make sure you don't have a piece of thread wrapped around something in your bobbin case. I just found one today in that area in one of my machines:shock: Hope one of these helps, I had to take my regular machine in 2 weeks ago and it had to go back to the factory so I totally understand a machine breakdown.

I almost forgot one other thing: I had thread catching on a nick on the thread spool once....

I just spent 2 full days cleaning out my sewing room. I'm exhausted!!!!! However, now I can find things :)
It was long overdue and I'm pleased right now.
I plan on working on my quilt tomorrow. I would like to make a wallhanging for our guest room. I think that's about 6 blocks.

I'm new to the train, but I would love to jump on board!!

artbarrn - never too late to start, you'll find the information in the first posting and postings # 79, 189 and 275 for the directions.

This is a fantastic pattern - I've been lurking and enjoying all the conversations and photos. I will definitely be making this one some day. I can't choose my favorite. Thank you Judy for your time and creative ideas.

SuzieQOH, I spent this afternoon working on my sewing/craft room. My daughters gave me 2 6-cube units I plan to be the supports for a cutting table. The table itself will be the old top from my kitchen island. I replaced my counter tops in 2012 & had vague ideas of using the old top for a table. I finally decided how I wanted to do it & my kids bought me the cubes for MD. I rearranged furniture, gave 1 desk to my daughter & cleared a unit I used for storage. That has gone to the curb & I'm glad it’s out. My room isn’t finished but it’s looking better. Prior to all this activity I managed to starch, press, & trim my blocks. They look good & im anxious to join them. Pictures will follow when the top is finished.

I used yardage and ran out of my dark fabric, the one I wanted to use for the borders. So I got what I thought was the same fabric from JA. It's not. Similar pattern, but smaller and not as distinct.:shock::mad::thumbdown:

Conchalea- I saw in another thread that you are using some favorite fabric. Can't wait to see it!!!!!! Speaking of cleaning out our rooms, I bought a cutting table from Target and it's going to be delivered today!! Yippee!!
I was using one that hurts my back. This one is adjustable so I can have it higher. Can't wait!

SusieQOH, my ‘new’ table will be the same height as the kitchen island because the cube units are nice & tall. They should fit exactly under lip of the old island too, according to my measurements. I plan to use half of the table for cutting & half for pressing. I have plenty of plywood to make a new pressing board. The only problem-my craft room is the hottest in the house. It’s on the southeast corner, unshaded, so it receives the full brunt of our hot Texas sun in the afternoons. My AC just can’t keep it as cool as the rest of the house. I think the ducts to that room have issues. But the AC unit & furnace went out (1 in 2016 the other in 2017) & I wasn’t able to afford to have all ductwork done at either time. So I’ll have to use that room in the mornings during many months.
My blocks are joined now. I lost some edges when I trimmed the blocks so the secondary pinwheels aren’t as precise I’d like them. Bummer. But overall the top looks great! I decided to use the 3 extra blocks I made as a table runner because they came out slightly larger than the first 9. I have no idea why! But their color blocks didn’t match with the original 9, just with each other. I’ll use the light blue as the backing for that piece & the navy for the quilt. I’ll piece some of the leftover HSTs on that backing because it’s not quite enough by itself.

Conchalea- that's a good height. You'll enjoy it. I hear ya about the heat. We already have our AC going and it's only May. But I'm a witch w/o it :)
Sometimes my blocks end up different too! Who knows why :)

Conchalea, we have a house with no ductwork, and though it does not get as hot as Texas, my sewing room would stay over 90 if I did not have AC.

I have the portable units that you exhaust out the window. So when I use it I open the window and close it on the vent, and when I don't need it or it's raining, I take it out and close the window.

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In the winter it stores under my cutting table. We have several of these, including one in my LA shed.

I'm about ready to start using it upstairs, it's getting over 80 in the afternoon, and since "the change" I have a real hard time coping with temps over 80. At least it's improved, I use to about die when it got over 70!. At least I live rural so I can run around with almost nothing on at home and not worry about offending anyone!

Macybaby, that’s an interesting unit. I’ll have to check into that for my room. Now that I have it set nicely, I’ll want to take advantage of it. Thanks for the picture.

So here is what I have done so far--todays plan is to be able to make 3 more blocks with the limited fabric I have left---will see---also need some for borders---but could incorporate something else that compliments

I have my blocks sewn together and just need to add borders and quilt. This was my first mystery quilt and I enjoyed getting the directions and working on the quilt. Look forward to doing another one sometime in the future.

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