re: posting photos, I have yet to find the paperclip, but at the bottom of the page is the quick reply box, just below that is a go advanced button. that brings up the reply box with Manage Attachments button which when clicked on a pop up box appears to select our photos. you have to pull the edge of the box way right though to see the Upload button... weird.

you have to reupload your avatars too, via the UserCP upper left. The option is in the list that then comes up on the left.

I am wondering if this is all the green we will use. Has anyone already cut all the pieces needed for Clue 6 from your green (or substitution fabric)? I only have 1 1/4 yd of the green I want to use but I don't know if that will be enough. Can't locate any more online. Help please.

tryiing to upload a picture of the fabric needed.

AlvaStitcher, I've cut all of my green, but I did scrappy so I don't know how much I used. IIRC, I got about 50 pairs of wings from 2 WOF pairs of strips (4 strips total).

Clue 4 done
 

Finally finished clue 4. Clue 5 is done and now to start clue 6. New format is not very user friendly.

Happy New Year, everyone!
I still need to sew and cut my clue 5 then on to 6.
My 5's are all set. Just need to stitch & cut them and I can move on.
I'm doing the magic 8 method. Not sure if that was a good idea though.
This new site is weird!!!

Alva, I looked at the original fabric requirements and she said 1.5 yards of the green/constant. If that is what you started with measure what you have left, and we'll all know if we are finished with that!
https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2019...ery-intro.html

I've finished clue #6 (1/3 size) dont hate me! I did have a lot of unstitching to do first, youtube was working so I watched 4 Dad's Army episodes while doing that part.

ok, I took a bullet for the group and went and read through the facebook group. if making the whole quilt we've apparently used 2/3 of the green/constant. So I'm guessing there will be one more use somewhere. Probably where I unstitched all those components :)

there are also images o how many spools of thread quilters have emptied this year. I have a vase where I've been throwing mine or 2019, I need to count them. The closest guess will get a treat in the mail... one of my favorite tools this year.

Hmm, not sure why but I can only do an eighth of a seam rather than a scant quarter to get mine to come out. I am finding it tedious so am thinking about doing the 4 at a time method for clue 6. Will have to save those other units that are cut already for something else.

Sandra, when you cut your fabric is your measuring line On the fabric or just off? Having the line On the fabric made all the difference in the world for me. I'm sorry your are having disappointing results.

Kalama, I used the Accuquilt to cut my shapes. They do not give any wiggle room. It is ok, I can go to the quilt store and get more blue tomorrow to get it finished.

Kalama, I haven’t cut any out of the green yet because I didn’t want to start and then find out that I did I not have enough with slight likelihood of finding more of the fabric. It would seem that there will be more than I have needed. Guess I’ll have to go to store to look for an alternative fabric to use.

Sandra_P, these really are persnickety units. I'm having to rescue most of my right side tops from being mangled, and am using the stiletto (my seam ripper) for every piece so the points don't go off. Then there's the tendency I get to have a rounded bottom on the geese (I believe this is from faulty pressing?). And we may have to do this all over again come Friday with the aqua QST triangles. I'm out of one of my aquas, but the rest I would be able to re-cut so as to use another method. If we pair the aqua with the green, I'm out of the lightest green that looks best with them. Maybe we'll pair with our red. (Does anyone else think the reveal might be on Friday?)

I'm behind because I've been doing two one-day mystery quilts, both of which will take another day to finish. I'm really griped with myself for cutting those QSTs. I didn't do Bonnie's quilt last year and forgot that QST usually means flying geese with her. My machine eats triangle corners. As much as I hate to waste fabric I think I'm going with the no-waste method. It will help me keep my sanity.
And I certainly hope the reveal won't be on Friday. I thought she said she was extending into January.

Belfrybat, I wish I hadn't cut mine either. I am going to try to do them tomorrow after a good nights sleep and if it gets too frustrating for me then I will go off and buy more fabric to redo them with the 4 at a time method. I have all of Bonnie's rulers and I still have problems, I know it is just me, not her rulers fault.

