Another Scrappy --- Old Maid's Puzzle! - mini tut @ post #25
 

And it only takes 15 min. to do one block!! That includes cutting the fabric, drawing diagonal lines down the back, piecing and squaring up the 5 times that's needed! It came together in 4 days' time!

I intentionally chose oddball colors for this one as I wanted to use some fabrics I had never used before or that don't get used that much.

Next I'll be deciding what borders I want. It's 49x63. Here are some close ups too. Hope you are inspired to make one!!:)

Very pretty scrappy! You did a great job!

Nicely done!

I resized the pic better.....here it comes...

Very nice old pattern. I like all the different fabrics. So it only takes 15 mins to make a block. I could do that after I spend the five hours to choose the fabrics.:D

I can see how this quilt could grow with HST alternate blocks. Very nice indeed. Great points too!
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Just beauttiful.

nicely done... your points are so perfect

Wow! Great job

Very nice! But I would call this pattern Dragon Tails--that's what the block looks like to me. (But then again, I wonder how many Old Maids really had a dragon attitude :) )

Isn't it amazing how beautiful a quilt can be when using odd colors! You did a great job!

I think your "oddball' colors look just perfect. This is a great quilt.

Nice job on the points!

Very pretty, great points.

Great scrappy!

I just finished a mystery story by Terri Thayer called "Old Maid's Puzzle". good book, lovely quilt.

Very nicely done.

Very, very nice. Love those scrappies….

Love your scrappy!

LOL - I thought the same thing...

Beautiful scrappy. The colors go together so well!

its a great scrappy nice and colorful nice job!

Great quilt and what a good pattern to use up available fabric. Will try it with kids fabric for the needy.

Love it all...fabric and pattern...very interesting

Great job! I love scrappy quilts, too.

Susan

Someone asked for my pattern and for this quilt, I determined the sizes I wanted and made my own pattern so here are the instructions from my notes on this quilt! I thought others may be interested also in making it, so here's the mini tut:

Old Maid's Puzzle Mini Tut:

Finished block size: 7" (7.5" unfinished)
Quilt size: 49x63 (7 rows by 9)


Cut (2) 2.5" dark sqs.
Cut (2) 2.5" light sqs.


Cut (4) 2.25" sqs. of either light or dark depending on which block you're doing. (dark backgrounds go on the light sqs. and light backgrounds go on the dark sqs. so you would cut either 4 light sqs. or 4 dark sqs.)


*Draw a line diagonally down the back of the 2 light sqs. placing them face down on the dark sqs. and sew 1/4" away from the line on both sides, cut the blocks apart on the drawn line;* square them up to 2.25"; sew the hst to a 2.25" square; repeat for the other 3 sqs.; join the 2 halves; square the block up to 4".


Cut (1) dark 4.5" square
Cut (1) light 4.5" square


Repeat from * to * and square the block to 4".


Sew the lg. HST to the small HST block and repeat for the bottom half; join the 2 halves. Your block will be 7.5".


Next cut (2) 8" sqs. for your alternate block and repeat from * to * and square up to 7.5".


Place the blocks on the design wall in a diagonal fashion with all lt. background blocks in the same diagonal rows and all dark background blocks in the same diagonal rows. All alternate blocks should face the same direction diagonally.


Horizontally, your blocks will alternate dark blocks with light blocks.


This is an easy quilt for someone who has trouble selecting colors as you only need a dark color to alternate with a light color. Any shades will work, high contrast or low contrast! Have fun with your fabrics and colors!


Fabrics that appear to be small scale or near solids work best for impact of color in this quilt. Be sure to have some real high contrast blocks for best results! Thanks for loving my quilt and trying this pattern from the 30's! n2

Thank you for the pattern !

Great job on the points!

P.S. The secret to my nice points was my seam ripper! You'll need it like I did!:D

came out great, and i love your points

Great scrappy quilt and I like the addition of HST to add to the direction of the blocks. Nice job and thanks for sharing.

That's a wonderful scrappy! You are a very precise sewer!

Very pretty! Loved it.

Nice quilt.

Looks great!

Nice quilt, just love the scrappy look.

Great quilt. I can see that this would be a terrific way to use some of those "what was I thinking" fabrics in my stash.

Leslie

Just love scrappy quilts, yours is beautiful and ALL the points match...great job!

I love this, all the color and it looks complicated!