Tag: mystery quilts

I finally got caught up with Clue 5. Bonnie said it was an easy clue, but it was pretty involved, since you have to sew all of the units as big half square triangles, then turn around and do some more cutting and piecing with all those units. But I managed to get it done… Continue reading Finishing part 5

I had to press and cut more fabric because of the size of strips/pieces needed. So I spent a fair amount of time doing that. Then a bit more time trying to piece. I say “trying” because of this… I finally managed to finish piecing the first step of this clue. And I finished one… Continue reading Part five, step one

I finally got all those half units made, and then set to work on putting them all together. Rather than leaving them out to mingle with the other pieces, I’ve been putting each clue’s units into a baggie and keeping them together in a little project box. I made a couple of extra, just because.… Continue reading All the little hourglasses

I’m nearly to the halfway point of creating the hourglass units for clue 4. I have just a few more strips to cut into quarter-square triangles, piece together, then I can begin combining all the ones I’ve made into hourglass units. I’m using Bonnie’s Essential Triangle Tool ruler, which has quite literally become an essential… Continue reading Working on hourglass units

I participated in not one, but two Sit n Sews over the past week. Last night we sewed for a few hours here in town and I managed to finally catch up through Clue 3 of Rhododendron Trail. Just in time for the release of Clue 4, ha ha! I took today off as a… Continue reading Catching Up