The neighbor kids made this snowman a couple days ago. He’s was cute but now I guess he’s looking a little worse for wear. Looks like he lost an eye. I’m surprised one of the local wildlife hasn’t taken off with his carrot nose. I was hoping to feature a pouch of french fries but I don’t know how to get that image other than if I actually took a picture. A lot of this techy stuff just does not compute to my addled brain. And of course I waited until today to try and find one instead of figuring it out before hand. So I settled for a next door snowman! Oh well, it is what it is!
So here we are with a raft of new people wanting to join in the mystery. Welcome newbies! I hope you have fun. Just follow along with the directions and pictures and you should be fine. No apologies, but I still like to do things the old way……love my HST (half square triangles)! If you have another way to make them (like the 8 at a time method) I have an opportunity for you but you’ll have to figure out the measurements yourself. When I see the draw the line and sew on either side I just cut it in half and sew it up. Makes for one less step in my mind. We will be doing some of that line drawing too but not for HST’s. Just do what makes you happy!
I didn’t get a lot of response naming this quilt. It pretty much was a tie between Scrappy French Fries and Funky French Fries so I got to pick. And so with no typical quilty names….Scrappy French Fries it is. When we’re done maybe you’ll see what I mean with the name.
Well let’s get started! We’ll get the boring stuff done first. Actually I don’t think it’s boring but some do. I love chaining all the pieces together……assembly line! Then making sure I have different combinations. No matchy matching….I just audition those scrappy bits so there is a good mix. I don’t want any blocks the same if I can help it. Here we go!
Scrappy French Fries – 2025 Mystery
Again, you have two sizes to choose from: 63″ x 81″ and 81″ x 81″ in ( ).
You will need approximately 2 yd. (3 yd.) of Background fabric and
2 yd. (2 1/2 yd.) of Border fabric
Cutting Instructions:
Assorted colored scraps:
96 (112) 2 3/4″ squares
4 (12) 3 1/2″ squares OR these can be the same and will be flower centers
12 (36) 4″ squares OR If you choose to – 4 (8) will be leaves for flowers and can be appropriate color and 8 (24) will be flower petals – multiples of 2 or all the same color
6 (8) Different 10″ squares
16 (16) assorted 2 1/2″ x 5″ strips
16 (16) assorted 2 1/2″ x 9″ strips
16 (16) assorted 2 1/2″ x 12″ strips
Background Fabric:
96 (112) 2 3/4″ squares
4 (12) 3 1/2″ squares
32 (32) 3 3/4″ squares
24 (28) 5 1/2″ squares
6 (8) 10″ squares
12 (16) 2 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ strips
Border Fabric:
4 (12) 3 1/2″ squares
24 (28) 5 1/2″ squares
Remaining fabric will be used as 4 1/2″ border strips to be cut later
Scrappy French Fries – Clue #1
- Using 2 3/4″ assorted colored squares and 2 3/4″ background squares, sew together as shown to make a 4 patch. Press to dark. Should measure 5″ square. Make 48 (56).
- Using 5 1/2″ background and 5 1/2″ border squares that have been cut on one diagonal to make HST, sew together as shown. Press to dark and trim to 5″. Make 48 (56).
- Sew one four patch and one above patch together a shown, making sure that they are in the correct position. Sew all 48 (56) units.
Sew two units together as shown to make 24 (28) Hour Glass blocks. Press and trim to 9 1/2″.
Simple enough!
That’s it for now. We’ll get into some more interesting adventures next month!
Stay tuned until Feb. 12th for Clue #2
Until then…….Happy Quilting!
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