Thank you to everyone who commented on the directions for the June Mystery.  I’m glad you couldn’t figure it out til the end.  That was what I was hoping for! 

Two things I always want you all to know:

1. Any time we do a quilt along, or mystery or Quilt for an Hour type project, I’ve already written all the instruction posts and have them typed up and scheduled to appear on the blog.  So, if anything happens to me or should we lose power and I can’t post on the scheduled day, the instructions will appear as scheduled.  Many years ago I started a mystery online where we cut what seemed like a zillion 1-1/2″ squares, did maybe 2 parts of the mystery and the person hosting it just disappeared . . seems like from the face of the earth.  That was at least 15 years ago and I’ve always wondered what happened to her but lots of people were left with lots of pieces and we hadn’t gone far enough that anyone I knew was able to figure out how to proceed.  I never want that to happen with my projects and do my best to be sure it doesn’t.
2. Any quilt you’re going to make, I’ve made it at least once already and often have had someone else test the instructions.  In this case, Judy graciously offered to test the pattern for me and I was throwing clues at her pretty quickly and she kept right up with me.  Thanks so much, Judy!

And, here’s my quilt.  It’s quilted and I was hoping to have it bound before showing you but obviously, that didn’t happen.

I love it and hope that all of you who have made it are happy with the results.

The final clue!  Sew the blocks together in rows:

Make 4:

Make 3:

Join the rows to make the top.

Three borders are added to complete the quilt.

Measure your quilt before cutting strips but your border strips should be cut as follows:

Dark Accent
2-1/2” x 84-1/2” (Border #1 Sides)
2-1/2” x 64-1/2” (Border #1 Top & Bottom)

Background
1-1/2” x 88-1/2” (Border #2 Sides)
1-1-2” x  66-1/2” (Border #2 Top & Bottom)

Dark Accent
3-1/2” x 90-1/2” (Border #3 Sides)
3-1/2” x 72-1/2” (Border #3 Top & Bottom)

Sew these Unit #7 pieces to opposite sides of the corresponding pinwheel (Unit 1).  Make 18.

For the remaining 36 flying geese, sew a Unit 4 to both short sides of 36 of the flying geese from Clue #1. You will sew these in sets of 2 (2 per color/block).

Sew Unit 3 to the bottom of the above sections.  Make 36.

Attach to the top and bottom of the pinwheel unit to complete Block 1.

Sew a 3-1/2″ x 5″ background rectangle (N) to opposite sides of a 3-1/2″ medium accent square (O).  Make 17.

Join the Unit #6 pieces to the above segment to finish Block 2.  Make 17 blocks.

Go back to the flying geese from Clue #1. You have 4 flying geese, all the same color, per block. Take 2 of the flying geese from each block (so you have half of them in one pile and half of them in another pile).

For one pile, which should be 36 flying geese, sew a 1-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ medium accent (Q) rectangle to the bottom of the flying geese. Label as Unit #7.