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It is month five of the Scrap Dance mystery quilt along for 2023, and I hope you are having fun with this! For those just now finding this mystery quilt along, click on Scrap Dance Quadrille Step 1 for the overview with fabric requirements and cutting instructions, and then on Quadrille Step 2 for the first sewing step. The third month’s clue can be found at Scrap Dance Quadrille Step 3. April’s clue is at Scrap Dance Quadrille Step 4. Today is going to be fun, as we will have a partial reveal after our unit sewing.

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It is month four of the Scrap Dance mystery quilt along for 2023, and I hope you are having fun with this! For those just now finding this mystery quilt along, click on Scrap Dance Quadrille Step 1 for the overview with fabric requirements and cutting instructions, and then on Quadrille Step 2 for the first sewing step. The third month’s clue can be found at Scrap Dance Quadrille Step 3. Today we get a little farther along.

In making the pdf for this step, I have realized that I may have had you cut too much for the ...

Moving up the finish to today, we’ll construct block B and then I’ll show you the finished design. First, though, I got the numbering of the steps messed up, and I have now corrected it. Somehow I had two steps labeled as 7. The actual step 7 is making HSTs for block B, and step 8 is the Block A reveal. So if you don’t have eight steps before today, click on the category on the sidebar to catch any you may have missed.

Construct square in a square units from all the 3-1/2-inch HSTs (the ...

Time for the next clue in the Scrap Dance Mystery Quilt Along for 2021!

This month is really simple. Get out all your 2-1/2-inch scrappy squares.

Make two-patches with all of them.

Chain piece for speed.

That’s it! This is a quick sew clue!! Here’s your pdf – Pachanga Step 3

Are you Scrap Dancing with Pachanga?

Ready for Step 2? Today we start sewing, and I’ve put the most time consuming step first.

Using the large 7-1/2-inch background squares, and the indicated amount of 4-inch scraps in the pdf download linked below, make flying geese using the no-waste method. Note you will NOT use all your 4-inch squares. Some of them will be used later. When I have a boring task like this to do, I like to use my lap desk and mark the squares while I watch TV to sew later. If you need the full tutorial on how to sew these ...

The Mystery Quilt Along begins today! Designing this mystery in EQ8, once I determined the final design, I began doing different colorations in the program to see which palette I wanted to work with. When I tried the vibrant brights, the pattern named itself, and I knew I had my project for this year. Pachanga is a vibrant, salsa dance with movement forward and back, left and right, energetic and lively, combining jazz and rock.

See what I mean with this video. Just click on the photo to start it.

The music and dance bring to mind the vibrant clothing ...

It is a bit unusual to have a lot to tell about the garden in the beginning of winter, but we’ve had a few surprises since my last post on the garden. We have a pair of pileated woodpeckers that live in the woods surrounding our home, and we often hear their laughing calls. Occasionally we see one, but I was surprised to see this one hanging from the suet feeder, stuffing his beak.

Last Monday, we had a wonderfully clear evening for the Great Conjunction. I set the camera on a tripod, and attempted to get a good ...

First, I need to apologize to those of you who were on the Facebook live video yesterday.  I didn’t have my screen set properly so the comments were not scrolling.  So it looked like no one had anything to say, and as a result I ended the video too soon.  When I realized my mistake, I got back on live, but by then most had moved on to other things.  So, please accept my apology, and now that I know how to do this a bit better, next time will be better.  Let’s try again, Thursday, September 17 ...

Ready to do the Twist for this month?  If you are just now finding this quilt along, click on Scrap Dance Mystery The Twist to get the cutting instructions download.  Steps will post the third Friday of each month through the reveal in July, then we’ll finish the quilt in August.  The steps will only stay up on the blog until the end of summer, so be sure to get them as we go. If at anytime you think you’ve missed a step, just click on the Scrap Dance Twist category on the sidebar to see all the ...

Members of the Tarheel Piecemakers quilt club participated in a mystery quilt this year.  The pattern was designed by member Carole Carter (pattern here), and took about five-six months to complete. First, here is a group photo of all the participating members present at the Christmas party.

Carolyn Walberg did hers with a black background.

Here’s Velma’s.

Jan completed a table topper with a scallop edge.

Marti brought out the blues and greens.

Bonnie made two, one with a white background…

and one with black.

Sandy has an interesting border and edge treatment.

Bridget’s is so pretty ...