joe'smom

whitepine, I won't have to do anything over if I decide to use the gold. I haven't gotten far with clue #1 and am still working on sewing the #1 pink/blue HST units. In my case, there was an advantage to being behind!

I agree, making four of clue #5 does make more sense, LOL!

thimblebug6000

huskyquilter, I LOVE your batiks and think your neutral is a perfect choice. I think if you put a start plain white fabric in there it will stick out like a sore thumb! I hope you try a sample block and share it with us here.... and great job on that block's piecing...

huskyquilter

I will do a sample of each and get some opinions. Great idea.

sewplease

Huskyquilter, I also agree with this. I like the small pattern in your neutral batik. But even more important, gotta say...please tell us about the beautiful dog in your avatar. :-)

huskyquilter

Ha ha! That's Dizzy. He's a siberian husky, and my little bud. He'll be two this March and I love him to pieces.

fatquarters

i read read a tip that I haven't used yet....so not sure how good it works. if you don't have a steady Betty, or don't want to buy one...apparently a piece of flannelette on your ironing surface works wonders. I am going to try it whenever I get started on this mystery. been too busy to even sew one block, and it's not looking good till 2015!

SusanSusan33

Lol at Pam! I'm famous for also ironing the crap out of my squares!!!

Husky- I love your batiks!

I decided that the scrappy is very hard for me. I'm taking more time trying to make sure it looks scrapoy than cutting and piecing.

Here are the week 2 blocks. I used the rose prairie blog method of using strips. I had a beggar of a time trying to cut the first few strips but then got the hang of the 45* angle. Many of my center points are way off but considering this is all new for me I'm pleased. I have better things to do than rip these apart.

I planned on doing 1/2 the blocks but I am FAR from those numbers. Lol. When I go to actually put this all together I'm going to be repeating much of these steps. Oh well. I'd rather try to get to week #3 rather than do more week 2s.

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ILoveToQuilt

SusanSusan your #2 blocks look great! I've only made one of #1, one of #2, 40 of #3, one each of #4 (both blocks) and none so far of #5. I, too, had a bugger of a time with the 45 degree angle! Hopefully, I will get the hang of it when I make some more of them.

I love your choice of fabrics, too!

If you're not happy with the way your points meet, shuffle your blocks around. Some may fit together better than others. Just a thought...

SusanSusan33

I just saw the week 5 instructions and boy oh boy that looks easy peasy after the other weeks. Yayy!!! I can't wait. My goal for tonight it to keep cutting and piecing. My kiddos and I are watching movies. Maybe I can do week 3s blocks. Or at least get some blocks completed.

SusanSusan33

Thanks Anita! I had to buy almost all my light colored fabrics and many of the other colors. I had a lot of cream and beige scraps but almost no whites. I didn't thibk bright/ cream would look as nice as white. So I went to connecting threads (hope my order comes in soon) and the lqs this week to get the whites. Retail therapy and a Christmas gift to myself.