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.
Finishing the Forts’ Turrets
Assemble:
- Cut (7) Chocolate Brown strips 5-3/8″ wide by the width of fabric. From those strips, cut (48) 5-3/8″ squares
- Cut (3) Pink strips 5-3/8″ wide by the width of fabric. From those strips, cut (16) 5-3/8″ squares
- (32) second SNS units you made in Clue Seven
One last time…
Cut (2) 5-3/8″ Chocolate Brown squares on the diagonal to make (4) triangles.
Cut (1) 5-3/8″ Chocolate Brown squares on the diagonal to make (2) triangles.
Sew a pink triangle to the pink side of the SNS unit you made in Clue Seven. Sew a Chocolate Brown triangle to the other side. Press toward the triangle.
Sew a Chocolate Brown triangle to the other two sides of the square, making a 9-1/2″ square-in-a-square block as shown. Press toward the triangle corners. If all has gone well, continue making these SNS blocks. Make (32) SNS blocks and press. Square up if necessary.
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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