Sweet Freedom Mystery BIG Reveal!


Welcome to the BIG Reveal of our Sweet Freedom Mystery!


Sweet Freedom New Year 2020

 Fabric Units Required:
  • Clue #1 - RED/White/RED strip units = eight (8)
  • Clue #3 - Wonky Stars = four (4)
  • Clue #4 - Sweet Freedom Patriotic Panel w/border strips = one (1)
  • Clue #5 - Blue/White Flying Geese strip units = four (4)

Detailed Sewing Instructions:
Sew two (2) RED/White/RED strip units to each side of a 3 ½" x 36 ½” Blue/White Flying Geese strip unit, matching center = 12 ½" x 36 ½” Top/Bottom Border units.

Next:
Sew two (2) RED/White/RED strip units to each side of a 3 ½" x 48 ½” Blue/White Flying Geese strip unit, matching center = 12 ½" x 48 ½” Side Border units.

Attach Border units:
First - Sew the 12 ½" x 48 ½”  RED/White/RED Flying Geese strip units to each side of of the center bordered Sweet Freedom Panel:



Sweet Freedom Panel w/interior border lay-out

Next:  Sew four (4) 12 ½" Wonky Stars to each 'side' of the Top/Bottom border units = Wonky Stars in ALL four corners. I aligned the center stripes of my Wonky Stars vertically prior to attaching to the corners of each Top/Bottom border unit.  You may switch yours horizontally and/or a variety - most any combination will work out as an appealing layout.

Sweet Freedom Mystery w/four (4) corner Wonky Stars

Optional borders:
You may choose to finish your patriotic quilt without interior/perimeter borders.  I chose to add one (1) 2 ½" pieced patriotic strip border to the Top/Bottom of the bordered panel, prior to adding the final Top/Bottom borders.  

The advantage:  
For those who may not enjoy aligning the stripes of the RED/White/RED pieced border corner units where they meet vertically/horizontally at the corner of each Wonky Star, this is an alternative technique that is not only very forgiving, but pleasing as well, while allowing for varying panel sizing options.  This is where that +-1" Fudge-factor comes into play for those who may also have wonky panel measurements..quilter's choice!

Sewing Tip:
Take advantage of your feed dogs on your sewing machine by placing your quilt top next to the feed dogs, right side facing UP, w/borders on top - right sides 'together', to avoid stretching of your borders and easing in any possible fullness/unevenness of your borders.

Border Measuring Tip:
Use the measuring tips shared in Clue #4 to determine the final measurements of your perimeter side, Top/Bottom borders - if you choose to add those to your finished Sweet Freedom 2020 quilt.

 Additional Perimeter Borders:
I also chose to add 3 ½" Patriotic Blue perimeter borders because...I LOVE borders!  Again, quilter's choice ;-)
Sweet Freedom New Year 2020 w/Patriotic Blue Borders

Quilting:
My first Sweet Freedom New Year 2020 is getting quilted w/Victory E2E quilt design by My Creative Stitches in Vegas Gold Premo-Soft machine quilting thread - additional quilting pics/info available at this quilting blog - https://DoneByBettyBoop.blogspot.com

Sweet Freedom New Year 2020 - coming off the quilt frame!

Congrats!  You’ve just completed your Sweet Freedom New Year 2020 Quilt! 
Thank YOU to ALL of you for choosing to participate in our inaugural patriotic Sweet Freedom Mystery.  Each quilt created will be awarded to a Combat Service Member or Veteran to Honor their service and sacrifice for our country. 


Happy Quilting and a Very Happy Valentine's!
Deb Lindley
Illiana Quilts Of Honor 

 Sweet Freedom Mystery Facebook Group:  
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SweetFreedomMystery/ 
Sweet Freedom Mystery Info:

 Fabric Requirements 
Clue #1
Clue #2 
Clue #3
Clue #4
Clue #5 

UPDATE 3/6/2020:

Alternate design layouts...Enjoy!

Fabric strips replace our Flying Geese/Eagle units in perimeter borders

Elimination/addition of top/bottom panel strip units and/or reduction in size of corner block units allows for finished quilt size options

 I took advantage of all the great tips/tricks provided by Kari Schell/On Point Quilter in her Panel QUILTS! tutorial in Chapter 7 of the EQ8 Designing More Quilts book...Thanks, Kari!

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sweet Freedom Mystery RESUMES w/Twist ;-)

Image
Greetings Sweet Freedom Quilters, ANNOUNCEMENT: Sweet Freedom Mystery   RESUMES April, 2022! Over the past few months, we have received some incredible feedback/suggestions/recommendations . As a result, we have decided to embrace many of your ideas going forward... Thank YOU! FEEDBACK/SUGGESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS: Finished Quilt Sizes - in the beginning, we thought that giving 'finished' quilt sizes would be too revealing and potentially 'spoil' the mystery, and possibly 'limit' the quilter's creative potentional in choosing 'How To' finish. We will now be providing Finished Quilt Sizes and variations in sizing options whenever possible. Quilter's Choice in 'finishing' their patriotic quilt(s) based on 'their' Standards of Excellence requirements, still applies ;-) More Visual Aids for Cutting/Quilt Construction/Binding & Quilt Labeling - while most participants vol
Read more

Clue #1 of our Sweet Freedom Mystery is HERE!

Image
Are YOU ready? Ready to get started cutting/sewing on some Stunning Stars? Our January 2022 Sweet Freedom Mystery includes Stars - LOTS of 6" ( FINISHED in the quilt 'after' ALL the seam allowances have been sewn), which makes them 6 1/2" prior to being sewn into our quilt = I refer to this measurement as 'in-the-raw' .   Our 'We The People' panel quilt includes twenty-six (26) TOTAL of these 6" Sawtooth Stars. These are 6 1/2" in-the-raw Sawtooth Stars.  AccuQuilt GO! dies will be used throughout our Mystery Adventures whenever possible for cutting blocks.  The speed/accuracy provided by these cutting dies, IMHO, is second to none.  This is very much a personal preference - to each her/his own.  We will also include a direct web link to another alternative method for creating our Sawtooth Stars later in this blog post. AccuQuilt GO! Dies used to create the 6" FINISHED /6 1/2" in-the-raw quilt block pattern: GO! Square -
Read more

Clue #2 - Square Up/Sash

Image
Clue #2 of our February Sweet Freedom Mystery is ready! But first - time to square-up your panel(s) and add Red border sashings: Squared-up/Bordered out Prior to adding ANY borders, first things First.  IF you haven't already, now is the time to square-up/press your patriotic panel. Trimming the panel side Selvage panel trim Top/selvage trim Time to press w/Best Friend: Pressing is the Best w/Mary Ellen's ;-) Now that everything has been trimmed/squared & pressed, time to add some border sashing. I chose to add 2 1/2" in-the-raw (2" FINISHED) Red Star border sashing strips to each side of my panel - From my Red Star fabric I cut: (4) Four 2 1/2" Red Star fabric GO! Strip Cutter 2 1/2"  (2" FINISHED)  Die #55017 https://www.accuquilt.com/go-strip-cutter-2-1-2-2-finished-3-strips-die.html How to cut 2 1/2" strips w/AccuQuilt GO! strip cutter dies: Please Note:  You will need to determine the 'length' measurements of your sashing strip
Read more