Midnight on the Mystery

Okay, I have been told that the idea of this came up month or so ago. Believe me, a lot has happened in that month or so. I spent most of November in Arizona—two trips—one to help out my daughter whose husband was in the hospital, the other our annual Thanksgiving trip. While I was gone, the girls who were going to organize the Christmas pageant at church got hung up in school and job issues, so when I returned I was privileged to do that. Add in hubby’s doctor appointments, and December is long gone. Well, there is another hour and 25 10 minutes left of it.

So this mystery is not thought out ahead and tested. There may be some burps along the way. I will be testing with you.

So, the first thing we are going to do is cut. If you are using a two color theme, these cuts will be width of fabric and 1½ inches wide—equal numbers of your light and your dark. If you are going scrappy, then you will want the equivalent of that number of strips.

Baby size—12 strips of each value
Wide Table runner—6 of each
Narrow Table Runner—6 of each (I know that is not logical, but bear with me.)
Lap size—18 of each
Bed size—24 of each

If you are cutting at midnight, good luck, be careful, and happy new year. I will wait till morning to cut mine, as being awake might be an advantage.

I will post the sewing for these strips and the additional cuts to make your units first thing in the morning.

First decision dictates fabric requirements.

First decision--how big do you want to make this?

Baby quilt-- 36 by 45 before borders     Fabric estimate: 1½ yards each dark and light.

table runner-- 24 by 51   or 15 by 51 (This includes borders.)  1¼ yards each/ 3/4 yard each

Lap quilt -- 45 by 54 before borders    2+ yards of each

Bed quilt-- 63 by 72 before borders. (Sounds like AHQ size.)  Around three yards each dark and light.

I hesitate to give some yardage estimates because the EQ program way overestimates triangles. When I try to compensate for this I may go too far the other way--or leave you with lots extra. This is a good reason to do scrappy. These figures should give you an idea of how much you may need.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014-- Cyber Sew In

Drawings?   √
New Year’s Resewlutions?
A mystery?  √
Recipes?   √
Challenges? √
Prizes?  √
Tips and tricks?  √

On Line Sew In--
I will create a mystery--posting the first clue at midnight. Fabrics? Darks and lights. Don't have it designed yet but it will be either a two color quilt or scappy dark and light. Multiple sizes available.
Points  and chances for drawing--we have one prize offered already--Robin in Leavenworth already gets a point/chance:
1. Share a recipe--either a NY snack or a better for you recipe for something we love.
2. Share a tip or trick for quilting, sewing, knitting, crocheting  or just housewifery.
3. Post pictures of what you are working on.
4. Create your own challenge for the day/year--your New Year's Re-sew-lution. Share it. Share your progress on the day part.
5. Review your favorite quilting tool and tell us why you thing everyone should have one.

Share in comments on the List, in the Facebook group, or comments here.
I will post this on the list, on the Facebook group, and on our mystery blog (which hasn't had much attention.) I will post the mystery steps the same way.