| | |

Valentine’s Mystery Quilt-a-Long #1

Valentines Mystery Quilt-a-longIt’s not too early to start making for Valentine’s Day!  We love the hidden X’s and O’s in our Candy Shoppe Quilt and have always wanted to do a Valentine’s theme with this design.  For our mystery project, we’ve mixed it up a little.  Our original X and O blocks have been recreated with a different method and in a different size.  We’ve also added an extra little block friend.  Today, we’ll share how to make each block, and in the coming weeks we will walk you through the project start to finish.  Would you like to quilt along with us??  penny rose fat quartersWe started with 8 fat quarters from Penny Rose’s Milk, Sugar, and Flower line, and 1.25 yards of our favorite off-white solid from Moda.cut stripsFor these blocks, you will need 1.5″ and 2.5″ strips of each fat quarter and the solid white.  A variety of pinks and reds will look fabulous!

Fat Quarters Cut List:
-(76) 2.5″ squares- cut 10 of four of the prints and 9 of the rest
-(44) 1.5″ squares- cut 5 of four of the prints and 6 of the rest

White Cut List:
-(54) 2.5″ squares
-(28) 2.5″ x 4.5″
-(13) 2.5″ x 6.5″
-(88) 1.5″ x 3.5″
-(88) 1.5″ x 1.5″

The Dot Block

Dot Block 1

For each Dot Block, you’ll need two 1.5″ x 3.5″ white rectangles, two 1.5″ white squares, and one 1.5″ print square.Dot Block 2Sew the two white squares to the center print square and press seams.Dot Block 3Then sew the rectangles to the center strips.  Press seams, and you have yourself a cute little Dot Block.  Make 44 of these, using a variety of prints for the center square.

The “O” Block

O Block 1For the “O” Block, you will need six 2.5″ white squares, four 2.5″ x 4.5″ white rectangles, one 2.5″ x 6.5″ rectangle, and 8 2.5″ squares of a variety of prints.O Block 2Sew each row together as pictured above.  Press seams toward the prints.  This will help you nest the seams in the next step.O Block 3Sew the rows together, and press the seams.  Lovely!  Make 5 total.

The “X” Block

X Block 1For the “X” Block, you need six 2.5″ white squares, two 2.5″ x 4.5″ white rectangles, two 2.5″ x 6.5″ white rectangles, and nine 2.5″ squares of various prints.X Block 2It’s pretty much the same as the “O” Block from here on out.  Sew the rows together and press seams toward the prints.X Block 3Sew the rows together and press.  And there’s the “X” Block, simple as that!  Make 4 total.Valentines Mystery Quilt-a-long 2Once again, you will need 44 Dot Blocks, 5 “O” Blocks, and 4 “X” Blocks.  Get sewing your blocks!  Make sure to come back here next week, when we will show you how all these blocks go together.  Happy quilting!signature

For Week #2, visit here!

For Week #3, visit here!

Similar Posts

22 Comments

  3. I love the clean look of these blocks. I plan to use a different color palette and do some strip piecing, but will participate. What is the finished size of the top, please?

    Reply

  4. What size will this be when finished? If I wanted to do just a small “lap” size how many blocks/ amount of each material would I need ( or another way, how much of each material is needed for each of the two blocks). Thanks so much for any info you could provide

    Reply

    1. We are sharing the finished size as part of the next installment, so check back next week! We can say that this won’t be as big as a lap quilt, so you would need to make extra blocks.

  9. Pingback: So many projects, so little time! | Snowy Quilter

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *