Big Star Country Finish #2

Whoot Whoot

I have finished my *other* version of Big Star Country - the Mystery A6 I hosted here on the blog.

( PS - the clues are still in my QuiltyGirl craftsy store if you are interested - for free)

Are you ready......

Ta da!!

It is all Quilted and Ms Kim Bound it for me!!

Yay

Go get your pattern and Make one today!

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Mystery A6 - Big Star Country

Ta Da!!!

Mystery A6 has a name.....

Thanks to Tanya -

BIG STAR COUNTRY

You all saw mine as we sewed along:

But I decided I wanted to sew along again

So this is another one that I made

There are so many awesome combinations that would work with this quilt pattern

 A lot of them have been shared on my Quiltygirl Facebook Page

and now you can share yours here:

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Mystery A6 Clue #5 - and the Final Clue!!!!

You have made it!!! your almost there!!!

Clue #5 :

Time to finish the final Layout:

Just a reminder for this layout: so you can Match your colors to this one:

Dark #1 is Navy Blue

Dark #2 is the Red

Light is the White

And Background in the teal

And Now:::

Are you ready

Take Clue #4 and Clue #5

And:

Ta Da – Your Finished Quilt!!

And because I wanted to quilt one:

Here is the deal - A6 needs a name!  I have one in mind, but sometimes other people have better ideas....  share with me your idea of a name for this Mystery.......  

And be sure to link up your Clue 4 progress if you want!   I will host one more link up next week for the final quilt photos if you wish ;-)

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Mystery A6 Clue #4

Are you ready???

Today is a big day.... it's time to start working with all the pieced we have cut and sewn!!

Clue #4

Are you ready??? It’s time to start laying out all of our pieces:

Just a reminder for this layout: so you can Match your colors to this one:

Dark #1 is Navy Blue

Dark #2 is the Red

Light is the White

And Background in the teal

Here is the Picture:

It is 7 blocks wide – and you are working on half of the quilt. –

Each block should measure 9 ½ inches if we stitched them right – and the background solid pieces being used, are the 9 ½ inch squares that you cut in step 1.

You will have extra pieces left – don’t worry – you have another clue ;-)

I stitched them all together, pressed to one side, and stitched these 4 rows together.

A PDF Copy is available in my Craftsy Store ( for Free)  
Click here :  Quiltygirls Craftsy Store  and look for Mystery A6 Clue #4

And a Link up for your Clue #3  :
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Mystery A6: A QOV Mystery: Clue #3

PS!!! If you copied this this morning  read through again - a change has been made in Step 1 part 2. THis change was made at 3pm colorado time - thank yoU!!

Clue # 3

Light #1 (or White in my Example)

Cut

1.    1 – 9 ½ inch Strip Width of Fabric

a.    Sub Cut into 4 - 9 ½ inch squares

2.    1 – 10 inch Strip Width of Fabric

a.    Sub Cut into 4 – 10 inch squares

3.    1 – 2 ¾ inch Strip Width of Fabric

a.    Sub Cut Using your Easy Angle Ruler – into 8 pairs of * Wings* ( like in clue 1 and 2)

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN EASY ANGLE: Cut 8 - 3 1/8 inch squares, Cut them on the diagonal for 16 *wings*

4.    Cut 2  - 5 inch squares ( I got one out of my scrap, and one out of the yardage)

Step 1

·         Take 3 of your 10 inch Light Squares, and 3 - 10 inch Background Squares.

o   Draw a diagonal on the back of one of them, stitch ¼ inch on either side of the line, slice and press open

·         Take 1 10in square of Dark #2 from Clue #2, take 1- 10 inch square of your light, and cut them down the diagonal. Pair these two together – stitch ¼ inch and press open - resulting in ONE HALF Square in Dark #2 and Light

·         Take the left over Light ½ square – take your left over ½ Background square ( from Clue#2). Pair these two together – stitch ¼ inch and press open

Step 2

Take your *Light Wings* and pair them with the 8 Background *Geese* ( cut in Clue 1) and make 8 flying geese.

Lay them out to make 2 Sawtooth Stars and stitch

*At the end of this clue you should have

7  - Light/background ½ squares

1 – Light/Dark #2 ½ squares

4 – Light 9 ½ inch squares

2 – Sawtooth stars – measuring 9 ½ inch 

For a PDF Version Click:   Quiltygirls Craftsy Store - Look for Clue #3

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Design Wall Monday!

Well it is really Sunday night as I am writing this cuz guess what??? I will be up early tomorrow - and I may forget! And then! I will be sad......

This is what is on my Design Wall Right Smack Now:

I think this is the final Layout - these are the Block Drive Blocks called the Log Cabin Triangle - all of these had the triangle turned opposite that the pattern - and Yet!!! I LOVE them!!!  Found a whole new way to use them!!!

And then Clue #2 - mine is all finished for my A6 Mystery 

This is the original That you are seeing in the clues:

and this:  ( Below)

Is my next one that I am stitching along with you!!

I switched up my colors a bit - so I could have fun too

And look

It's us!

We had a date night....

We weren't needed to chauffeur kids around

and the boys did all the chores

and they cooked them selves dinner

  and it felt really really weird 

I may have to go have another kid

Or cry in the corner????

