Our local quilt guild's email newsletter is featuring a 3-part mystery quilt pattern. I've never done a mystery quilt but this sounded fun. I have the first part finished. I decided to use fabrics from my stash and here's what I ended up with.
I love the little chicks on the green fabric! I need to get another piece of red fabric for the next part of the mystery.
Years ago I bought some BOMs at JoAnn's that I had put away and only rediscovered recently. I remember that I loved the colors in this one and liked the idea of pre-cut pieces. I thought this would be fun to pull out and work on, especially since cutting is not one of my favorite parts of quilting.
I got all the pieces out for the January block (notice it's 1998!) and started to sew. It didn't take long to realize that something wasn't working. Some of the pieces were cut smaller than the dimensions shown on the templates. So parts of the bear paws didn't fit! I got frustrated but recovered and took it all apart. It took two more times sewing and taking apart plus some fabric from my stash, but the block is finished and I really like it. I'll just have to incorporate some of those stash fabrics in other blocks to make it work. I don't know what happened but I didn't get the finishing kit....just some of the fabric in yardages so I'll end up making my own sashings and borders. 
The next two blocks are coming together well so I think that was just a one-time problem. I hope so since I have several years worth of these BOMs. I think they will be fun to work on whenever I want to sew but don't want to cut and think a lot. The instructions are all in pictures (as well as words) and that makes them very easy to follow. Some days I feel like sewing but not thinking very hard.
Well, I'm off to get ready to watch the OU Sooners women's basketball team play in the Sweet Sixteen. Our men's team lost to North Carolina in the Elite Eight game today and we were sad to see that. Our women are awesome so I hope they play well. BOOMER SOONER!!!
Hope your days are filled with sunshine and stitching. Wishing you blessings.
3 comments:
OUs men's team loss brought sadness to this OU alumni household in NJ too -- go OU women! How energetic, Karen, to start an old project that has been tucked away for so long! It sounds like the pattern was off at first, but you made good on it and it now looks great! I know what you mean about just wanting to sew and not have to think and cut for awhile.
Forgot to add, I've done 2 mystery quilt projects with my guild and they were so much fun! One is on a bed, and the other a table-topper in my sewing room. I'll have to post photos of those on my blog sometime.
Your "chick" fabric is very cute!
I like that 1998 pattern. Looks like it will be fun to do. Keep us posted on your progress. have a great day!
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