Sapphire Stars Surprise Clue!!!!

HEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

There's no time to rest!

Wait a minute!  Wait a minute!

Wake up you sleepy head!!!!!

Now, that's more like it!

Sophia Annabella is working on......

It's time to get busy on the

SURPRISE CLUE!!!!!!

Are you ready??????

If you are still working on Clue #3, continue to do so.

I promise you can handle this surprise clue

with no problems!

Please allow some time for the PDF to be completed for this surprise clue.

Heather didn't even know when this clue was coming!

Thanks for all you have done for this mystery

Heather of Peachy Pages!!!!!

As always, I trust you will make these units

the way you are most comfortable with.

Let's begin shall we?

For the surprise clue, you will need to cut the following:

6 Sets of 5(qty) 2.5" squares of Bright/Royal Blue

10(qty) random 2.5" squares of Bright/Royal Blue

68(qty) 1.5" squares of neutral

34(qty) 1.5"x2.5" neutral rectangles

Here are the 6 sets of 5(qty) 2.5" squares.

Please place 1 of each set of 5 aside for now.

So you will be working with the 4 remaining 2.5" squares

of each of the sets at this time.

You will also be working with your 10 random 2.5"

squares as well.

(Sorry, no pic of those.)

Next, take your 68 1.5" squares of neutral

and draw a diagonal line down the back of each one.

I used a small ruler, and a mechanical pencil

to mark my lines.

Place a 1.5" neutral square right sides together on top of 

a 2.5" Brilliant/Royal Blue square

and sew on the line.

Trim the excess off as I have done in the pic above.

Press toward the neutral.

Take your remaining 1.5" neutral squares

and place them on the corner closest

to the one you just sewed.

Chain piece them through your machine.

Trim excess.

Press toward the neutral that

was just added.

Sliver trim to 2.5" if needed.

Here are my 6 sets of 4.....remember to leave the 5th 

of each of those 2.5" squares of Bright/Royal blue alone for now.

And here are my 10 random 2.5" Bright/Royal Blue squares

with the neutrals sewn onto them.

I am calling these.....

"Up on the Housetop" blocks!

LOLOLOL

They look like little rooftops to me....

or

perhaps barn blocks?????

We are not quite done yet.....

Remember those 1.5"x2.5" neutral rectangles?

It's really easy to cut these if you have some

2.5" strips or 1.5" strips of neutral laying around somewhere!

We are going to add these to the bottom of our

previously made blocks.

(These are not all of my blocks...just a sampling of them.)

And there we go!
I pressed my neutral rectangles toward the blue,
however, it really doesn't matter.

Quick as that, we are done with this surprise clue!

(Again, these are not all of the completed blocks..

just a sampling.)

After this surprise clue,

you should have:

- 6 sets of 4 Bright/Royal Blue "Up on the Housetop" Blocks with a 

1.5"x2.5" neutral rectangle sewn to the bottom of them.

(The remaining 2.5" Bright/Royal Blue square from each set

 should remain untouched.)

It will help to keep these sets together with the remaining 2.5"

square of Bright/Royal blue.

- 10 random Bright/Royal Blue "Up on the Housetop" Blocks with a neutral

1.5"x2.5" neutral rectangle sewn to the bottom of them.

You can do it!  You can do it!  You can do it!

We are almost there!!!!!

The final steps for this mystery quilt

are in sight!

Thank you all for your kind words and enthusiasm!

I hope you are enjoying this mystery?

Here are the links to previous clues:

Intro to Sapphire Stars   PDF to Intro

Clue #1     PDF to Clue #1

Clue #2     PDF to Clue #2

Clue #3     PDF to Clue#3

Thanks for all of the encouragement!

Keep on Quilting!

Kevin the Quilter