kathryn7887

Well clue 2 I used gray not green. Aaaggghhhh. I bought yardage so I'm out of yellow. Probably will have to buy more yellow, and maybe a couple of gray fat quarters

Kathryn

Teen

Oh no!! I’m so sorry that happened... they are small units but still...so much time. Rip rip.. ugh!

Queenbarbiej

Here are my units so far. I'm not done with part 4.

joe'smom

Teen, those are lovely!

Queenbarbiej, your units look great together!

There was an intriguing photo today, on Quiltville, with someone arranging their clue 4s in an interesting way. I know this is discouraged because some people don't want the surprise spoiled, but I always enjoy seeing the way people experiment with their units.

I hope to finish cutting clue 3 tomorrow.

leheath8

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong but I can't get these clue 4 units to be rectangular (they are shorter across the top long side than along the bottom) and they are 1/8" too small in length no matter how scant the 1/4"seams I sew are. It's clue 4 that is the problem as they were all the correct shape and size at the end of clue 3. I feel like my neutral fabric is rather thinner than my other fabrics and seems a bit stretchier, so that might be the problem, but I'm not sure how to fix it? I starch all my fabric and press on a wool mat. I do use steam while pressing...maybe I shouldn't?

Should I just leave them for now until I see how they get incorporated into the final quilt (then adjust them somehow), or should I square them to a slightly smaller size now? I do not have enough fabric to re-do them all, so that's not really an option.

Queenbarbiej

Leheath8 could you show us a picture so we can see what you are talking about?

Macybaby

I was in the middle of cutting for clue three, so I'll just keep cutting so I have clue four cut too and then start sewing. I've had to pull neutrals and oranges from stash as I didn't have enough small chunks for them, but that was expected.

Leahquilts

Not sure if you read week 3 yet but there is no more gold after week 2. So sorry about your mixup. When I was making Frolic I didn't test my block first and made the whole week's clue too small and had to redo it. I feel your pain.

SuzSLO

I love playing around with the design, both with pad and pencil and with the units. With Weeks 1 & 3/4 all on the same grid and made of 8 units per set, there are lots of intriguing possibilities. But, I’m not sure how Week 2 fits in or why there are fewer sets from Week 1 than Week 3/4.

joe'smom

I would say, do not square them to a smaller size at this point!

Is the fabric pre-washed? If not, I guess the steam could be an issue. Thinner fabrics do tend to cause more problems, in my experience.

Are the units 1/8 too short measured along the bottom as well as along the top? There was an Allietare rectangular unit (old BH mystery) that I couldn't get to come out square, but I was able to use the units anyway.