Wyoming Breezes

seventy-two HSTs I worked on the second clue of the A11 mystery QAL during a FaceTime call on October 25th and tackled clue 3 during the call on Sunday, November 1st.  clues 1 and 2 of the A11 mystery quilt along October 2020 I probably should have chosen a more "medium" red rather than this "darker" one. It's hard to select fabrics for a mystery quilt - not knowing which fabrics are going to be placed together. clues 1 -3  November 2020 It's nice to have clues that can be completed in one or two hours. 

Scrap Dance Twist 61 x 73 inches QOV #180 I like this pattern and plan to make a more patriotic version. It was a fun mystery quilt along.

one block of Scrap Dance Twist May 2020 Clue six for the  Scrap Dance Twist  QAL was released on Friday, and I worked on the clue during a Face Time call on Sunday afternoon. The clue resulted in ten completed blocks. ten completed blocks

A10 - Pointed Fun mystery QOV completed 69 x 76 inches Quilt of Valor #179 The final clue for the A10 - Pointed Fun mystery QOV was released last Wednesday. So far in 2020, I have met my goal of sewing two Quilts of Valor per month.

clue #5 completed April 2020 The individual pieces are starting to become larger units for Scrap Dance Twist mystery QAL. I worked on these units during a FaceTime call with Marilyn and Brenda on Sunday afternoon.

clue #4 April 2020 Clue #4 of Pointed Fun resulted in a completed middle section of the quilt.  The edges of the quilt, specifically the cornerstones, will be trimmed flush with the setting triangles before adding the final border.

April 2020 Clue #3, released last Wednesday, placed all the churn dash blocks on point in five rows with sashing and cornerstones, if desired. I like how the colored cornerstones break up the sashing and add another design element to the top. The next clue will be published today and will probably include cutting and sewing the setting triangles to the rows and then sewing the rows together. This mystery has been quick and easy. I like the look of this mystery Quilt of Valor.

forty four-patch blocks completed April 2020 Originally, the clues for Scrap Dance Twist were scheduled to be released monthly, but due to most of the country being under Stay at Home orders to flatten the COVID-19 curve, the clues will be released twice a month on the first and third Fridays. project basket with completed clues and fabrics cut for future clues.  I'm happy to have two mystery quilts in the works and pleased that I'm keeping up with the clues.

four completed churwndash blocks with red background April 2020 Clue #2 for the mystery QAL - Mystery A10 - Pointed Fun - resulted in four additional churn dash blocks, made with red fabrics. The nine blue blocks were completed for clue #1

nine, churn dash blocks March 2020 Clue #1 of Pointed Fun was released and completed on Wednesday. Marilyn and I sewed together via Face Time in the afternoon: she worked on a pieced quilt border while I assembled the nine, churn dash blocks for the mystery QAL. The blocks are 13 inches unfinished.

Scrap Dance Twist March clue complete March 2020 It didn't take long to complete the March clue for this mystery QAL. I'm making a throw size quilt using the directions given on From My Carolina Home blog . The clues are released on the third Friday of each month - the final reveal will be in August.

fabric cut and ready to sew Mystery A10 - Pointed Fun March 2020 Alycia ( Quilty Girl ) started another QOV mystery, and since I have no place to go, I will sew, I will sew, I will sew. . . The clues will be published weekly on the Mystery Quilts 4 Military group on ioGroups.

Scrap Dance Twist February clue complete March 2020 Carole ( From My Carolina Home ) started a new mystery in January. I saved the clues to work on later, and now that I'm helping flatten the curve of COVID-19 by staying home, I decided to work on the mystery. The clues are easy and are released on the third Friday of each month for seven months. Previous and future clues can be found here . The clues are removed from her blog after the mystery is solved, so if you're interested in working on the quilt later, SAVE the clues. January's clue was to select fabric and cut into the required units. This mystery uses a lot of charm squares and 4.5 inch squares, too. I decided to make the throw sized and use the over abundance of fabric I purchased for Tavern Blues . I used the same fabric to make another one of Carole's mysteries - Square Dance . February's clue (shown in the photo) results in 80 two-patch units.

