OLFA Alfie Mystery QAL - Week 3
Scott Hansen
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Finished Size: 24” x 44”
Skill: Intermediate
Project: Wall-hanging
Week #1 of QAL - here
Week #2 of QAL - here
Tools needed – These will not be needed every week of the Quiltalong.
OLFA 45mm RTY-2DX/PBL Ergonomic Rotary Cutter, Pacific Blue
OLFA RM-MG/NBL 24"X36 Double-Sided, Self-Healing Rotary Mat, Navy
OLFA RM-12S 12" Rotating, Self-Healing Cutting Mat
OLFA QR-6x24 6" X 24" Frosted Acrylic Ruler
OLFA QR-4S 4 1/2" Square Frosted Acrylic Ruler – This size is handy for the individual Half Square Triangles and other pieces.
QR-9S 9 1/2" Square Frosted Acrylic Ruler – This size is great for squaring up pieced sections as you go along.
Fabric requirements
One FQ bundle of your choice
One Yard Background/Binding fabric
Supplies needed
Sewing machine, Thread, Ability to sew accurate 1/4” seams.
Week #3
Continuing from last week.
Let’s start by joining the five Half Square Triangle strips you made last week into 6 Sets of TEN Half Square Triangles.
Next let’s Take one Leaf One Unit and sew two Spacer 1 Units to each side as shown:
And then take one Leaf Three Unit and sew two Spacer 2 Units to each side as shown:
Set these leaf ‘expansions’ aside for now and save for next week.
Now one to the last blocks to make –
The FLOWER Blocks! Woohoo!
Make one block at time:
Start each flower block with 1 Square M, 4 Rectangle A’s, 2 Square F’s, and from a matched set, 2 Square O’s, and 8 Square N’s.
On the wrong side of the two 3’ x 3” Square O’s draw a line from one corner to the other.
Taking one Square O with line on the wrong side and one Square F with no line,
Place them right sides together then
Sew a seam 1/4” from the drawn line on both sides as shown.
Cut down the drawn line – now you have two O/F units.
Press these seams open and trim these units to 2.5” x 2.5” Squares
Repeat this with the remaining Square F and O, making a total of four O/F units.
On the wrong side of the Square N’s draw a line from corner as shown:
Taking one Square N with line on the wrong side and one Rectangle A,
Place the Square N on the Rectangle A right sides together as shown:
Sew ON the drawn line as shown:
Repeat this with the three remaining Square N’s and Rectangle A’s .
Now trim off the corner of this A/N unit as shown:
Press Square N to the corner cut off as shown:
Now do the same thing on the other half of the Rectangle A/N units with the remaining Square N’s from this matched set as shown in the following photos:
Now you should have 4 N/A/N Units that look like this:
Now lay out your O/F units, your N/A/N units and your Square M as shown:
Sew together in rows:
And then sew the rows together:
Repeat with your remaining 5 Square M’s, 20 Rectangle A’s, 10 Square F’s, and Matched sets of Square O’s and N’s to make five more flower blocks for a total of six flower blocks.
Be sure to post your progress on Instagram and Tag it with #OLFAAlfieMysteryQAL for your chance to Win cool stuff from OLFA and Windham and Blue Nickel Studios!
Next week we will reveal the total layout of the OLFA Alfie Mystery Quiltalong!
