This is a Quilt-Block-of-the-Month Mystery series. It starts today! Clues will be presented every Sunday from 6/4/23 until Labor Day. It is a two color (plus background) quilt that finishes about 90″ x 90″. Look for a list of clues at the bottom of this page. To print this clue, use the green Print Friendly button below those clues.
Just a reminder: Anyone who send me a picture of their quilt in progress or finished, gets a free copy of the professional pattern after the mystery is over. Offer expires 10/1/23. Send your pictures to phoebemoondesigns@gmail.com.
Clue Seven
Assemble:
- (32) 4-1/4″ Pink squares
- (32) 4-1/4″ Background squares
- (32) center SNS units you just made
Cut (1) 4-1/4″ Background square on the diagonal to make (2) triangles.
Cut (1) 4-1/4″ Pink square on the diagonal to make (2) triangles.
Sew a pink triangle to one side of the Center SNS unit. Sew a Background triangle to the other side.
Press toward the triangle.
Sew the remaining triangles to the other two sides of the square, keeping the colors opposite each other. This should make a 7″ square-in-a-square unit as shown. Press toward the triangle corners.
If all has gone well, continue making these second square-in-a-square units. Make (32) units and press.
Clues:
- June 4: Introduction
- June 11: Birds
- June 18: An Easy Clue
- June 25: More Birds
- July 2: An Easy Clue
- July 9: Castle Turret
- July 16: X marks the spot
- July 23: More Turrets
- July 30: Secrets
- August 6: The Fort
- August 13: The Castle (a quick clue)
- August 20: Home at Last
- August 27: The Moats and a Secret Reveal
- PICTURE PAGE!
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