Sweet Freedom Mystery

March is the beginning of our  'Twister Season'  in the  MidWest  - now is a good time to create some  Twister/Pinwheel  blocks for our March 2022 Sweet Freedom Mystery : Blue/White Pinwheel block Pinwheels: Thirty-two (32)   6 1/2"  in-the-raw Blue/White Pinwheels,  (6" FINISHED) GO!  Half-Square Triangle,  (3" FINISHED) ,  Die #55017 https://www.accuquilt.com/go-half-square-triangle-3-finished-square-die.html As most know - there are a gazillion ways to cut/sew HSTs into Pinwheel blocks - here are a couple: Fellow Blogger shares basic instructions on  How To  create a  6" FINISHED  Pinwheel block: http://delawarequilts.com/BOMs/BasicPinwheel/index.html Cutting Tips: It takes four (4) Blue and four (4) White Half Square Triangles/HSTs to create ONE (1) Pinwheel block - you need 32  TOTAL  Blue/White Pinwheel blocks = 128  Blue  HSTs and 128  White  HSTs. I was able to cut  ALL  my Half Square Triangles in less than an hour w/AccuQuilt  GO!  die & cutte

It's time for Clue #1 of our March Sweet Freedom Mystery !   Are you ready to cut your gorgeous RED/White fabrics... well then, let's get ready ;-) Grab your Red & White fabrics and your 2 1/2" GO! Strip cutter die Cut 2 1/2" strips, sew them together = Red/White/Red and cut into 6 1/2" in-the-raw, (6" FINISHED) blocks You need thirty-two (32) Red/White/Red 6 1/2" in-the-raw blocks, (6" FINISHED) Red/White/Red sewn strips (32) 6 1/2" in-the-raw blocks, (6" FINISHED) Cutting Tips:   You may choose to cut your Red/White/Red fabrics into 6 1/2: strips FIRST, sew together... Quilter's Choice!    I was able to get six (6) 6 1/2" in-the-raw blocks out of my width of fabric/WOF, after  sewing/pressing, due to the width constraints of my fabrics.  You 'may have' different results - depending on your fabrics, whether using yardage and/or scraps, etc. Because I was only able to get six (6) blocks from my Red/White/R