Sweet Tooth--Clues 2, 3, 4, 5 and part of 6--post 2

Clue number two

On the last day of April,  I finally made progress on Clue number two! I watched the video that Bill and Weeks made regarding this clue three times! I cut the pieces for one of the seven blocks I needed to stitch. May 1, I stitched it. It wasn't as difficult to do as I had told myself! I marked the units and stopped at six blocks instead of seven. It wasn't until I was working on clue four that I realized my error. 

Revised recipe

Since I thought I had completed clue two, I felt like I was on a roll. I watched the video for clue three. I reviewed the written instructions. The first step was to audition additional fabrics which created a transparency. I played with the pieces, second guessed myself and played some more. At one point, I thought let me look to see what Bill and Weeks did. . while that was good thought, it didn't help because my recipes are different from their recipes! I did complete the step in spite of my trepidation.

Clue three blocks

I spent parts of three days stitching the blocks. Stitching the blocks for clue three wasn't hard; but, I forgot to pay attention to the end size of the blocks.The day after I finishing the clue, I measured the blocks. I needed to amend two of the plaid like blocks and two of the rail fence blocks. Whew!

Part one of clue four blocks

Stitching accurate blocks is important because in the last mystery, we cut the blocks apart. In clue four, we cut the blocks from clue two! I was one block short. I cut it out and stitched it. Then I cut it apart and made the final blocks for part one of clue four. I'm happy with the transparency that I achieved.

Part two of clue four blocks

The second part of the clue four was to create more blocks cutting up the blocks I had made in clue three. I mostly achieved transparency. 

Part one of clue five blocks

I restitched part one of clue five several times as I was challenged getting close to the end size of the blocks. I hope that these will work into the final design. These were made cutting up clue four blocks.

Part two of clue five blocks

The second part of clue five blocks was to cut apart the blocks from clue one and to sew them back together. 

Part one of clue six

The first part of clue six was to cut part the blocks of clue six and sew those back together. Finally, I had sewn all the blocks. I put them on the design wall and will play around with the various options to find the layout that pleases my eye. 

Making progress on this mystery was goal number seven on my May list. Linking up with Carol at To Do Tuesday and Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts!