Because, clearly, I don't have enough projects on going - I'm in, sort of. But mostly entirely different colors, got the blue, got the pale neutral, got some scraps of very bright orange but that's it. No white, no cream, no green and most certainly NO YELLOW! Heck, the orange may get thrown out of the heap also. I've got my first round cut for the small size, and I'm just dragging the ziplocs around with me and hand sewing when I have a break. Which is actually going faster than I figured it would.

I could so use a king sized quilt, maybe I should hurry up and cut more?

great yellows, they always make a quilt 'pop'! in the very best of ways.

Part of the fun of a mystery is watching all the different colors emerge. Caroline, such pretty colors! Kalama, I used twelve different blues, plus scraps so I had no idea how much I had used. Since I am going scrappy it will be almost impossible for me to determine when we have used most of a color. If you would continue posting when a color is mostly used up I would love the additional clue. Kalama, especially like your colors, the colors are beautiful but in addition the design in the fabric seem to compliment each other.

I got the first clue finished yesterday. I'm using only one neutral, a tone on tone white. I got it before I even started quilting and it was just too wrinkly for clothing. So today I straighten my sewing room, do laundry and just generally get ready for the next clue and the bad weather that is coming. Stay warm and safe everyone.

Love that teal fabric! and I am impressed you have used up your stash! LOL
That won't happen for me for quite a while. It's so hard to resist when I go into the LQS some of the great newer fabrics and trends...and I am a fan of the Fabric Shacks online clearance pages...ah well.
Did watch Bonnie last night on her quilt cam and trimmed dog ears and measured up what I had done before and found that as I made the units I got much more accurate! LOL I decided I need to cut and make a few extras so that if I run upon one that is really "off" I can sub it out and toss the wrong one into my Crumb Quilts bag for the future.
Anyone here do a Leader/Ender project as you sew?

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Definitely! Right now, I'm on a kick with HST's. I'm also working on a selvage project so sometimes I run them through too.

For my BH mystery, I'm doing a small of a small version. Will see how it develops along the way and can build it if needed.

Jane

Very nice Sweet Caroline your points are perfect!!

I replaced Bonnie's blue with crimson and her orange with turquoise.

Can't wait to start step 2 after work! My other colors are deep violet and lime.

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Well look at you Jennalyn, you have a quilt already~! LOL
Pretty colors and you look dang happy to have that finished
Going to open clue 2 in a short bit

I was quite pleased, yes! I had it all done by last Sunday night except for some pressing. Finished that up on Tuesday and took it into work to put up on my design wall (no space at home for it and there was an empty wall at the office).

My Mom and friend/sister and I are all working on it in different colors, so it's really neat to see it appear so differently with each step!

I only have about half of clue one done. I will do some more tonight ....maybe.....or start on clue #2. Well that will have to wait until get home from work....Rather be SEWING!

I am also about half way done with clue #1. Going to give it another day before I start #2. I love that Bonnie used the other two colors in this clue. Love working with the bright happy colors!

Um, because clearly I truely have NOTHING else to do.....

I do like the colors I have cut out for the small size. And it's gone together crazy fast since it's little blocks yet.

But I want a king size for ME. Which means different colors.

So I'm starting a second one. And I'm ignoring the scrappy rules because I just don't have that many scraps. Smaller than 1/4 yard gets cut up into rodent hammocks or fluff. Most of the time anything under 1/2 yard winds up in that. So I've got my neutral as a very pale gray, yellow is now a very cool toned light medium pink, orange is now slate blue, green is now a dark sapphire, and blue is now a dark blackened navy. And I've got enough make pillow shams. And covers for the dog beds (but not this ornate of quilting).

So now, I've got 7 quilts in process. What?

QuiltedCello, what sort of rodent hammocks do you make? :D I sew them as well for my critters.

Just finished cutting the green fabrics for Clue 2.
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Yeah, QuiltedCello. We are even. LOL. Now I don't feel so bad with ADD and OCD! I have company. :D

I've got rats, mice, African Soft Furred and Degus. The 'goos don't get hammocks because they are so chew obsessed and they'd eat the fabric. The ratties get hammocks, the meese and ASFs get hammocks and the little scraps to stuff in nests.

I'm a rat-mom as well! They chew them up as fast as I can sew them, but I don't whip them out all that fast anymore... so it's fine. xD At least they have fun doing it.

Caroline, I really love your greens!

I'm finished clue #1 and have the pieces cut for clue #2. It seems that clue #2 will take much longer. I wonder if it's even possible to finish it in a week... I'm hoping once I get the lines drawn on the squares it will go much faster. I'm in the middle of a few other projects that are on hold while I try to keep up with the clues.

I have half of the pieces cut for clue 2 and decided to sew a few. I have not done much flip and sew....mostly templates...and then I get a little dislexic and put the chevrons together with the yellow in the center top rather than the neutral...I think this clue will take me most of the week. I do like how they turn out when I do them right!:)

My rats are neutered boys so not so shred happy. But, well they prefer to marinate shall we say. So they ruin hammocks in a few uses that way. The little guys are mostly good if I toss in the itty bitty scraps to drag around. Apparently loose threads can be a hazard, but as long as I'm using decent, sturdy fabrics, I've not seen a bunch of shedding strings and everyone has been fine. I've gotten some lesser quality fabrics, and I just toss those in my packing/stuffing bin instead of rodent nest bin.

