Welcome to Week 3 of the Christmas Mystery Quiltalong - a quick, fun quiltalong where we'll be making a table topper, just in time for Christmas!
Thank you to all of you who already showed me photos of your week 1 four patches and week 2 hourglasses!
Proposed Schedule for the Christmas Mystery Quiltalong
Week 1 - Wednesday 23rd November - Materials Needed and First Step
Week 2 - Wednesday 30th November – Second step
Week 3 - Today! -Third step
Week 4 - Wednesday 14th December - Final instructions!
Christmas Mystery Week 3
There is no cutting this week, just sewing!
We're going to be using:
Christmas Mystery Week 3 Sewing
Take four hour glass blocks, two four patches, two 4 1/2" squares of background fabric and one 4 1/2" square of fabric A
Arrange them as in the picture below:
Christmas Mystery Week 3 Sewing Step 1
Sew the blocks together in rows as per the picture below:
Press. (I pressed away from the hour glasses, but it doesn't really matter)
Christmas Mystery Week 3 Sewing Step 2
Sew the rows together as per the picture below:
And now we have a block!
Make three more of these blocks for a total of four blocks.
That is it for this week!
Happy sewing!
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