Mystery Runner: step 2, cutting your fabrics
(WOF means width of fabric)
Light background fabric: cut 12 – 5” squares and cut them in half diagonally to make triangles, total 24 triangles
Light accent fabric: if using ¼ meter x WOF, cut 2 – 4 ½” by WOF strips and subcut them into 24 – 2” x 4 ½ “ rectangles
(If using a fat quarter, cut 3 strips of 4 ½ “ x width of the fat quarter. Subcut these strips into 24 – 2” x 4 ½ “ rectangles.)
Medium colour: cut 6 – 6” squares and cut them in half diagonally to make triangles, total 12 triangles…also cut 3 – 3 1/2 “ squares
Dark Accent: cut 4 – 1 ½ “ by WOF strips…set aside 2 of these strips until later.
Cut the other 2 strips into 2 – 1 ½ “ by 13 ½ “ strips and 2 – 1 ½ x 11 ½ strips.
Also cut 1 – 4 ½ “ by WOF strip and cut it into 12 – 2 1/2 “ x 4 ½” rectangles
Border: cut 3 – 2 1/2” by WOF strips, snip one of them in half to make 2 shorter strips, each 2 ½” by about 22” long…note: if you wish a wider border, cut it to the width you wish or wait til step 7 when we will be putting the border on to decide.
I use baggies to keep the pieces separate and put them all in a larger project container or bag so I don’t misplace them…
Package these cut up items appropriately and await your next instructions... and remember, measure twice, cut once!!
Mystery Runner – Step 3
Find the Light accent 2” x 4 ½” strips and your dark accent 2 ½ x 4 ½” strips.
There should be 24 light accent rectangles and 12 dark accent rectangles
Lay one of the light accent strips right side up on your table…fold a dark accent strip lengthwise wrong sides together, and place it down on the light strip along the right side (as opposed to left) of the strip…you are layering the strips to be sewn together…to complete the layer, put another light accent strip face down, wrong side up, on the top of the dark strip…we are going to pin and sew along the right edge of the layers so that they are sewn, light accent strip, folded dark strip and light accent strip. There are actually 4 layers sewn here because the dark strip has 2 layers going into the seam.
¼ inch seam.
You can sew all the light and dark together in this manner, and the fun begins with pressing…
Press the seams open on the back of the piece so you have 2 layers on each side of the sewn seam, making sure the folded dark accent on the right side is pressed to one side…then turn the piece over and open the folded dark accent so it is centered over the seam and press again from the right side of the piece
It will look like the dark strip is narrower than the 2 light pieces to each side of it, and the dark strip edges are not fastened down, they are folded.
Each unit should measure 3 ½” wide by 4 ½” tall…they are not square.
Put them away carefully and await further instructions…
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