Enjoy!!!

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Mystery A6 - A QOV mystery Clue #2

Clue #2

Dark #2 – Or Red in my Example

1.    Cut 1 strip Width of Fabric 9 ½ inches Wide

a.    Sub Cut into 4 – 9 ½ in squares

2.     Cut 2 WOF strips 10 inches wide

a.    Sub Cut into 8 – 10 inch squares

3.    Out of your scrap – cut   1  - 5 inch square

4.    Cut 1 – 2 ¾ inch WOF strip

a.    Use your easy angle ruler and cut 4 pairs of Wings

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN EASY ANGLE:   Cut 4 - 3 1/8 inch squares and Cut them on the diagonal for 8 *wings*

( ps the photo is missing the 1 - 5 inch square)

Step #2

1.    Take 5  Dark #2 10 inch Squares and 5 of your  Background 10 in Squares

a.    Draw a line diagonally on the back of the Background squares

b.    Stitch ¼ inch on each side of the line

c.    Slice and Iron.    Open

2.     Take 1 Dark #2 10 inch square and 1 Dark #1 ( navy in mine) , cut them diagonally , save the extra halves, and stitch one half together into a Dark #1 and a Dark # 2 square

3.    Take the remaining ½ square of Dark #2, and a 10 inch background square, cut on the diagonal, stitch together as a ½ square.

Step #3

1.    Take the 4 pairs of wings, and pair them with 4 of your background *geese* and make 4 2 ¾ inch by 5 inch flying geese

2.    Grab 4 background 2 ¾ inch squares, and your 5 inch Dark #2 square

3.    Make a Sawtooth Star

You should have

*1 Sawtooth Star

*11 Dark #2/BG ½ squares

*1 Dark #1/Dark #2 ½ square

For the PDF file you can find it here:    Alycias Craftsy site - look for Clue #2

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QuiltyGirl: Mystery A6 Clue #1 Finished

Got my Clue #1 done for the Mystery A6!!  I am doing another one ...it was just so much fun!

So for the Mystery Pattern that you are all following:


Dark #1 is Navy Blue and my Background is Teal

And for the Second one:

My Dark #1 is Navy Plaid and the Background is Creamy White ( Thanks Kim B!!)

All the clues can be found under the Tab above Mystery A6

Come Back Wednesday for Clue #2 !!!  And to link up your results from Clue #1


PS - If you are posting Photos to Instagram and use the hashtag #MysteryQuilts4Military   or #mysteryA6 I can check out your photos!!!

Enjoy!!

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Mystery A6 - A QOV Mystery - Clue #1

CLUE #1

Dark #1  ( Or Navy Blue In my Quilt)

1.    Cut 1 – 9 ½ inch strip Width of Fabric

a.    Sub Cut into 4 – 9 ½ inch squares

2.    Cut 2 – 10 inch Width of Fabric

a.    Sub Cut into 8 -10 inch squares

3.    Use one of the 10 inch square blocks – and cut 1 -  5 inch square.

IF YOU ARE USING AN EASY ANGLE RULER

4.    Cut 1  2 ¾ inch Strip Width of Fabric

a.    Cut 4 pairs of *Wings* using your  Easy Angle ruler

b.    OR!!!  If you are super scrappy  - you can cut these out of your leftovers from the 9 ½ and 10 inch blocks.

IF YOU ARE NOT USING AN EASY ANGLE:

Cut 4 - 3 1/8 inch squares and Cut them on the diagonal for 8 *wings*

Background Fabric (or funky teal in my quilt)

1.    Cut  4 – 10 inch strips width of Fabric

a.    Sub cut into 10 inch squares

2.    Cu t 4 – 9 ½ inch strips width of fabric

a.    Sub Cut into 9 ½ inch squares

3.    Cut 1 - 2 ¾ strip width of fabric

a.    Sub cut into 16 -  2 ¾ in square

                                             I got 14 squares from my strip, and used the scrap from the large squares to cut the last two.

IF YOU ARE USING THE COMPANION ANGLE

4    Cut  2 – 2 ¾  Strip WOF

a.    Sub Cut into 8 pairs of *Geese* using your Companion Angle Ruler

IF YOU ARE NOT USING A COMPANION ANGLE RULER

Cut 4 – 5 11/16 inch squares –Cut along the diagonal both ways ( so you come up with 8 pairs of *geese*

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You should have this cut from your Dark #1 

And this ( over to the right) from your Background 

Step #2

Take 6 of your 10 inch background squares and 6 of your 10 inch Dark #1 squares. Draw a diagonal line on the back of your background square. Stitch 1/4 inch on each side of the drawn line, Slice.  Press

You will have 12 – 9 ½ inch Half Squares

Step #3

Grab 4 (or 2 pairs) of your Background *Geese* and the 4 pairs of Dark #1 Wings.

Stitch them into flying geese. Your geese should measure 2 ¾ x 5 inches

Take the 1 Dark 5 inch square and 4 of the background 2 ¾ inch squares

Lay them out like this and stitch together.

At the end of this clue – you should have one 9 ½ inch Sawtooth Star, and 12 - 9 ½ inch half squares.   The extra's that you have cut will be used for future clues - so save them ;-)

You can also find the PDF version in my Craftsy Store ( for free)

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