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Originally Posted by Geri B (Post 7044464)

Hmm, sounds like fun....found this thread by accident....will it always be posted on board, or is there a secret passage to keep in touch......I think I want to try this, but if I can't find the rest of the steps it will be frustrating....ok, going downstairs to sewing cave, pulling out my 3 1/2" die and begin cutting..........

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I am also one that will be beginning with this Ride later, we are visiting grandchildren in Phoenix so are not home right now (where all my fabric is).

Emma - I did bring my BH Mystery pieces to finish sewing together, always have a sewing machine in our RV! I got way behind during the holidays and have not caught up yet. I usually don't finish her mysteries until the end of January anyway, so am on schedule for me! LOL

Emma, your darks look like mine. I went even darker. I don't have many lights, so by using the darkest of darks, my other colors become medium and lights.

can't wait for next Saturday for the next clue. this stuff is addicting.

I like your suggestion, Judy, of 'making lights' by using the other side of some mediums. now I have a new bin between mediums and lights...it is called "flipables". :wave::sew:

P.S. there are some where I like the other side best !

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Originally Posted by AnngelAnne (Post 7044452)

Catching up on most of my reading, love this idea, what a great one, will it work.....have to read on further to see what the answer is.

Re the string blocks, Judy did say it would be possible to substitute a 6.5 in string block for these darks, but probably not possible to substitute the blocks which will come later.

What I'm going to do is 'create' 12 X [7.5" square] blocks, each in a different colour, and strings sewn on the diagonal. These will then be sliced and diced into quarters, which I will be able to mix and match into 4-patches as per the original pattern (I know will have to trim a bit). I hope that the directional strings will form a secondary square-within-a-square effect...

Spent this afternoon sorting out my drawers :D

Red, that was someone else, putting it on a wish list. Sorry, Saturday morning will try and post by 8 a.m. MST

Siodach, cannot wait to see your 4-patch string blocks!

Red top-the Kentucky log cabin has cabin blocks nested in between some of the logs...Judy Martin's pattern.

Will the second clue be added to the first post on Saturday?

Thanks!

I'm going to try to keep up with this Mystery. Here's my first nine 4 patch.. I'm wondering??? could a 9 patch be made of 1.5" stamps to be integrated into the current 4 patch's we're making now? I have a lot of stamps...

got mine done..... does anyone want a meatloaf sandwich.... my fav

Lynnie: That was my reasoning completely, start dark and then you have almost limitless possibilities as you go up the value scale.
Judy: Thanks for the info on the larger sizes, I can't seem to make anything but a bed size.

Honchy. stamps, now that's an idea! like the strings, only crazier

Emma, I couldn't believe how many darks I actually had, a lot like yours too.

now just need lights. may have to buy that.