Marigold Mystery-- post 2

 

Scraps

The last two weeks of October, I spent a little time several times a day working on clue number three of the Marigold Mystery. I printed the clue and I pulled my bag of scraps.

Sho-fly parts

It took me a couple days to cut the pieces for the clue. I cut the fabrics for the little sho-fly blocks first. I liked stitching them. 

Square in a square parts

The easiest fabrics to cut were the ones for the square in a square block. I realized as I was stitching the first block that I had misread the cutting instruction for the large square and had cut it too big. Whew! Better to be too big than too small! It didn't take long to correct the error. 

Plus blocks parts

The last set of blocks I cut, were the plus blocks. I stitched these blocks last. They went together fairly quickly. I did remix the parts a bit so I had a little better contrast of the blocks.

Finished blocks for clue three

In the end, I enjoyed seeing the finished blocks on the wall. I smile when I saw them together.

All the finished blocks

Of course, I needed to see all the blocks that I've stitched so far together too! It took me about a week to stitch the blocks. Some days, I could sit for sewing a partial block. Other days, I made a couple blocks. 

Spool parts and background fabric pieces ready to stitch

The clue for November was to turn some of those blocks into spools! What a fun way to showcase these blocks! I wonder if all of the blocks will become spools! I pulled my fabrics and began cutting the pieces. Once I cut the pieces, it was time to start piecing the spools.

First spool block

It was a bit fiddly to match that diagonal seam to each of the four corners. Sometimes close was good enough!

Nine large spool blocks

I pieced nine large spool blocks. When I finished those, I began piecing nine medium sized blocks into spools. 

All the pieced spool blocks for November

While I could have continued piecing spool blocks, I will wait for the next clue in December! I am wondering what the final layout of the project will be! Being caught up on the clues for this mystery feels GREAT! Making progress on this mystery was goal number six on my November list.

Linking to: Oh Scrap, Sew & Tell and To Do Tuesday.