Second Mystery Quilt — First Hint!

this is total fabric needed — scrappy or all one fabric

Queen Size (approx. 87” x 95”)
2.7 meter Fabric D (dark)
4.5 meter Fabric L (light)
1.4 meter Border Fabric (can be combination of Fabrics D and L)

Lap Size (approx. 53” x 70”)
1.1 meter Fabric D (dark)
1.7 meter Fabric L (light)
1 meter Border Fabric (can be combination of Fabrics D and L)

NOTES ABOUT CUSTOMIZING YOUR FABRIC PULL FROM CHERYL:

Traditional 2-color quilts often used white + 1 solid color. The idea of this mystery quilt is to use 2 different color fabrics, but anything goes as far as your choice of colors as long as you have a good contrast. You can make this scrappy or not. Blocks will be constructed using strip piecing method and the project will involve pressing to the darker fabric and nesting those seams to get “perfect points” (or whatever is perfect enough for you!) I’m using green and white. 

BLOCK 1 – Nine Patch

Finished Block Size 6”x 6” (unfinished 6.5″ x 6.5″)

Block 1 is a nine patch with Fabric D (dark) in four outside corners and centre and Fabric L (light) in remaining four squares

(Queen – make 90 blocks, Lap – make 35 blocks)

Cutting: Cut all strips 2-1/2” wide x WOF (your strips will be 2-1/2x approx.42).
Queen Fabric D (dark) 30 strips Fabric L (light) 24 strips
Lap Fabric D (dark) 13 strips Fabric L (light) 11 strips

Sew strips right sides together using a 1/4″ seam allowance and pressing seams towards the darker color. Make sets as follows:
Queen Size 12 sets of D-L-D (dark-light-dark) 6 sets of L-D-L (light-dark-light)
Lap Size 5 sets of D-L-D (dark-light-dark) 3 sets of L-D-L (light-dark-light)
They should look like this (also should measure 6-1/2” wide in case you want to check):

Then cut these strips crosswise into 2-1/2” rows. Your rows will look like this:
L-D-L Lap – sub-cut 35 pcs. 2-1/2”wide
Queen – sub-cut 90 pcs. 2-1/2”wide

D-L-D Lap – sub-cut 70 pcs. 2-1/2”wide
Queen – sub-cut 180 pcs. 2-1/2”wide
(note – Only sub-cut quantity required – remaining pieces of strip pieced units can be used for block 2)
Sew your rows together into blocks, still using a 1/4″ seam allowance and pressing seams away from centre of block (press seams towards strips with darker corner blocks):
At this point, your block should measure 6-1/2 x 6-1/2″
(includes 1/4″ seam allowance around the outside).

Download first hint as a pdf