I have been taking a short break from my mystery quilt to do a few different things. Life, in general, seems to have gotten busy, even though I’m not really doing much. I’ve gotten three quilts back from my quilter recently, so I’m working on trimming and binding them all. Here is the first of… Continue reading Lady Tulip
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General sewing
MEG Mystery Part 14
Building on everything done so far, this is a fairly easy part. Again, orientation of the units is crucial. Step one Place one of the panels created in Part 13 on top, the largest block in the upper left and smallest block toward the lower right. Place the first panel created in Part 11 on… Continue reading MEG Mystery Part 14
MEG Mystery Part 13
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
MEG Mystery Part 12
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
MEG Mystery Part 11
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