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Moving up the finish to today, we’ll construct block B and then I’ll show you the finished design. First, though, I got the numbering of the steps messed up, and I have now corrected it. Somehow I had two steps labeled as 7. The actual step 7 is making HSTs for block B, and step 8 is the Block A reveal. So if you don’t have eight steps before today, click on the category on the sidebar to catch any you may have missed.

Construct square in a square units from all the 3-1/2-inch HSTs (the ...

I hope that everyone is caught up with the easy clues over the past few weeks. Today’s clue is a bit more involved, but shouldn’t take a lot of time. I love seeing all your progress in our Facebook sharing group, check it out HERE on the blog page, and click on ‘visit group’. Be sure to answer the questions, especially the one that you agree not to play with mystery elements.

You knew we’d get to do some Half Square Triangles, right? This is the week! Gather your 5-inch scrappy squares and 5-inch background squares. Draw ...

Time for the next clue in the Scrap Dance Mystery Quilt Along for 2021!

This month is really simple. Get out all your 2-1/2-inch scrappy squares.

Make two-patches with all of them.

Chain piece for speed.

That’s it! This is a quick sew clue!! Here’s your pdf – Pachanga Step 3

Are you Scrap Dancing with Pachanga?

Ready for Step 2? Today we start sewing, and I’ve put the most time consuming step first.

Using the large 7-1/2-inch background squares, and the indicated amount of 4-inch scraps in the pdf download linked below, make flying geese using the no-waste method. Note you will NOT use all your 4-inch squares. Some of them will be used later. When I have a boring task like this to do, I like to use my lap desk and mark the squares while I watch TV to sew later. If you need the full tutorial on how to sew these ...

The Mystery Quilt Along begins today! Designing this mystery in EQ8, once I determined the final design, I began doing different colorations in the program to see which palette I wanted to work with. When I tried the vibrant brights, the pattern named itself, and I knew I had my project for this year. Pachanga is a vibrant, salsa dance with movement forward and back, left and right, energetic and lively, combining jazz and rock.

See what I mean with this video. Just click on the photo to start it.

The music and dance bring to mind the vibrant clothing ...

Hello, 2021! We woke up to a cold, grey, drizzling and foggy day, and expect it to rain most of today. I checked the veranda this morning, and the money was still there, so I hope I brought in good fortune for this year. We can all use some good fortune! I have no idea where this tradition came from, but my mother did it, so I do too.  You hide some money outside on New Year’s Eve, then bring the money into the house on New Year’s Day.  It is supposed to bring good fortune with it ...