Goos destroy everything that's not heavy gauge metal or glass. Mine are also not very well socialized, rescue boys, but we've reached our agreement and they can live out their lives in comfort and are pretty fun to watch if nothing else. They are in the hall, I can see them from my sewing room or music room. It works for us.

Meesers actually live over computer desk, three little girls. ASF and hedgehog are in the living room, rats are there also. ASF and hog need heat sources, rat boys are happiest there.

Wow 488 pieces for part 2.
got some of my pieces cut for part 1. Will really try to catch up this weekend.

I have almost finished part 1. Had a busy day today. Tonight I have raided by precut 2 inch squares and strips for a start on the 2nd part. I have cut into my scraps for the rest of the 2 inch squares and some more strips for the greens. I will cross cut some of the greens tonight and hope for some sewing time tomorrow.

OK, clue 2 is interesting...since I am doing my Scottish Celtic Solstice with Inklingo got the first batch ready for the printer and my printer just went screwy! Arh...I had printed about 40% of the center pieces (Bonnie's green my blue) and it just stalled out...spent several hours trying to fix it Because DS who reluctantly does the IT around here was not home. I finally gave up and just cut what I had printed and went to bed.
This morning woke up and tried to fix the problem myself and between DS and what I had done it finally got to printing again. Sheesh!
Everything is printed and I have about half of it to finish cutting then I can get to sewing.
Inklingo has a very different method to create the units so I am ready to get to it.
Cold and snowy today so no need to go out at least! I think it might just be a jammie or sweats day LOL
Have fun every one. I do remember Bonnie suggesting that once the new clues come out you should probably at least make a few so that you are familiar with how they work but as I now like to think...Please yourself!

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LOL - I sewed my first one together with the yellow where the white should have been also. I just sewed two to see if they measured the correct size. Did not want to have a lot done, and then not have them correct. I have had a number that I have had to unstitch as I sewed them too close to the line. I think I have it mastered now. I found by changing the presser foot to a different one, it held the fabric better and I had more control of the fabric.

My small quilt was just giving me nervous tics from all the wasted fabric on clue 2. So I got Inklingo.

Holy mashed avocados! That method is fast once I got done printing. I printed everything for clue 1 and 2 for the large size, and those just zipped right along. I just chain sewed until I ran out of my centers, then chain sewed the other side, pressed everyone smooth, then sewed my chevrons together. I've not pressed those open yet, I'm waiting as I've never had success lining up seams pressed open.

Now I just need to finish the small chevrons I cut out before giving into my fit on waste.

It was windy and cold here, but no snow to at least look pretty. Dogs curled up by my feet and we just sewed away.

I tried to do the Inklingo for Clue #2 but just couldn't get a 3 1/2 inch square for love nor money! So I attached one template to my Easy Angle and cut 2 inch strips and cut out the parallelogram. Cut my yellow and neutral squares at 2 3/8, cut them into HST and started chain piecing. I have a picture of two practice blocks that I completed and they are 3 1/2 inch square. Just have to trim off the dog ears. I've completed about 20 blocks in about an hour so hopefully, I'll be ready for clue #3 on Friday! I need to get some different yellows! Maybe a trip to my LQS tomorrow!

Maybe that's the way to go grandmasieg. Yours look much better than mine. Perfect points.

Yeah, me too. But I just went with it. I still have a pile of the cut off corners. Couldn't quite bring myself to throw them away.

I was thinking the same thing. What a clever idea. You points look just perfect. I've got all the squares cut and marked and ready to sew, but I'm going to try to remember your idea for future projects, as it seems more precise and less wasteful.

I am glad I came here to check in because I realised my 1st four chevrons have the yellows and the neutrals reversed. I will just call it practice sewing and add them to my orphan blocks box. I am out most nights this week so most of my sewing will be done on my RDO on Friday.

I guess this is a silly question. If they're all mostly the same colors, could they be done Seminole style, sew three strips and cut the size rectangle you want on the diagonal. it would take a little figuring to get the right size strips but it could be done and the cut-offs would be more manageable. You could do shorter strips to get more variety.

Reversed colors might be interesting. Hrm. I am not starting a third one! Even if I do have a pile that'd just work, I think, with Inklingo, and I know a young lady would would love it. But I can start that in February, not now.

I love your idea and I'm doing it your way!

Jeanin: Not a silly question at all. Sorry I can't visualize the process but the three colors stay the same. If you marked a ruler with the slant for the green and then the size of the block I can't figure out why it wouldn't work. May be a problem keeping the chevrons moving two different directions. Going to try it on my EQ. I was going to be a real coward and paper piece but maybe I'll try your suggestion first. I don't have a printer so the inklingo method is out.

My pile of cut-off corners is growing too. I'm going to send mine to a quilt buddy who does miniature quilting. Hope she can use them.

Jane

I want to do a pineapple crazy so I am keeping my cut offs for that. I have made one block and that is when I realised I should have been keeping very small pieces for a long time.

Me too. I sewed 6. Four were close and two were way off. I have EQ7, guess I will go practice how to do it.

I just finished sewing all over the clue 2 blocks...I am not happy with the size....my seams were scant and yet I barely made the 3.5 inches...did it the way bonnie a Hunter did but I think I like what I read here...too late now...if I. Don't like how they fit together I will redo...I am only making for the small size quilt....I still have on
y 50 clue 1 done...I ordered the Tri Rec rulers and am going to wait until I get them to finish...