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NOQ NOQ!Who's there??? Why, it's Ace McGunigle, Quilt Detective, with a new mystery quilt to solve! Every 2 weeks she'll give us another clue to solve the mystery. Be sure to watch for it, because otherwise you'll end up with a whole bunch of fabric with no plan. Not like that ever happened before. |
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Step 1 |
Selecting the fabric | Step 6 | Assembling Units |
Step 2 |
Cutting the fabric | Step 7 | Getting Close! |
Step 3 |
Making Squares | Step 8 | Almost there! |
| Step 4 | More Squares | Step 9 | The Mystery is Solved!!! |
| Step 5 | 4-way Squares |
Quilt size: 45" square without borders
Fabric Requirements:
(A) 1/2 yard dark fabric
(B) 1/2 yard dark fabric
(C) 5/8 yard of light fabric
(D) 1/2 yard medium fabric
(E) 3/8 yard light to medium
(F) 3/4 yard darkish medium
(G) 3/8 yard bright light to medium fabric
(H) 3/8 yard light fabric
(I) 1 pound chocolate candy
If you are having trouble deciding on fabrics, one suggestion would be to choose 2 dark fabrics that you like and select the rest of the fabrics to go with these. Another approach would be to choose a nice print that you really like for fabric (E) and work from that. Almost anything will work. You could even make it in pastels for a baby quilt or masculine colors for a man in your life. If you make it for a man, I would suggest adding a pocket for the remote control.
If you have a favorite method for doing triangles, get some extra fabric and wait until the appropriate steps to make the triangles. The general cutting directions will be on the next page so you will be able to tell which fabrics are involved.
I suggest that cut a little snippet from each fabric and make yourself a chart showing the fabrics A through H. This could avoid confusion later.
Oh, the chocolate is optional. You don't really need it to finish this quilt.
CUTTING DIRECTIONS
Fabric A: Cut 24 - 3 7/8" squares. Cut each square diagonally once to yield 48 half square triangles.
Fabric B: Cut 26 - 4 1/4" squares. Cut squares diagonally twice to get 104 quarter square triangles.
Fabric C: Cut 52 - 3 1/2" squares.
Fabric D: Cut 24 - 3 7/8" squares. Cut squares once diagonally to yield 48 half square triangles.
Fabric E: Cut 25 3 1/2" squares.
Fabric F: Cut 4 - 2" strips the width of the fabric. Also cut 13 - 4 1/4" squares and cut those twice diagonally for 52 quarter square triangles.
Fabric G: Cut 13 - 4 1/4" squares and cut those diagonally twice to get 52 quarter square triangles.
Fabric H: Cut 4 - 2" strips across the width of the fabric.
If you are sick to death of your rotary cutter now, I would suggest that you take a break and read "Death on the Drunkard's Path" by Jean Hager. It involves a rotary cutter.
STEP THREE
Sew Fabric A triangles to Fabric D triangles. Press seam toward fabric D. You should have 48 squares that are 3 1/2" by 3 1/2". Set aside.
Thought for the day: organized people are just too lazy to look for things.
Sew each 2" F strip to a 2" H strip making 4 sets of strips. Press seam toward the darker color. Cut these into 48 - 3 1/2" squares. Set aside.
Did you realize that if Kareem Abdul Jabar made a clone of himself and froze it, he would have an Ice Kareem Clone?
STEP FIVE
Sew 52 of the Fabric B triangles to the 52 (G) triangles. Press seam toward (B).
Sew the other 52 (B) triangles to the 52 (F) triangles. Press seam toward (B).
Now sew these units together.
Press seam to the side with the (G) fabric. Squares should be 3 1/2" by 3 1/2".
Do you have a name for your seam ripper? It seams that many sewers do name their seam rippers with "Jack" being the most popular name. I call mine "Tex."
Using 12 of the (E) squares, sew a unit from step 4 on each side of the (E) square. Fabric (H) will be against (E). Press the seam away from (E).
Using the remaining 13 (E) squares, sew the squares from step 5 on each side of the (E) square with fabric (G) against (E). Press seam toward (E).
Remember that housework done right can kill you. Take no chances.
Sew a (C) square to each side of the remaining 26 squares from step 5. (B) should touch the (C) squares. Press seams towards (C).
Sew squares from step 3 to the remaining squares from step 4. Press seams toward the middle square.
Do you have any ideas yet??????
Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind in the cotton fields and never amounted to much. The second one, naturally, became known as the lesser of two weevils.
Using the appropriate units from steps 6 and 7, make 12 Churn Dash blocks. Press the seams toward the center.
Make 13 Ohio Star blocks with the remaining units. Press seams away from the center.
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Oops! Hope that you didn't think we were making a Baltimore Album.
Set the Ohio Star and Churn Dash blocks as shown below. Add borders and quilt as desired.
When your top is finished, please send a picture to Loons to be scanned and put up on the solution page. We would love to see how this looks made up with different fabrics.
NOQ NOQ Mystery Quilt (c) 1998 by A. McGunigle, all rights reserved
Last revised 1/11/98