I haven't had a chance to put my WonderCut Ruler to work yet, but I bet it would be much faster than taking two 4" squares, marking one diagonally, sewing a quarter-inch on each side of the line, cutting it in half, trimming it down to 3.5" and ironing them open. Whew... that made me tired just to type it all! ;)
Next I laid out one block to give you an idea of the layout. It will finish at 12" square.
To make it a little more easier to see, I broke the block into quarters. If you look closely, each quarter is exactly the same, only they're turned accordingly to form the spool block. Three HSTs and one 4-patch in each quarter. If you stack them all in one direction, sewing them together goes pretty fast!
I sewed the quarters up, sewed the quarters together to form the block and made a total of 4 blocks. Place the spools tilting all in one direction - in my case, to the left.
And ta-dah! The 4 bocks together form a 5th spool in the center. Obviously the more blocks you sew together, the more secondary spools will pop out. It's so cool! :)
I'm officially all ready for the mystery tomorrow. Half a dozen bobbins wound, new spool loaded, sharp needle and some back ups nearby. Fabric is all cut and in ziplock bags according to the clues. I know where my thread snips are, my rotary mat is clean. Yup! Now I just need to be able to fall asleep tonight. :)
Leah
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Leah, the secondary pattern is great! I do need to do this pattern...now just to pick out what color family of scraps to use and cut some squares...
Thanks for the detailed photos.
trish
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Thanks for the instructions. You just saved the the trouble of working it out for myself. :-) My plans for this weekend (after I finish the Pineapple Blossom top) are to pull all my blue/yellow scraps and to kit this top. It will be my new leaders/enders project.
Thanks so much for the instructions! I've been trying to find an "easy" way of doing spools without an inset seam and that would be "scrappy"
I LOVE these spools and the 5th spool it makes - way cool! I've always wanted to make a spool quilt and never have - wonder why! Maybe this will "inspire" me!
Hey there Leah, I saw your post on Stashbusters of your green and purples this weekend 4/15/07- and had a chance to "revisit" your past entries - and read this:
I haven't had a chance to put my WonderCut Ruler to work yet, but I bet it would be much faster than taking two 4" squares, marking one diagonally, sewing a quarter-inch on each side of the line, cutting it in half, trimming it down to 3.5" and ironing them open.
I know you like to give demos with photos and was wondering if you could with this ruler. I have heard of it but never seen it really used and want to know more about it. If you get time, think you could share a demo??? :c) ~Bonnie in SE Texas
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