Sapphire Stars Final Clue #5!

Well Scrappy Quilters!

It is time for the fifth and final clue in our "Sapphire Stars" mystery quilt!

If you have made it this far, you might as well keep on going and finish this quilt top!
Not to mention, quilt, bind, and label it!

This clue comes from a spirit of scrappiness, and as you all know, my personal goal is to make a quilt as scrappy as possible.  With this in mind, this is how I personally worked this clue.  If you know of a more simple way that is up to you.  I only ask one thing, don't bash the scrappy quilter here! LOL
I am an unpaid quilter that is only wishing to share his passion with his fellow artists.

Keeping it as simple as possible.....

Here we go!

For this clue you will need:

12 Red (All shades of red) 6.5" Squares

12 Yellow (All shades of yellow) 6.5" Squares

24 6 7/8" Neutral Squares

We will also need our

24 light blue 1.5" x 6.5" strips

and

24 bright blue 1.5" x 6.5" strips

These were cut in clue #3.

(If you haven't cut these strips yet, just cut them now....

we will wait for you.....LOL)

Let's begin!

Take your red and yellow squares and cut them 

twice on the diagonal.

(Yellow squares not pictured.)

Like this........

You will now have a total of 

48 Red quarter square triangles

and

48 Yellow quarter square triangles

Next....

Bring out those 1.5 x 6.5 strips of light and bright blues

Pair the light blue strips with the red triangles

like this.

Pair the bright blue strips with the yellow triangles

like this.

MAKE SURE the bottom remains even

 as pictured in the photos.

We want that tall tip at the top.

We will be sewing these units just like this.

Please don't worry about that strip being a little longer

than the top of the triangles.....we will take care of that later.

Sew the strips to one side.....

Press toward the strip.

(For both red and yellow triangles)

Here is a view from the reverse side

of some of the yellow triangles.

(Do this for both red and yellow triangles.)

We are half way there with this part.

Lay the other quarter square triangles on

the other side just like this.

Sew another quarter square triangle

to the other side of the strip.

Make sure you have the triangle positioned

correctly.

(Do this for both red and yellow triangles.)

Once again, press toward the strip.

Here is a reverse side view to help you.

Hmmm.....what should we call these at this point???

Dragonfly units???  Broom units????

LOLOLOLOL

We aren't quite done yet......

Take these units to your cutting table.

Line them up as best as possible on your lines like this......

the lines are used simply for reference marks.

Now place a ruler that has a diagonal line

on top of the unit.  Refer to the photo above.

We are going to trim that extra strip off.

Do this to both the yellow and red triangle units.

Chop!  Chop!

Just like that!

I added some length to the strip because I wanted

to allow some room for error for myself.

It DOES NOT bother me that the extra is waste.

Truth be told, not all of my strips are "perfectly" centered.

Please do NOT report this to the quilting police????? LOL

Pretty simple, right?

I am SURE this can be made as one block

and cut down the center.....but, as I said before,

I want my quilts to be as scrappy as possible and

ALL of my yellows, reds, and both shades of 

blues are different.
I did this by using one quarter square triangle
as a template for cutting the rest from
various red and yellow scraps of fabric.

I know.......call me crazy!

You won't be the first that has! LOLOL

Are we done??????

Not quite yet......

We need to add something to these!

We need to add another side to these units we just made.....

you can use a variety of tools to get that other side

cut appropriately.

I chose to use the easy angle ruler to get mine cut.

and you know why........variety, variety, variety

of neutrals! LOL

However, if you cut a 6 7/8" square of neutral

on the diagonal once, that will work out just fine.

24: 6 7/8" squares of neutral

cut once on the diagonal will yield

the 48 half squares of neutral we need to 

complete this last unit.

Align your yellow units with a neutral......

they will only fit one way....

and chain piece them through the machine.

Do the same with your red units.

I do finger(nail) press because I feel it gets the

crease down to the thread 

where it needs to be when pressing with an iron.

Press toward the yellow and red, away from the neutral.

This may seem wrong to you, but, it

will help with nesting seams in the final assembly of

the quilt top.

You should now have:

24 yellow half square triangles

and

24 red half square triangles.

Trim to 6.5" squares.

I did not have to trim much at all.

I just had to lay out some units to see what they

would look like.......and

I think I may have to make a quilt like this some day!

There you have it!

I am going to give you all a day or two to 

chomp away at this clue.

Also, it's a nice feeling keeping you 

in suspense.

LOLOLOLOL

I promise to share with you all

the last steps of this mystery in a few days.

Get this unit made so you can 

join in the final reveal of....

Here are ALL of the links to this mystery:

Sapphire Stars Intro
INTRO PDF

Clue #1
Clue #1 PDF

Clue #2
Clue #2 PDF

Clue #3
Clue #3 PDF

Surprise Clue #4
Clue #4 PDF

Clue #5 PDF

Thanks to Heather for all of the PDF's!
You have done an amazing job on all of them!

Thanks for all of the encouragement!

Keep on Quilting!

Kevin the Quilter