For those of us cutting large and trimming down or others having problems with these geese, here's what I'm doing. First, I whined and groaned yesterday about the geese and my fabric and figured out a way to work around it in a way that works for me. My apologies if it doesn't help your particulars, I really wish sometimes I had chosen nice easy prints to work with so I have some concerns the rest of you don't need to worry about.

Once again, my mental count was wrong. I got confused with the number of finished sets and that I would need 4 squares of each fabric per set. I'll have to cut more but I have more fabric so that's not an issue.

So, I decided to go ahead and keep cutting my oversized HST squares for this step the same size I've been doing all along. I cut my squares in an X to Bonnie's measurement in the previous step and that is my constant. So I overlay my oversized triangles to give me a nice bit to trim down. Again, I'm using a quilting foot that is 1/4" on both sides, so for machines that suck down points, give this a go. If your foot isn't good for it, I do suggest you draw the lines or at least put some tape down on your machine to mark the edge.

Sorry for the ugly fabric that came up first and the poor contrast on the backgrounds. So the pictures are:
One set getting ready for sewing
Stitched alternating sides so points don't get sucked down
Side two on
Finished goose, untrimmed on top, trimmed on bottom

I seriously thought about doing this mystery or at least saving the pattern for future use but I am just not going to do it right now because I get myself in gear with other quilty things here in my studio and with the grace frame in the other room. I am making a bit of progress here this morning. Starting another quilt before I straighten up from the last one, the baby quilt, I just finished and getting through the rest of the holiday season, the 12th night celebrations. Then putting away the decorations has to take precedence over a quilt right now. Plus I have family coming tomorrow to celebrate the 10th day of Christmas. I think I am a bit overwhelmed right now.

Anyone else feel like these clues are all really fiddily? Normally she's so pull what ever you have and stick in the quilt. This one has been so focused on making sure you have matching sets. I have completely finished half of clues 4 and 6. The rest are cut and ready to chain piece. I did finish clue 5.

I agree that the other QST is probably going to be another flying geese. I'm thinking it might be in neutral... I have tones of neutral left.

I recall Bonnie commenting somewhere in the beginning, that she wanted to mix things up a bit this year so the mystery was less routine for her (that's a rough paraphrase), so that's where I think the 'fiddly' is coming from. I think it has made it quite fun and interesting. I don't recall being quite this curious in other years!

I would be surprised if we pair the aqua with the neutral because the contrast would be so low (for those of us who did go very light with the aqua), but you never know. (I still think she will reveal on Friday. We would then be two days further into January than the usual reveal.) (Missing the old smileys right about now.)

I'm happy to say that I figured out the sweet spot to tuck my right hand (clue 6) point under my feed dogs so they would not get chewed up. Things went much more smoothly after that. I have my right sides sewn and pressed, and pieces all set up for the left hand sewing today. I'm hoping they're not too much of a mess when I go to measure them.

Two of my aqua/blue HSTs sets are missing. It won't be hard to re-do them, but I sure wish I knew where they went.

Yay! Thank you Iceblossom, I really am a visual learner and your pictures with description help me a lot! I do feel that this time around Bonnie is being more persnickety and it was what I messed up with a few clues ago and I had to recut some of mine.

I got side-tracked and did not start this mystery as I had planned. I am following along and saving the clues. I have been tempted by each clue because they seem easy/doable. It also seems like more people are completing the clues before the next one is released (or those that are slower are too busy to post).

I like the extra details in this mystery, as I feel that there will be more color matching within a block than in her previous mysteries. To those working on this mystery, you are doing really well... keep up the good work.

IceBlossom, I recognize your worry about your beautiful hand dyes, but speaking for myself, I am wiggling like a new puppy to see how it comes out!

My guess in the office pool is reveal on the 24th. I don't think we've used nearly enough neutrals to have a reveal tomorrow. Hoping I don't have jury duty, won't know till after 5 tonight.

