Attachment 628811Here’s my color selection. My light green (Background), is #1. Gold is light , purple is medium dark and black is #4 dark. The bottom fabric is my final, final border which I’m adding to enlarge the project. Any suggestions on switching of colors to make it work better on the Overall quilt would be great.

thank-you very much for hosting this mystery. I just love a mystery quilt QAL.

Thanks WMVTeach. My problem is I am trying to load from my phone. Its smarter than I am LOL. Will have to get one of my kids to show me. Love seeing everyones post .

I've been away and have just too much on the go, so I'll sit this one out but I am looking forward to watching everyone's quilts take shape!

Watson

I have my 2 steps cut out. Will start sewing tomorrow morning. Decided to go with my pic selected fabric. Curious how it will turn. I figure I could catch up by end of next week.

Yikes, it is Friday and I haven't finished last weeks step. The fabric is sitting on my cutting mat, and has been since last week. I got side tracked with another quilt from my UFO basket. Oops! Off to the sewing room ASAP before the next step arrives.

Week 3
 

Oy, what a week! No quilting done here. Instead I'm down on the kitchen floor, cutting out cloaks for my garandsons' Xmas presents. And just this morning, my oldest grandson totalled his brand-new motorcycle. He's OK, just a lot of scrapes and bruises and strains. (Or so he says.)

Anyway, on with
Week 3 - combination units: 48 cream/gold/turquoise (half will be mirror images.)

This week we’re doing what Deb Tucker calls combination units. Again, some people have different names for this, including quarter-square triangles. It’s a good thing we can post pictures, right? They will be made with cream (#1), gold (#2), and turquoise (#3.) The directions for this are very similar to last week’s units.

Cut twelve 4 1/2 inch squares of gold and the same number of turquoise. Draw your diagonal lines on whichever fabric shows them the best, sew 1/4 inch on both sides of the line, cut on the line, press open to the turquoise side. Cut twenty-four 4 inch squares of cream. Draw a diagonal line on the pieced turquoise/gold square, and layer right sides together with the cream squares. Sew 1/4 inch from the marked line. When you press them open, you will see that half of them are mirror images. If you put the cream triangle in the lower left, 24 will have turquoise on the top and gold on the side, and 24 will have gold on the top and turquoise on the side. This is OK! This is what we want.

Again, trim them down to size. Line up one of the diagonals of your combination unit to a diagonal on the ruler and make sure that the center is at 1 3/4 inches. Trim top and side. Rotate the unit 180 degrees, keeping the same diagonal lined up with the ruler line, the center on the 1 3/4 mark, and the first trimmed edges on the 3 1/2 inch mark. Again trim top and side.

I have all of week1 & 2 squares sewn together. I have to square them to 3.5". I will get started on this one.

Got today's step and now to catch up.

Steps One through Three Done!
 

The day was mine so I got caught up. I popped into some YouTube videos and away I went stitching and squaring up.

I have all of mine done. I am doing two colorways.

Everyone is being very quiet. Hope everyone is doing well. Looking forward to Friday for new instructions.

But isn't today only Monday?

Steps 1,2&3 all done . Hope I can get step 4 done before I leave home for 2 weeks on Sunday

I have all steps done. While waiting for friday i am wirking on a 3 yard quilt cold and rainy here in Mo

You should be able to. It's a fairly easy step
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Friday is getting closer and I am ready. Do we know how many "steps" we need to reach the finish?

Friday is week 4, the last of the central components. Week 5 is border. Week 6 is the reveal.

Shoot, rats, crud and fiddle sticks. Just found this. Loved the Iceleopard Insanity #1. Want to join, maybe print instructions and do a marathon sew day, after the current green QT is finished.

Week 4
 

Join us and welcome, petthefabric!

Week 4: 4-patches. 72 units in cream/teal. (#1 & #3)

It's an easy one this week, probably the easiest of all components. 4-patches are this week’s units. We are making a bit oversize again and trimming down. You have a choice. You can cut your strips at 2 1/8 inches and trim off a bit, or cut them at 2 1/4 to make sure that you have enough, but will wind up cutting off a bit more. I’ve heard that some people don’t like cutting 1/8 inch increments, but I don’t have any trouble so I’m cutting at 2 1/8 inches. Whichever size you use, cut 8 strips of cream and the same number of turquoise. (Or if you’re doing scrappy, cut 144 squares of each color.) Sew the cream strips to the turquoise strips along the long edge. Press the seams to the turquoise and be sure that your strip sets are as straight as possible. I drew a line with a sharpie on my ironing board cover and block my sets against that.

