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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Mystery Quilt Update - Step #6

The stomach flu has been travelling around my family for the last week and I sure do hope that we have finally rid the house of these pesky germs. It has been a welcome relief to have some easy sewing to do in between taking care of sick family members, and I have been making some progress on Bonnie's mystery quilt.
Step #6 is well under way. ..
Part 1 of this step is to sew the rows of 5 HST's together and I am pinning them in groups of 10. I need 120 of these and most of the HST's are finished.

Part 2 of this step was fun and quick to sew, and I have finished 172 of these.

I have to admit that I have peeked ahead to the last step and although I love the finished layout, I decided not to make the same layout. I skipped step #3 of making the light string blocks, so I'm going to try a layout using only the blocks I have the parts to make.

9 comments:

  1. LuAnnTuesday, January 11, 2011

    Today I'm going to work on the two steps that you show in your photos. I have to put the brown triangles on the ends of the units and then make more red/neutral HSTs. I love the string blocks and really enjoyed making them. I'll be back to see how your quilt turns out. Love your snowy woods header.

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  2. julieQTuesday, January 11, 2011

    You go girl!! I had the string blocks made...but thought, hey, why not try something a little different?? Good luck, I can't wait to see what you do!!

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  3. MichelleTuesday, January 11, 2011

    Way to go! Have you checked out JulieQ's layout? it's pretty awesome without the strings.

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  4. BarbTuesday, January 11, 2011

    I love your header....and well..can't wait to see this quilt finished.

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  5. AnnieOTuesday, January 11, 2011

    Love the colors in this mystery quilt--can't wait to see yours together. I have no love for the string blocks so will look forward to what your second option is! Hope everyone stays well at your house now.

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  6. Comfort Cove DesignsTuesday, January 11, 2011

    that's alot of hsts!!!!! can't wait to see the layout you choose!

    Quiltingly Yours
    Andrea

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  7. ToniThursday, January 13, 2011

    You are rolling along - even being germy?! Wow! You are dedicated!! It's looking good!

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  8. LibbyThursday, January 13, 2011

    That is an impressive stack of blocks *s*

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  9. Helen in the UKSaturday, January 15, 2011

    Look forward to seeing the alternative layout you come up with as I LOVE the main block in the mystery :)

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