Author: Melissa

Step one At this point, I was able to take all the units I made in Part 12, along with some additional background pieces, and make larger units. Step two I pieced each of the backgrounds to their corresponding block units: 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6. Step three Next, I pieced… Continue reading MEG Mystery Part 13

Step one This step uses the bowtie blocks from Part 9. I sewed a 6 1/2″ background square to the left of the bowtie block. The bowtie is pointing lower left to upper right. I did this for each of the bowtie blocks that I had made. Step two This step uses the other blocks… Continue reading MEG Mystery Part 12

I began to piece this in two opposite quadrants, since they are almost identical. I’m working on the upper right (quadrant 2) and lower left (quadrant 3) areas of my quilt. The units build upon each other in order to piece everything together. Step one First, the smallest blocks from Part 2 – sew 3… Continue reading MEG Mystery Part 11

Alrighty then! I now have all of the blocks made for this quilt, and as I mentioned previously, I’m only making the dark background version. First thing’s first – I took out those 15 width-of-fabric by 3 1/2″ strips that I cut way back at the beginning. I cut off the selvedge edges, and pieced… Continue reading MEG Mystery Part 10