Krisb

For one set of 16 matching black half square triangles that will finish at 1 1/2", you need 32" x 2" to do the stitch and flip method; one 2" by WOF cut is more than enough. One 2" x WOF strip will yield about 30 triangles using the easy angle ruler. That's not a big piece to me, but to me everything under a fat quarter is a scrap

Pagzz

I finished step 3. Here is a sampling. I have started step 4 but I have only made 4 sets. Slow going for me.
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audsgirl

I'm doing the same thing. I got 3 sets done, but I haven't sewn the Sleepy Hollow geese together yet. I like to change positions and try to save my back. Your sets look terrific!

Leslie

Bluebonnets

Looking good, AlvaStitcher, Kassaundra, and Pagzz! Going to be pretty!

I've gotten very little of our new clue done. Maybe three sets of the red and black half. Cutting and sewing as I go. Wedding tonight and a birthday party tomorrow. Will just have to work when I can.

ShirlR

A question about the color of piecing thread: I have been piecing all my units with a light grey Aurifil 50 wt. thread, as I have done with a Jacob's Ladder quilt I have been working on which is scrappy and goes from light blue to tans to navy blue, but as a beginning quilter, I have yet to piece with black fabric or use black thread. Are you, or will you, folks be changing to black thread for the black units? I didn't seem to have a problem sewing my navy blue blocks with the light grey Aurifil on my JL quilt blocks, i.e., the thread did not show through the navy fabric. (I haven't posted any pictures yet on this Mystery quilt project because I need to go over how to size the photos for this Board and coordinate it with my photo software, but I will, as I am loving to see all the beautiful work you all are doing, just wish I could work as quickly as you do, but I am working slowly and ripping quickly, especially on those Santa hats, ha!

Pagzz

sorry my photo is so large. I didn't check it after I posted.

Kassaundra

I'm a bit of a maverick, when machine piecing thread color has almost no concern for me. I generally will sew w/ whatever color is already in the machine.

Jeanne S

ShirlR, I am piecing with a light taupe Gutermann 50wt thread, and use it for almost all my piecing. I do use black thread on quilts with lots of black, but since this one is such a mix, I don't bother changing threads either.

Bluebonnets

SheriR, I'm not changing thread either. I've got a light thread in the machine, probably should have a gray but I'm bouncing between piecing this one, completing a UFO, and a leader and ender scrappy broken dishes. A light thread goes best for most of it.

AlvaStitcher

I am also using gray thread in piecing this quilt top. I just use black thread if I am sewing a lot of black fabric but I find it is miserable to un-sew!