Well, the vote is in, and it was heavily in favor of a quilt along, almost 3-to-1 in actual numbers, so Quilt Along it is!  Today I’ll give you the first step, and at the bottom, will show the design.  And there will be a warning for those who would rather not know what the final project looks like, so if you would rather do it as a mystery and be surprised, you still can be.

I decided to do a runner myself, and it will have a few more pieces than the small table topper.  It will measure about 17 x 64.  If you want to do the same, cut 40 3-inch squares of black, red, green and neutral, and 40 2-1/2 inch red squares.  Cut 5 of the 4-1/2 inch black squares.  I went back and added those numbers to the cutting grid on the first post – here.

Step 2 – Make the Half Square Triangle Units

Pair half of the 3-inch black background squares with half of the green 3-inch squares. Pair the other half of the 3-inch black background squares with half of the background neutral 3-inch squares.  Pair the other half of the background neutral 3-inch squares with the other half of the green 3-inch squares

Draw lines and chain piece the units on both sides of the line.  Click on the link here if you need a refresher.

Cut apart and press forming the half square triangle units.

Square them all up to 2-1/2 inch units.

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Christmas 2015 Quilt Along

Now, for those that would rather have a mystery, stop here and don’t scroll any further.  Next step next week will not show the design.  I won’t put the completed one on the Flickr group until we get to that step, so you can look at the progress pictures without spoilers.
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Pssst, Spoiler Alert !!  The views of the overall design are coming up next!
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OK, here we go!! The table topper is either a 4-block square or a 9-block square.

Here it is in the larger 9-block version –

I am still working on mine, but I decided to do a runner with 5 blocks.   So, I have the blocks done and the border put on.  Here’s a peek at that –

Hope you like it!  Will you quilt along?

Step Three has been published.  Click HERE for Step 3.

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