It’s time to pick back up with the mystery quilt.

Get those pieces back out where you left off. This week we will be working with the two darker constants -

For the Blue/Gray quilt:

First -

We are going to make this block:

Find a light gray - a very light gray - could use very light blue if you wanted to - I used gray and a nice bright blue - different from your “constant” blue.

Cut a 1.5” strip out of the blue and 2 - 1.5” gray strips. Sew them together as shown below. Cut off 1.5” strips - (you are strip piecing again - like last week).

For each size this is how many you need to cut of the center segments:

lap - 9 segments
full - 15 segments
queen - 20 segments

You also need to cut from the light gray pieces - 1.5”x 3.5”

lap - 18 pieces
full - 30 pieces
queen - 40 pieces

Then using those pieces, make these blocks:

For each size of quilt this is how many of these blocks you will need:

lap - 9
full - 15
queen - 20

This little block finishes at 3.5” square at this point.

Secondly -

Now, let’s make two more small blocks - For these, you will use the “2 dark constants“ (dark gray and royal blue) PLUS a very light gray or very light blue - It will look like this:

Cut strips 1.5” - 2 in the royal blue and 1 light gray:

Do the same with your dark gray strips - cut 2 gray - 1.5” and 1 light gray - 1.5”.

You will make strip sets as shown..

Cut off segments in the same manner way as did with the first block show above.

lap - 6 of each colorway
full - 16 of the blue colorway, 15 of the dark gray
queen - 20 of each colorway

Now for each block, cut 2 strips - 1.5”x 3.5” in blue and dark gray. You need the cut this many for your quilt:

lap - 12 of each colorway
full - 32 of the blue colorway, 30 of the dark gray
queen - 40 of each colorway

Sew these together to make these blocks: These will be 3.5” square at this point.

You will need to make this many blocks like this: (of both the gray/light and the royal blue/gray: They will be 3.5” at this point.

lap - 6 of each colorway
full - 16 of the blue colorway, 15 of the dark gray
queen - 20 of each colorway

Today’s blocks look like this:

Get together a different small zipper type bag and put these last two blocks into it.

Now put everything back in your box and save everything - don’t get rid of those extra pieces!

For the Red/Brown/Gold:

We are going to make this block:

Find a light gray - a very tan or cream or off white and a nice bright red. The red should be different from your “constant” red. Use the brightest one you’ve got.

Cut a 1.5” strip out of the red and 2 - 1.5” light tan strips ). Sew them together as shown below. Cut off 1.5” strips - (you are strip piecing again - like last week).

Cut off 1.5”x 3.5” strips as shown on the left and right in the photo below. You can make them the same or different - just keep them light.

For each size this is how many you need to cut of the center segments:

lap - 9 segments
full - 15 segments
queen - 20 segments

You also need to cut from the tan pieces - 1.5”x 3.5”

lap - 18 pieces
full - 30 pieces
queen - 40 pieces

Then using those pieces, make these blocks:

For each size of quilt this is how many of these blocks you will need:

lap - 9
full - 15
queen - 20

This little block finishes at 3.5” square at this point.

Secondly -

Now, let’s make two more small blocks - For these, you will use the “2 dark constants“ (red and brown) PLUS a very light tan or cream - It will look like this:

Cut 2 strips 1.5” - 2 red and 1 light tan/cream:

The same with the browns/tans:

Cut 2 brown and 1 tan/cream:

Sew them together as shown below. Cut off 1.5” strips - (you are strip piecing again - like last week).

You need this many of each segment which looks like the picture just below these words:

lap - 6 of each colorway
full - 16 of the red colorway, 15 of the brown colorway
queen - 20 of each colorway

Cut 1.5”x 3.5” segments from the brown and red colors you are using - 2 per block as shown:

Lap - 12 strips
Full - 30 strips
Queen - 40 strips

Sew these together to make these blocks: These will be 3.5” square at this point.

You will need to make this many blocks like this: of both the red/light and the brown/light: They will be 3.5” at this point.

lap - 6 of each colorway
full - 16 of the red colorway, 15 of the brown colorway
queen - 20 of each colorway

Today’s blocks look like this:

When you have finished all these small blocks, pack up the finished pieces carefully and put with your other finished pieces from last week. I’d recommend keep these last two blocks separately in their own little zipper bag - just to not get them confused with the other little blocks you made today.

And that’s it for this week! Here’s a summary sheet in PDF form of what you need to do this week. Click on the photo of the puzzle below to get the pdf!