Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Clue #9 of Old Town Mystery - Building those MULTIPLE Units ;-)

 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?

Sashings - Classic Bonnie version


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!

Flying Geese units - Classic Bonnie



Flying Geese Units - Patriotic


...and Finally - those cute lil corner units - again Easy/Peasy 'after' the other parts of this Clue!

Corner Units - Classic


Corner Units - Patriotic


A few pics of assembly:

Snowballing the corners of Sashing unit


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:

6"+ of that White Stuff!


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

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