Winter Mystery QAL 60 x 72 inches Quilt of Valor #171 The final clue for the mystery QAL was released on Wednesday and looked like this . . . final clue to the Winter Mystery QAL The final design didn't appeal to me, so I began playing around with the blocks in the middle section. an layout idea that I considered Even though I liked this layout better, it still was not pleasing to my eye: it looked disjointed. When I saw  Cindy's photo , I knew that was how I would sew the blocks together. This was a fun and quick mystery.

top section is the completed clue for Hour 4 bottom section is the completed clue for Hour 3 December 2019 I don't know how these two sections will be used, but I'm guessing they will be attached to each other as shown. The remaining stack of blocks contain quite a few red HSTs, and some blue ones, too. I can't anticipate how Alycia is going to incorporate the remaining blocks - that's why this is a Mystery Quilt Along.

Day one through six blocks Tiny Tree QAL Temucla Quilt Company December 2019 Yesterday, I spent some time getting caught up on the Temucla Quilt Company Christmas Quilt Along. A few years ago, I enjoyed working on their Twelve Days of Christmas mini quilt  (the clues are still available), so I knew I would enjoy this one. Each block in the photo is 2 3/4 inches square. They are all perfectly square, but my photo angle shows some of them a bit askew. I rarely work with tiny fabric bits. I don't know what the finished project looks like, but I'm assuming it's a Christmas tree. It measures 12 x 14 inches. The clues up to this point can be found on the following links. The rest of the clues are released daily.     Fabric Requirements     Day One     Day Two     Day Three     Day Four     Day Five     Day Six

four rows sewn together Clue #3 November 2019 The Winter QAL Mystery is starting to take shape. Last week's clue involved sewing four rows of the quilt top together. I didn't anticipate this design, and now I wonder how the rest of the HSTs will be used. I've used the living room floor for a design area until last week. I found a large, new, flannel-back table cloth at Goodwill for $1. A few push pins near the ceiling were used to hang the table cloth; now, I don't have to crawl around on the floor to lay out quilt blocks.  It's not technically a design wall, but for apartment living, it is the next best thing.

trimming and squaring HSTs for Clue 2 November 2019 Alycia's clues are based on when her hour timer goes off. Obviously I'm in a slower gear because I finished sewing the 64 HSTs in an hour, but the pressing and trimming are pushing me closer to two hours per clue. Trimming is only removing slivers or less than an 1/8 inch in some places, but squaring and trimming makes a quilt more accurate. An 1/8 inch can throw everything off. The Hour 3 clue is being released today, so I'd better hustle and finish trimming the HSTs on the right.

Clue #1 completed November 2019 Alycia published the first clue for the Winter Quilt-a-Long last week on her blog. She also leads an online group that makes Quilts of Valor. This is the fifth QAL I've made with the group. The other mystery quilts were:       Lone Rider     The Patriot     Star Struck     Criss Cross     For the Winter QAL mystery, I am using the three fabrics shown in the photo. Alycia told the group that none of the pieces would be smaller than 6.5 inches, so the quilt is beginner friendly. Her clues are easy to follow, and for this QAL, she timed herself as she made the quilt, so each clue takes approximately an hour. Clue #1 took me longer than an hour because I was using some odd cuts of fabric, and I did not press the fabric before starting. Anyone can join in the fun. All the clues will be published here  on Alycia's blog every Wednesday until the mystery is solved.

sewing Clue #5 of Square Dance QAL May 2018 Clue #5 for the Square Dance QAL was released on Friday. This clue involved sewing two units together. oops - six units sewn together incorrectly It was an easy clue, but somehow I got distracted and sewed six units together incorrectly.   Out came the seam ripper, and within a half an hour all the units were sewn correctly and pressed. awaiting the final clue Next month, the newly created units and the nine-patches will somehow be turned into a quilt top, and the Square Dance QAL will be finished. If you are interested in making this quilt in the future, you'd better download the clues, because they will be removed from Carol's site after the reveal. Square Dance clues 1 - 5