Showing posts with label Mystery Quilt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mystery Quilt. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Mystery Quilt Progress, plus More

Our newspaper said the low temp yesterday was minus 29 degrees. Glad I didn't know that - my thermometer at 7:00 am said only minus 20 degrees! Yikes.
Making progress - my blocks are all finished, pressed and lightly starched. Instead of blue corners, I chose a dark purple which is indistinguishable from much of the greens I used in the 9-patches. With all those pieces in each block I am amazed they fit together so well. I took the time to trim them exactly (well, as close as possible) to the 9 1/2 inches. Yikes, the vacuum cleaner is really filled with snips!. Pieces? 2298. I'm glad I didn't know THAT at the onset, but am VERY pleased with this lovely project, called DD Mystery Quilt from Quiltville.com. A huge THANK YOU BONNIE! YOU ARE A TREASURE!!!

And here is Jody-Goddess's Tobacco Road/Row? all finished and quilted. She has EVERYTHING in those scraps! We call her Jody-Goddess because she can do anything and everything, and all of it is done WELL!
Below is another of Jody's projects - She said this was a (corrected) Debbie Mumm project. How does one quilt a project like this? Aren't those blocks cute? Many of them have black buttonhole stitch around them, giving them even more definition. I can't wait to see it quilted.

Monday, January 05, 2009

Joined in on a Mystery Quilt

Regarding my efforts at Stashbusting, I weakened the last day of 2008, decided to join in on the Quiltville Mystery Quilt called Double Delight. This is the first Mystery Quilt I've ever joined in on. And to be sure I did it correctly, I was 'forced' to buy some fabric! (Do ya believe 'forced'?)

Going through my neutrals, I found this bit of vintage yardage I've been saving for just the right project. There is only a small chunk, but isn't it cute? It's going in this quilt. (Fuzzy picture).
Here are a stack of more units - hey, there are a LOT of pieces here, and I've only completed Step 2, and started on Step 3 (3 inch 9-patches). She has Step 6 posted - and what a gorgeous quilt it is going to be! This danged 'job/working' thing is getting in the way of playing all the time! Whew - lots of handling, but look at this handsome block! Those points on the Square in a Square take careful pinning and firm pressing.

I've seen the end result and IT IS STUNNING!!! Once again, thanks Bonnie - this is another winner!