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06/24/09 03:30 PM
 

September 24, 2002

Notes:

  1. If printing these pages on a printer and you notice the edges to the right are cut off, then adjust your printer settings so that it prints "landscape" rather than "portrait".

  2. When printing, the border to the left will not print on paper. 

  3. Be sure to read the guidelines at the bottom of this page.

Finished Quilt with Border is 43" x 43".

This Mystery Quilt will be given in approximately 10 installments, through the first of November.

 

Installment 2

     This quilt is going to be made from two simple blocks:  A plain block and half-square triangle (HST) blocks.  Since we made the 22 HST in Installment 1, we are now simply going to cut out squares for the simple blocks.

     At the end of this installment, you should have cut:

  • 114 squares using Color 1

  • 58 squares using Color 2

  • 2 squares using Color 3

  1. Cut 114 squares that measure 3" x 3" from Color 1.  They should look similar to this:

  2. Cut 58 squares that measure 3" x 3" from Color 2.  They should look similar to this:

  3. Cut 2 squares that measure 3" x 3" from Color 3.  They should look similar to this:

     Stay tuned for the next installment, in which we begin piecing all of the puzzle together!

     Here are some guidelines for making this quilt that are very important:

  1. Use a scant 1/4" seam allowance.  A "scant" seam allowance is one that is a few threads short of being the full 1/4".

  2. Measure each piece AFTER pressing the piece.  Pressing as you go seems to make for a quilt that looks neater, plus it flattens each component in the quilt so that it measures accurately and doesn't distort.

  3. Measure, measure, measure as directions are given and compare it to what it should be (I'll tell you what it should be).  Accuracy is critical in the making of this mystery quilt, in that it is going to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle at the end.

Ready for Installment 3?

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