The Mystery Quilt
"The Case of the Flamingo Gathering"
By Inspector LaSeam....AKA  Billie Lauder
THE INVESTIGATION OF THE SUSPECT CLUES BEGIN!!!
OKAY FRENZ !!!!!!    The time is NOW!!!!!!    START YOUR ENGINES!!!!!
Set your machines to 12 stitches to the inch and use a consistant 1/4" seam allowance
INVESTIGATION OF CLUE #1
Remove your Clue #1 fabrics from their baggie.
With right sides together, sew a Background fabric strip to a Fabric #1 strip.
Press to the Fabric #1 strip.
Repeat this step one more time.
Do not use selvages and Cut the strips apart every 2"
NEED:  32 UNITS-- Bag 'em Pinky!
INVESTIGATION OF CLUE #2
Remove Clue #2 and Accomplice Clue #1 units from their baggies.
With right sides together, avoid the selvage edge 
Sew a Clue #1 to the  Clue #2 Background fabric strip. (see diagram)
Repeat this step until all of the Clue #1 units are used.
Cut these apart every 3 1/2"  ------ NEED 32 UNITS -- LABEL PART "A" -- Bag 'em Pinky!
INVESTIGATION OF CLUE #3
Remove Clue #3 fabrics from their baggie.
With right sides together, sew a Background fabric strip to a Fabric #1 strip.
Press to the Fabric #1 strip.
Do not use selvages and cut the strips apart every 2"   ---- NEED 16 UNITS
With right sides together, sew two units together to form a four patch. Press in a four patch spiral (see diagram)    -- NEED 8 UNITS -- LABEL PART "B" -- Bag 'em Pinky!
INVESTIGATION OF CLUE #4 ---
THIS CLUE WAS LEAKED TO THE PRESS AND MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED  !
If you missed the early leaks to the press, it is not too late to investigate...
Return to the press reports for a review of the coverage
Remove the 32 completed half square triangles from the Clue #4 baggie  - Label Part "C"
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********NEWS FLASH:  FRENZ PINKY INVESTIGATION YIELDS THREE ACCOMPLICES******
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SEIZE THE THREE ACCOMPLICES ...............PART "A" -- PART "B" -- PART "C"
FOLLOW THESE DIAGRAMS TO CONSTRUCT YOUR  SUSPECT "A"
NEED: 8 UNITS
Measure 9 1/2"

LABEL:
SUSPECT "A"

BAG 'EM PINKY
PINKY, ,  SECURE THESE  8 SUSPECT "A's"  IN A BAG
THEN LEAD THE FRENZ TO THE NEXT STAGE OF THE INVESTIGATION  --
Ok Frenz, just click on my graphic and I will take you away