The January clue in the Macaron Mystery from Meadow Mist Designs, was in two parts.
The first was to add a “Snowball” corner to the HST’s that we made previously.
The process was easy…..
Place a small square in the corner of the HST, draw a line on the diagonal, and then sew…
I would normally cut the excess off now, but instead, I have learned to iron the piece out first…..
Ironing before you cut means that there is not as much stress put on the bias!!
When you are sure that everything looks good, THEN you cut the excess fabric off of the back….
The result is a perfect Snowball Block….
The final step for the month was to piece two of the Flying Geese blocks together to form a larger unit…..
If you remember from my November post, I had some trouble with these flying geese blocks and many were slightly too small on one side…..
To take care of this, I carefully lined up the two flying geese blocks and then ironed them together before sewing…..
That simple step made them SO much easier to piece and they look okay…..
Now it is all back in the box…..
…..patiently waiting for the final clue.
I can’t wait to see how it turns out!!!!
Do you like to participate in mystery quilts??