sewbizgirl

If you are making a half size, make only 50% of the blocks. If you are making a quarter size, just do 25% of the blocks. You will no doubt have to make adjustments at the end when you put together your final layout, but you can start with those numbers.

I am doing a big rectangle, as long as Bonnie's square (88" ) but only 3/4 as wide, or roughly 66" wide. I am making 75% of the blocks she is, for starters. I will probably need a little more once I see how I can lay it out.

QultingaddictUK

I must admit to being a bit lazy as my scrap bag, which is enormous is so mixed up that I just cannot stand the idea of trying to sort through it for such a big project, I am aiming at doing quilt a large quilt but not quite as big as Bonnie's, umm I think What I have done is top up my stash with some colours I don't have a lot of, which happened to be most of them. Neutrals funny enough I am OK for as I am always buying end of bolts and when on special offers, and as I am so fond of using blacks I have plenty of those, pinks I was short of as I use so many of them and I also had to buy some greens/blues and the yellow as they are not colours I don't use a lot of, don't have a clue why as the colour combinations in Bonnie's MQ is great. Part of the fun of doing a MQ I suppose, this is my first one and although I have made hundreds of quilts, literally, a lot have been quick and easy ones as I make them for Project linus and other charities, so this one is a special treat just for me.

As I live on my own, and shall be on my own at Christmas I am am indulging myself and put all other UFOs aside and concentrating on this special quilt which will just for me, ohh I'm selfish

pjnesler

I've gotten about 30 blocks done for step 3, and lots more strips ready to go, Love all the colors in this new mystery!

jolo

Ready to work on my greens today. Have to recut tho. I cut mine 2 1/5 instead of 2 in strips. Oh well. At least I caught it early instead of when I made the blocks. lol

QultingaddictUK

I am concentrating for today and the whole of Sunday to catch up with my first 2 clues and then catch up with clue 3, but not before 1 & 2 are finished otherwise I can see a nasty UFO in the making

DogHouseMom

I'm still piecing clue #2. I want to finish all of them before I move on. Clue #3 is easy enough that I can either just make a few to "be there" or come back to them after Clue #4.

I just really want to finish all of #2.

whitepine

I take my math lessons from Sunlitensmiles.
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Quiltingaddict, I love the way you are making xmas special for yourself.
PJnesler, Very pretty! Love those greens.

thimblebug6000

Some of you are questioning fabric amounts and I saw this blog while looking through the link up, she posts how much she used on step 3, I don't know if she's correct or not and didn't look to see if she gave postings about the 1st two steps, but here's her blog so you can see how many strips she cut for #3. (might be right or not?) http://susansquiltcreations.blogspot...ion-quilt.html

michelleoc

belfrybat - love your blocks!
Sunlitesmiles - so how about if I'm turning into a king-sized quilt? (math, really?!?!)

SunlitenSmiles

anyone relying on my math skills....that is scary... you realize I am 75 and have had several concussions..... and when I was in school we used slide rules not calculators .....