Marcellee, any minute now we will get the next clue, we are standing here with our rotary cutters ready

oh dear ....I tried to wait for Clue 3 ...but it is getting late ...
Its already 5:30 pm here at the tip of Africa and its time to prepare dinner.
I will have to get off now, and wait for the train to pass by tomorrow ....luckily it comes by every 24 hours! :)
I will leave you some samoosas at the snack bar ....enjoy!
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Marcellelee, this is also my first Mystery Quilt. It's been really easy so far, so I hope it doesn't get more difficult as we get further into it.

making 9-patch blocks
 

Now is the time to decide how to use your E and F fabrics. Look at the ½ square triangles you made from the directions posted on 10/13 and 10/21. Now, choose your color combinations from your E and F fabrics, or at this point you may decide you want to use something different for E and F.

I wanted to get the most contrast from my E and F colors. As you can see from the top picture, I laid the black and white on the ½ sq triangle blocks, and I liked the contrast of the white (now called E) with the A-B blocks, and the black (now called F) with the C-D blocks.

Cut all strips 2-½” wide, WOF. Use accurate ¼” seams to sew your strips together to make 6-½” wide strip sets as shown in the pictures and described in next paragraphs. Adjust needle position if needed, strip sets must be 6-½” wide. When pressing, press to the dark, turn over and make sure to press out any little “wrinkle” at the fold to make sure your strip set is 6-½” wide

Your blocks will measure 6-1/2" square when finished.

FIRST:
From A, cut 3 strips each 2-½” wide. Cut one of these strips in half, and set one of these ½ pieces aside.
From E, cut three 2-½” strips. Cut one of these strips in half.

Make strip sets as shown in photos.

Using the two half pieces of A and the half piece of F , put together A-E-A and sew to make a one half-sized strip set; cut into six 2-½” wide strips.

Sew together 2-½” strips of E-A-E and sew one make a strip set. Cut your strips sets into 2-½” wide segments. Cut 12 pieces 2-½” wide. Sew into six 9-patch blocks as shown in photo.

SECOND:
From C, the darker of the C and D fabrics, cut 3 WOF strips each 2-½” wide. Cut one of these strips in half, set one of the ½ pieces aside.

From F cut three WOF 2-½” strips. Cut one of these strips in half.


As shown in photo, put together the half strips of C-F-C and sew to make a strip set approx. 20-22“ long.
Put together WOF pieces F-C-F and sew to make a strip set .
Cut your strips sets into 2-½” wide segments. Sew into six 9-patch blocks as shown

Sorry I was late posting today.

worth waiting for, as always
Hugs, (((((((Judy)))))
hope you are feeling better (that was gentle hug)

LOL Thanks, sunlite. Yup, a hearty hug would send me into orbit!


DANGER!! DANGER!! DANGER!!
BIG BOO-BOO -- IGNORE PIX #5 --I cut my strips wrong, and didn't notice until too late. I recut and remade my strip set with all 2-1/2" strips, but forgot to take a picture. Just noticed now it is the wrong picture!!!
Going to try and get Patrice to remove the incorrect photo. So sorry.

Hope you are feeling better!!!!

I'm using this mystery to teach a new teenager to sew. We begin next weekend.

Judy...........Thank you for the new instruction's. This Mystery project is looking very interesting!! :D I hope you are taking it easy & resting your back. We all want you to get well quickly so you can enjoy sewing right a long with the rest of us. Have a Great Day!!
:D :D :D :D

I am confused now. what's wrong with pix #5. are the strips in the wrong order??? Are the lights supposed to be on each corner??? Maybe I'm making this more difficult, but the more I read, the more confused I get. Help please ??