Christmas In July Mystery Quiltalong Weeek 1
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Welcome to Week 1 of our Christmas in July Mystery Quiltalong!
Grab your background fabric and scraps – that’s what we are starting with today!
Cutting The Christmas In July Mystery Quiltalong Step 1
From the Background Fabric:
Cut 40 2 1/2″ squares
From the scraps:
Cut 40 2 1/2″ squares
Here are mine ready to sew – I’ve got two each of twenty different scrappy fabrics….
Sewing The Christmas In July Mystery Quiltalong Step 1
We’re making four patches… which is pretty straightforward, but in case you are a total beginner, here is how to make one.
Take one scrappy square and sew it to one background square:
I’m chain piecing of course!
Press away from the background fabric:
Make 40 of these pairs.
Take two pairs and place them right sides together, background fabric to scrappy fabric, nesting the seams and sew:
Press and you have your four patch:
Make 20 of these units
And that is it for this week!
See you next week with the next step.. have fun!
I’m excited about doing this. Thanks for setting it up.
Looks pretty easy so far!