Malcolm's Mystery Quilt

Part 2

by Cindy Jones

This quilt pattern was the first I developed as a Mystery Quilt. The design is very simple and suitable for even the novice quilter. I would like to take this opportunity to thank those who have volunteered to "test drive" my mystery quilt pages. If you have questions you can e-mail me at mcmjones@hawk.igs.net. I hope you enjoy doing this quilt as much as I enjoyed designing it.

NOTE: That this pattern does not include directions for pressing as rule. It is recommeded that you read through the steps prior to beginning to see how best to offset the seams.

Step 2 - Now we begin to SEW

Take the 4 pieces of LBlue measuring 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches.
Set these aside. You have completed the first 4 squares, I told you this was EASY!

Step 3 - NOW we begin to sew!

Using the 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 Yellow & Blue (you have 16 of each), place them right side together
Place the ruler's 1/4 inch line across the square on the diagonal, draw a line across the square
Rotate the ruler 180 degrees, and draw another line
Sew on both the lines you drew, and then cut on the true diagonal
Repeat 15 more times to produce a total of 1 1/2" squares
Press them flat with half the seams towards the yellow and the other half towards the blue
Oh come on, that wasn't that bad;
Was it?

Step 4 - Some assembly required

Sew the squares together in pairs with offset seams such that, they form rectangles with the LBlue in the centre forming a triangle.

You will have 16 rectangles (2 1/2" x 1 1/2") when done

Step 5 - Rectangles and Triangles

Divide the Rectangles created in Step 4 into 2 piles of 8.
Set one of these piles aside
We will use the 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" Yellow Squares and the second pile.
Place a yellow square right side up
On this square place a rectangle wrong side up, such that the long side side that is all yellow is matched up to the right side of the square.
Sew, Open, Press the seam toward the yellow square

Step 6 - New Rectangle

Place the rectangle created in step 5 face up such that the blue triangle is on the left
On this square place a rectangle wrong side up, such that the long side side that is all yellow is matched up to the right side of the square.
Sew, Open, and Press the seam toward the Yellow square

Step 7 - Play it again, Sam

Repeat Steps 5 and 6 three more times
You will then have 4 rectangles that look like this.

Step 8 - Now we begin to SEW

We will use 8 Yellow/L Blue Rectangles created in Step 4
We will also use 16 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" L Blue squares
Attach a LBlue Square to either end of the rectangle, so that they look like the image below.

Repeat for a total of 8 long rectangles
Press the seams towards the Blue squares

Step 9 - More Assembly!

You will need every piece previously manufactured which contains yellow
Use one large rectangle and two of the smaller ones
Sew them together such that they form a yellow star and create a large 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" square
Repeat for a total of 4 stars

Step 10 - Almost done

You will need the stars created in the previous step
Then locate the 4 LBlue 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" strips (grab the 4 LBlue 6 1/2" x 2 1/2" strips as well, you will need them too!
Sew 1 LBlue 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" strip to any side of a star (creating a 4 1/2" x 61/2" rectangle)
Sew 1 LBlue 6 1/2" x 2 1/2" strip to either long side, creating a 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" Square
Repeat 3 times (thus you now have 4 large squares)
Press everything flat

Next Page, we continue to sew!

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