U3A Mystery Quilt, clue FOURTEEN

Getting there
Use the two remaining Set A's to join the two Y and Z squares as shown.
Note the asymmetric layout whereby one background square is framed by Fabric 1 and the other by Fabric 3.
Press in toward centre Set A's.

Ready to join

Done

U3A Mystery Quilt Clue THIRTEEN

The heart of the matter
Locate the fabric 1 square you've been saving and sew a Set C unit to each side of it aligned as shown.
Note the asymmetric positions of the Fabric 1 and 3 strips.
Press toward the C sets.

Ready to sew

Done

U3A Mystery Clue TWELVE

Lobsided
Take the 2 remaining HST units from Clue 10 and add a single QST to one side of each in the same alignment in both cases, either on the right or the left so that they are identical.
Press toward the QSTs.

Two lobsided units

U3A Mystery Clue ELEVEN

Getting  in a flap
Take just two of the HST units from Clue 10 and add QST's on either side as shown. (2 QST's remain).
Take care to match the two right angles as neatly as you can.
Press towards the QST's.

U3A Mystery Quilt Clue TEN

What's the point?
Take all four ABC units you made earlier and attach all four large background HST's to the long edge with the Fabric 1 squares. 
The important thing is to match the centre of the long triangle side with the centre of the ABC units. 
The triangle corners will stick out at the sides. 
Be careful with the long edge of the HST as it is on the bias and stretchy.
Press as desired.

The label should read "X 4" !!

U3A Mystery Quilt Clue NINE

Return of Set Square
Take the two Set D's and sew to two Set C's to make 2 more squares (2 set C's left).
This time Fabric 1 forms a frame around the background squre.
Press toward the D set.
Label Z square.

Z square

U3A Mystery Quilt Clue EIGHT

Set Square
Take the two Set B's and sew to two C Sets to form two squares (4 Set C units left).
Again Fabric 3 frames the background square while the strip squares are at right angles to the Fabric 1 square.
Press towards the B set and label Y square. 

Two Y square units

Quilts at Hever

Here is the Group Quilt made for our display at Hever with a detail showing Mandy Parks' expert (longarm) quilting. We all made single applique leaves and pieced "leaves" while Meg Leach executed the applique panel. Lesley Brankin designed it. I show a general view of one section in the marquee and my effort which was blocks, extra ones originally made for the swap we did in 2001 when three people requested "Autumn". I chose mine from "Choice Scrap Quilts" and the revolving leaves ones are slightly adapted Judy Martin designs. They very much carry her imprint of one shape superimposed upon another. The wadding was dyed yellow and the raw edges covered with dyed tape and tacked with thread from the same dye bath. Our display quilts had a size restriction but I have made enough blocks to add another set all round and then will border with a leafy fabric to make the quilt bedsized. I'll remove the tape first.
Listeners never hear good of themselves; I thought I would listen to the comments made by two attendees only for one to look at mine and "That's very clever" (!! - good) followed by "but I couldn't stand all those colours. It's too fussy for me." Serves me right though I am concentrating on the 'clever' bit. Painstaking is more the word as I resorted to a lot of handpiecing.
To see the other quilts check out the Saturday 13th September blogpost by Kate North, another of our members:
http://katesquilting.blogspot.com/
Her quilt included masses of "tree" fabrics combined very successfully and subtlely embellished.

Quilters who lunch

Today I went to the annual lunch of a friendly quilt group - they have been making the mystery quilt I planned and brought them to show and tell. Some had finished before the final clue and devised their own arrangement which made interesting viewing. I loved seeing all the different fabrics.
As well as an utterly delicious lunch made by our hostess and family another member brought party favours - strawberry bonbons and a scented sachet, all very daintily made and presented.