I have enjoyed reading everyone’s posts re: methods to complete Clue 3. I have the Easy Angle ruler that I purchased when I did BH’s Allietare mystery but I think I’m going to try it along with Queenbarbiej’s video to see which is faster and most accurate.

I sat down to rip out the stitching on my strips... yes I used the tiny 1.8 stitch length since I was going to be cutting them. Lol, after doing one section about 5" long, I decided to forget that and just make them over. I cut my squares and got them all lined up, marked and pinned.. I'm doing the 8 at a time... today I will start sewing them.
I will find a way to use the strips I made, either in this project or in another one. They won't go to waste!

Woohoo! Trimmed and done for this week.

Making tamales for the rest of my creative part of the day.

Yum, love tamales. Like your colors. That school bus yellow really pops.

Hope you let us know what you decide! Maybe I need to try another new method.

I love tamales too. I have never made them on my own but once helped make them with my 3 sisters. We had so much fun and they were so better than most you get.

Finished my clue 3 HSTs today, using the 8 at a time method.... ears clipped and ready to go.
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your colors Wildyard!

After using the 8 at a time method and BH’s Essential Triangle tool I have decided to continue my HSTs using her tool. This is what I discovered...doing the 8 at a time meant that I had to cut 6” squares when some of my fabric pieces (from my stash) were actually strips and not wide enough to get a 6” cut. Also using this method meant that I was having to trim every block to get an accurate 2 1/2 HST.

Using the Essential Triangle tool, I result in a nearly perfect 2 1/2” HST and only need to trim the dog ears from one end. I also found it easier to chain piece them one right after another rather than the 8 at a time method. Additionally, I was able to use short length pieces from my stash to get a good assortment.

I’m sure there will be times I will use the 8 at a time method, but for this project BH’s tool works just grand.

Beautiful fabrics, wildyard!

My plan was to do this years quilt mystery however I just had a major right shoulder surgery on December 11.I wonder if it's possible to print off each one of the clues that Bonnie gives use and start on the mystery quilt later. I can still search my fabric that I will need for the quilt because that takes only one arm and hand to search with.