A Charming Mini Quilt Mystery
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I always try to do something a bit challenging for the New Years Day Mystery, something that may teach a new technique or goes outside of the box a little. This year I am doing a 36″ x 36″ Mini Quilt, which requires some very precise piecing! I tend to be somewhat casual about my 1/4″ seam, but you sure can’t do that when you are working with small pieces. That’s why I put a quarter inch foot on the list below.
Come back January 1, 2020 at 9 AM Eastern for the first clue. The rest of the clues will be presented every hour for 7 hours.
Things you will find helpful
A strip cutting ruler
A 2-1/2″, 4-1/2″ and a 6-1/2″ square ruler
A Quarter Inch Foot
Best Press or other spray starch
chocolate (just kidding!)(maybe not)
Fabric Requirements
1 stack of (34) 5″ charm squares
1/2 yd Background fabric
1/3 yd blue accent fabric
1/4 yd tan accent fabric
1/3 yd outer border
1/4 yard binding
1 yard striped fabric for the inner border if the stripe is parallel to the
selvage OR 1/4 yd striped fabric if the stripe is perpendicular to the selvage.
1-1/4 yards backing
These are my fabrics. I couldn’t find fabrics that exactly matched the colors in the pattern so I picked the stripe first and tried to get complementary colors and fabrics.
Round The Mountain Clues
- Introduction
- Fabric Requirements and Cutting Directions
- Clue One: Preparing the Charm Squares.
- Clue Two: Making HSTs and QSTS
- Clue Three: Creating a Pieced Border
- Clue Four: Nine-Patches
- Clue Five: Adding the First Border
- Clue Six: How to Miter a Border
- Clue Seven: The Grand Finale
- Picture Page
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Van you tell me the finished size of your New Years mini quilt?
Yes, it’s 36″ x 36″.
I love a good challenge. I’ll have to play in my fabrics to see what I come up with.
Is the cream/white your background
Yes, in my case it is.
Looks like an interesting project for the day!
Do I need to sign up beforehand? Where do I go to see the hourly clues on January 1?
Nope! Just show up here on January 1,2020 at 9 AM. I might do a sneak preview on New Years Eve…
I hope it’s a “clue” and not a flue starting at 9 am!!
I have a couple of friends coming over to join in the fun…
thanks for doing this for us… it’s such a perfect way to start the new year and new decade!