STEP #1
You will be using the rest of your 2 1/2" strips for this step and will be making two sets of strips: Strip Set A and Strip Set B. Here's how:
-First you will make 2 1/2 Strip Sets BWG = Blue-White-Green (...that's two full strips and 1/2 of a third strip of each color) by sewing a blue strip to a white strip (press toward blue) and then adding a green strip to the white side (press toward green).
-Then make 1 1/4 Strip Sets WYW = White-Yellow-White by sewing a white strip to each side of a yellow strip. (Press toward yellow). Click on picture to enlarge instructions.
STEP #2
-Cut the strip sets into 2 1/2" segments creating Strip Set A and Strip Set B
-You will need to cut 36 of Strip Set A (B-W-G) and 18 of Strip Set B (W-Y-W) Click on picture to enlarge instructions.
STEP #3-Each 9-patch block consists of two Strip Set As and one Strip Set B
-Begin making the 9-patch blocks by sewing a Strip Set A to a Strip Set B as pictured below (blue on top).
-By pressing the strips as instructed in Step 1, this will enable the strip sets to "butt up" against each other creating perfectly matched corners! If would further instruction, this is a GREAT video that shows you exactly how to make perfectly matched corners.
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Match-Seams-on-Square-Quilt-Block-Patches-64331734
-Add a strip Set A to the "B Side" of the Strip Set A-B combination (green on top).
-Complete this step for all 18 blocks. Click on picture to enlarge instructions.
Congratulations! You "checked out" Week #3 of the Mystery Quilt and hopefully you have completed 18 PERFECT 9-patch blocks! This week was easy - but next week will be a little more challenging so stay tuned.
Of course sewing ALWAYS works up an appetite and to close my entry for today I just had to share the following "find" with you. Maria Dixon Lichty - a family friend and my daughter's college roommate (originally from Cerro Gordo IL) - has an outstanding, AWARD WINNING cooking blog that may be of interest to you: "Two Peas and their Pod". Maria and her husband Josh call themselves the "Cooking Couple" and their recipes are absolutely phenomenal. She was recently featured in a cooking segment on the NBC affiliate TV station in Salt Lake City. (She is very poised and comfortable in front of the camera and looks absolutely gorgeous!) The blog cooking instructions with pictures are very easy to follow and the finished recipes are absolutely delicious. She has desserts, salads, main dishes, side dishes and it's all categorized under "Find it here" on the right side of the blog entries. If you'd like to "check out" her blog - here's the link: http://www.lichtyfamilyblog.blogspot.com/
It's best not to look at Maria's blog when you're hungry because I know you'll be tempted to make every recipe that you read! Remember - you still have a Mystery Quilt to make! :-)
Have a wonderful week and Happy Blanketmaking!
Mary
-Begin making the 9-patch blocks by sewing a Strip Set A to a Strip Set B as pictured below (blue on top).
-By pressing the strips as instructed in Step 1, this will enable the strip sets to "butt up" against each other creating perfectly matched corners! If would further instruction, this is a GREAT video that shows you exactly how to make perfectly matched corners.
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Match-Seams-on-Square-Quilt-Block-Patches-64331734
-Add a strip Set A to the "B Side" of the Strip Set A-B combination (green on top).
-Complete this step for all 18 blocks. Click on picture to enlarge instructions.
Congratulations! You "checked out" Week #3 of the Mystery Quilt and hopefully you have completed 18 PERFECT 9-patch blocks! This week was easy - but next week will be a little more challenging so stay tuned. Of course sewing ALWAYS works up an appetite and to close my entry for today I just had to share the following "find" with you. Maria Dixon Lichty - a family friend and my daughter's college roommate (originally from Cerro Gordo IL) - has an outstanding, AWARD WINNING cooking blog that may be of interest to you: "Two Peas and their Pod". Maria and her husband Josh call themselves the "Cooking Couple" and their recipes are absolutely phenomenal. She was recently featured in a cooking segment on the NBC affiliate TV station in Salt Lake City. (She is very poised and comfortable in front of the camera and looks absolutely gorgeous!) The blog cooking instructions with pictures are very easy to follow and the finished recipes are absolutely delicious. She has desserts, salads, main dishes, side dishes and it's all categorized under "Find it here" on the right side of the blog entries. If you'd like to "check out" her blog - here's the link: http://www.lichtyfamilyblog.blogspot.com/
It's best not to look at Maria's blog when you're hungry because I know you'll be tempted to make every recipe that you read! Remember - you still have a Mystery Quilt to make! :-)
Have a wonderful week and Happy Blanketmaking!
Mary