I did a quick calculation last night. Based on 82" x 82" quilt, we've covered 60% through clue 6. That doesn't count the QST left over from Clue 4. If those become Flying Geese, then we will have 80% done. So I expect a clue tomorrow and next Friday. Maybe next Friday will bring the reveal as well.

This year's MQ seems to have smaller pieces than normal, so more of them. Maybe it's just my perception but I don't remember so many 2" blocks in past years.

I'm slowly plugging away at my sets. I know some people think of me as a quilting machine but today it's taken me all day to finish cutting my Parakeet (gosh, that sounds bad...) and finish about 12 sets. There's a lot of not quilting going on! Going to try to be done before my Tuesday group but if there is another clue tomorrow it might motivate me to get going a bit.

Thanks for your comment, Kalama -- In many ways I'm enjoying these hand dyed fabrics and I think the end result will be lovely and so very not like me! It is pushing my comfort zone in many ways. I knew intellectually from the beginning and sure found out the reality quickly of how some of the fabrics are being down right mean to me (or I was too easy on picking them) and shifting into other color ranges or suddenly turning too dark or too light. But I really enjoy petting and playing with the pieces. I'm among friends and can admit that.

I'm also using a range of variations for my Parakeet. Many of them started from the same piece of just about exactly the paint chip piece of fabric and then I bleached and otherwise treated them as I was stabilizing the other pieces. I had the opportunity that I could have taken and used just that one solid piece of fabric and my life would have been easier... oh well, sometimes all you can say is oh well... That and that there is always something I would do differently, but at least I've grown increasingly happier about the school bus yellow instead of neutral.

I found a Bloc-Loc 2x4 flying geese ruler in my ruler drawer. It shows you at a glance just how horrible your geese are.

I have about a third done. One goose is perfect, most are annoyingly wonky and inaccurate but should be usable, and a few I will probably have to do over (or make a smaller quilt). I will finish tomorrow before starting the new clue. If we have more geese, I believe I will research paper piecing and try them that way, or ditch the aqua triangles and use Deb Tucker's trim-down Wing Clipper.

Joe's mom, Got my chuckle for this morning. Lol, my coffee nearly spilled. Mine are far from perfect and I am hoping they are paired next to a piece that is. Iceblossom, I am excited to see how this quilt is going to look with your beautiful colors! Well I did it again, wasnt paying attention, was more focused on getting perfect geese that I made some, (28) out of my aqua. Yes, I also trimmed them listening to the oldies and was just humming along and then it dawned on me I was supposed to use only the blues, not the aqua. So I now have lots of flying geese I will make a pillow out of to go with the quilt and I am not as far along as I thought. This year Bonnie is being less scrappy and it is really throwing me off. So I will get on doing the rest of the correct ones this morning, I have only 13 of those done and am looking forward to the next clue. Oh, and because it is with the two colors of fabric I definitely have to go to the quilt store tomorrow and get more of the aqua.

I agree with you that we haven't played enough with the neutrals. Maybe that other triangle will be another flying geese or not, who know? But I have a feeling we'll be having a couple of more clues before we're finished. Have you noticed no one has tried putting the parts together to come up with a block configuration so far this year? If they have, I've not seen one.

Well...Joesmom and Iceblossom, you are further along with your geese than I am. I got side tracked doing the Merry Mayhem project, then had to work yesterday so I will try to get my parakeet green pieces cut today. If today’s clue isn’t too demanding, I should be able to catch up this weekend. I didn’t know Bloc-Loc had a FG ruler.

I was busy with the Merry Mayhem so did not realize Bonnie slipped in number 6! So now I am behind, drat it and I was so happy I had kept up. Oh well let's move on

For the few of us in the world who aren't on facebook,
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I think this one is going to be fun with my fabric!

