paintmejudy

I am the town next to AJ and yes, it is really unusually cold today, 45 right now. Had 2 to 3 feet up north in Flagstaff, my son is in Chino Valley and he had snow too. Supposed to be cold today and tomorrow then into the 80s by the weekend.

vickig626

Irishrose -- thank you for the info. I did find some at www.sewflakesfabric.com and ordered 2 yards (all I could afford right now). They had almost 6 yards left. Can't wait to make something gorgeous with it !!!

paintmejudy

Okay, welcome aboard and here we go.

A note to those of you who were unable to make your blocks 10-½” square - do what you need to do to make them square. I made a notation in the last paragraph where you see the **

In this part of the mystery quilt you will use what I called fabric F, only because I chose it last. I had told you it would be the dominant color. If you were undecided at this point as to what you wanted to use as fabric F, scroll down to the picture of the four blocks sewn together, which shows just how prominently F will show up in your quilt. If you want a more subtle look, or one that is brighter or darker, now is the time to change your fabric choice.

Place the F fabric (my probably too-bright orange) 4-½” x 9-½” rectangles on the 10-½” squares as follows:Right sides together, put lower right corner of F where the seam of strip 2 and 3 come together on the right side of your 10-½” block. Place the lower left corner of F where it touches the bottom edge or the 10-1/.2“ square. The upper left corner of F will touch the left side of the square. Sew ¼” seam. Trim off lower right corner of large square as shown. Press fabric F as shown. Trim block to 10-½“. Make three more blocks the same way, making sure you lay your 10-½” square in the same starting position as the first block you made. The four blocks will be identical. Sew these four blocks together as shown.

Take the 1-½”strips of fabric F and add borders.You pieced top will measure 22-½“” square.

** for those of you who are working with undersized blocks, you may need to adjust how the rectangle falls on the strip block. But put down the block on the right side as directed, put the corner on the bottom, and the left side of the block will not perfectly line up. But this will be okay when you trim the rectangle excess fabric. Now cut your F strips wider than the 1-½“ in the initial directions , sew them onto the 4 pin wheel blocks, and trim to a 22-½” square.

AnngelAnne

Of course not fat, didn't you know, in the last car before the caboose there are exercise classes twice a day? And besides, she is only trying to keep up our energy, lol. Love the colors, love the chit chat, following it all, don't know if I will do it, been thinking on it, but thinking doesn't get it done. Great job all.

paintmejudy

Come on, Anngel, you know you want to do this! Now that you see how easy this quilt will be, you can do it in no time! Jump on board the train.

whitepine

RE the latest instructions....wow, didn't see that coming.

paintmejudy

see, it's a mystery, after all.

Out of curiosity, could you please tell me what you thought you would be doing today on the quilt? Thanks.

And for those interested in scrap quilts, here is my scrappy mystery that I am making for a boy.

AnngelAnne

Me either, that is too neat.

emsunfire

Well I am very excited about this train ride and already can't wait for the next one.
I would love weekly clues next time and on Sundays for those of use that work. Just happened to have today off.
Here is my Clue #3

works4me

Cool. I was a bit worried we might be using half square triangles. This, I can handle. Tomorrow night I find out if my blocks really are as square as I think they are.

emsunfire, you are fast. I just got the instructions 5 minutes ago and you are already done. Two weeks is going to go so slow for you. The block looks great as do our fearless leader's.