Crosscut your strip sets at the same measurement that you used for your strips. You will need 144 subunits. Take 2 subunits, rotate one, and put right sides together. If you pressed to the turquoise, the seams of the subunits will nest if you’re doing it right. If they don’t, your turquoises may be on top of each other and we don’t want that! Sew into 72 units and press.

Trimdown is much the same as the previous units. You won’t have a diagonal, however. This time align your seams to the 1 3/4 lines on the ruler. Trim top and side, then rotate the unit. This time make sure that your trimmed edges are on the 3 1/2 inch marks as well as the 1 3/4 marks. Trim top and side again.

Pet, Jump in. It won't take you long. I did steps 2 & 3 in one day and 1 & 4 are easy peasy with little brain strain. join in. Love to have one more!

Here is Step 4. I am ready for the border(s)! Now it is time to stop playing and to get going on a UFO this last day of the month.https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/boy.gif

I'll have some catching up to do when I get home but I'll be ready by the reveal

It's just too tempting. Pulled the fabric and joining the group. Now I'll need to buckle down.

Yeah! it won't take you long to catch up!

The 1/2 sq triangles are cut and ready to be sewn.

Week 5
 

Week 5 - 2" HSTs 54 cream/turquoise

If you are contemplating making a larger quilt than a lap quilt, you may or may not want to do this step at this time, because we’re making border units. We are making units that will finish at 2 inches, not 3 inches.

Cut twenty-seven 3 inch squares of either cream or gold and the same number of turquoise. (The fabric amounts that I gave you at the beginning were for cream, so take that into account.) Following the same directions as previous weeks, make 54 HSTs and trim to 2 1/2 inches.

Sew the 2 inch HSTs into two long columns of 27 blocks each, alternating directions. If the turquoise triangle is at lower left on the first block, it should be at lower right on the second.

Cut 3 strips of chocolate at 1 1/2 inches. Sew the strips end to end. Measure your HST strip sets and cut 2 chocolate strips at that length. If your seams are accurate, that should be 54 1/2 inches. (You may want to wait to cut these borders to see exactly how big your quilt center actually is. Mine tend to grow.) Sew a chocolate strip onto one side of each HST strip set.

Cut 5 strips at 2 1/2 inches. Sew end to end into one long strip and save for next week.

I have all of my hst cuts and strips cut. I'm waiting to put the hst together to make the border after I get the top made.

Eeeeep! That last paragraph should have specified that the 2x1/2 inch strips were the chocolate brown, #4.

Finished Wk 1 last night and will do Wk 2 today. My colors are wo cream, md tone electric lime greed, scrappy reds and very dark mixed colors of green and purple. The choices were made partially by finding a piece big enough. Value contrast is great.

Got wk 2 & 3 finished. Tomorrow expect to finish Wk 4.
So I'm reviewing wk 5 and trying to decide whether to use the white on cream or the green. My method is just to size and doesn't require triming. So I'd be cutting strips of 2.5 inches and would need 2 strips. I'd like to have more green in the top. Does wk 6 use the gold (my green) fabric?

I am going to push pause on this next step, week 5. I am really short on one of my fabrics and will wait until I see the layout to decide whether to go one color way or another to finish the border.

Pet, you are flying! Congratulations!

Week 6 is the reveal, so there will be no more cutting. (Unless you are holding off to make a larger quilt.) I would use the green for the border.

Thanks. Working on 4 patch today.

Finished wk 4 & 5 today. Ready for assembly.
How's everyone else doing?
Now to start another top.

I'm doing good. I'm going through my scraps and cutting them into usable sizes. Mostly 2.5" pieces. I have enough 2.5" pieces to make a second Queen size quilt. I didn't realize how full my scrap bin was. I have one of those popcorn tins that you get for Christmas overflowing.
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OK, a question for you. Week 6 is almost here. Would you like the block this week and the finished top next week, or both block anod top at once?

Just the block this week and I'll have a chance to catch up.

Both on Friday would be my choice but I will be happy either way.

I prefer both block and top. Since I'm working 2 colorways. That gives me time to do both quilts.

im open to either