Yep, there are MORE than a few parts to Clue #9, in fact I was joking w/one of my Quilty friends that Clue #9 of Old Town Mystery could actually be FIVE (5) Clues ALL rolled up into ONE! No Worries - we'll take it one piece at a time...kinda like eating an elephant...right?
After reading through ALL the instructions a couple of times, decided to construct ALL the sashings for BOTH Versions - Classic Bonnie & Patriotic, FIRST. I knew IF I didn't, I'd start putting blocks together and once complete, I'd take another look at those sashing instructions and put EVERYTHING away for 'another day'...which would not come for several YEARS, lol!
I must admit - once assembled CORRECTLY, these sashings are GORGEOUS, aren't they?
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| Sashings - Patriotic version |
Once the sashings were complete and I celebrated w/coffee and chocolate, it was time to move on to the Flying Geese units - these were a Piece 'O Cake after those UNFORGETTABLE Sashings...Bonus!
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| Flying Geese units - Classic Bonnie |
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| Flying Geese Units - Patriotic |
...and Finally - those cute lil corner units - again Easy/Peasy 'after' the other parts of this Clue!
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| Corner Units - Classic |
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| Corner Units - Patriotic |
A few pics of assembly:
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| Snowballing the corners of Sashing unit |
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Chain piecing HSTs for corner units - my differential feed came in handy
for this unit and especially for assembling the sashings and corner units |
Probly would've been done 'building' these units a day or so sooner
BUT, we had a snowstorm show up right when I was trying to cut/piece...
darn it! Had to do some scooping in between cutting/piecing/pressing/pruning:
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| 6"+ of that White Stuff! |
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| Snow pile - freshly scooped |
The first day got to scoop the sidewalks & driveway. The second day was the deck and 37 steps to quilting studio...it's time for coffee and chocolate...again ;-).
Later,
~Deb