But I gotta slog through these sets first. Hubby had early start (4:00 am at work!) so I got up early and put on some music and headed for the cutting table. I'm taking a coffee break between sets and about to go back to the sewing machine. The way I have my house set up, I'm getting a lot of steps in doing 4 at a time. Actually, I'm doing 8 seams at a time, one set of blocks is halfway ahead of the other ones so I don't get them confused. With the music on I'm dancing around a bit too, maybe why it's taking me so long but I'm having fun and I set my own deadlines.

I am actually glad that there hasnt been the showing of what it could be or look like. Some do like to see that but I tend to hurry by those so it is revealed to me by Bonnie.

Wow, I am feeling overwhelmed as I have been away from my sewing machine and won't get to these last 4 clues until after next week, plus I planned to make a larger size. But my main concern is that with all the matching sets she has in this mystery that my yardage of 1 color each will not reveal the pattern very well. Has anyone else felt they need to start adding more colors into their yardage sets?

I had also noticed the absence of guessing layouts, and wondered if it was a new rule on Quiltville, as I know quite a few people like to stay completely surprised.

Carol, as long as your yardage colors are the right value, I don't see how not having a variety of fabrics would make the pattern less visible. I think you will be fine!

I have read the clue once, now going back for a second read through. I have to test it out, but for those using Easy Angle instead of Bonnie's ruler, I think right handers will have to cut with the blue on top in order to get the trimmed dog ear in the right place.

I think this is the most mysterious mystery ever!

I have some decided guesses on the layout and I know Bonnie's general look but I'm happy to stay in the dark for now. Part of the reason I am doing this is to let go of the decision making and let things happen and trust it will be fine in the end. Again, at the worst possible outcome there will be a quilt to keep someone warm, but I think someone will really like it -- who knows, maybe that will be me and I will end up keeping it but that's not the current intention.

I digested Clue 7 as I've been working on my Clue 6 and pulled out my remaining reds to look at them... they always were a lot of small pieces and I'm not sure how well what I have left will work in keeping them in sets. (My blues are not going to be a problem, they were bigger pieces to start with.) Plenty left to make random HST, not so much to make sets. So then my eye set on the remaining bottle of red dye I have and I think I'm going to take some unsuitable yardage left and over dye it, make the pinks popping red. It would be so much easier just to go to the store! But it will be comparably easy now that the base fabrics are set.

Yesterday I was eye-balling the remaining half bag of non-set dyed fabrics and thinking of the work remaining there to fix them. The fun thing is that my initial idea for the bag uses what is remaining now, all these blues and aquas and bright reds did not go with the green/brown/orangish camo modern log cabin I see hiding in there.

Is anyone else thinking that we have an awful lot of neutrals left as Bonnie is signaling that we're nearing the finish line?

I'm so glad this was not the reveal! I'm only half-way through the FG due to having the blue already cut. I'd forgotten how tedious making FGs one at a time can be. Probably doesn't take any longer than the no-waste method, but just more tedious (and in my case more inaccurate).
I think I'm going to work on this step and then go back and finish the FG. Especially since I still have the two mysteries from NYE and NYD to finish up. I'm loving this quilting marathon, but sometime I need to come up for air to clean up the kitchen and vacuum all those dogears!

Ok. I’m wondering if it matters that I’m a leftie and hubby is a righty and he is doing the cutting and I’m doing the sewing. She sure is specific about the cutting in this step and there are different ways depending on your handed ness. Will this matter with the sewing?

I sew admire those of y'all that are keeping on track. This year just hasn't been my year to stay up to date. Waiting for the reveal now to see what it looks like. Meanwhile, I now have lots of 4 patches and HST's all scrappy.

Pamela, it sounds like successful cutting will matter when it comes time to sew, so I would say make sure hubby understands that the trimmed dog ear needs to end up in a certain position. I don't see how it could matter that you're a lefty when it comes to sewing them.

I'm trimming selvedge blocks...the instructions seem to be over my head today.
I don't have them in front of me, but simplified, is it sew 1/2 into pinwheels and don't sew the other sets at all, save for later?