Last Saturday was Clue #7 – The Great Reveal for the Project Linus Mystery Quilt Challenge. The previous 6 weeks gave us 6 different blocks to make. There were two blocks that only required one to be made. The other blocks needed 2 or 3 copies, but one required us to make 9 of the same block.
The last count I heard was that there were 998 people registered to get the pattern. Not sure if that means 998 quilts will be made, but that is a marvelous number of supporters! And if we get 2 more, there will be a prize drawing!!
Our quilts do not have to be laid out the same. But I had been playing solitaire with my blocks and didn’t come up with anything I wanted to do different. Here is the finishing suggested by the Mystery Quilt Challenge.
Isn’t this precious!! So cheery & fun.
I’ve been only using my scraps and thought I had enough of the white fabric to finish, but found out I was 7” short. So I spend several days fussing over what to do. This is a problem I have – over thinking. I have a hard time visualizing how something will look made one way or another.
I finally found something that I wanted to use. So here is my finished top.
The outer white border is a white with colored speckles. It isn’t quite as bright a white as the rest of the white-on-white, but I think it worked well with the multi-colored patchwork border.
And I think I’ve found the perfect backing fabric in my stash. A few years ago I bought this fabric on sale and packed it away. Yes, it needs to be ironed!
The quilt is a bit wider than the Width of Fabric (WOF), so I’m going to piece a strip down the middle to give it the added width it needs.
I have two other Quilt-Alongs (QAL), but I’ve been pretty busy with Gracie. I haven’t done any Bear Paws this week. This may have to wait a bit longer.
Carole’s Autumn Jubilee, at From My Carolina Home, is another short-term QAL. The aim is to get some fall seasonal items made up. The two blocks we’ve been working on are Leaves & Pumpkins.
So far Mug Rug, Table Runner, and a Mini Quilt has been designed. Today we will get a bigger project – maybe a Lap Quilt.
I’ve not made anything, just working on blocks. I’ve been doing some digging through fabrics and cutting. I need to dig out some background fabric.
I used some of these pieces as Leaders/Enders while stitching Gracie’s Get Well Garden. What you might call Multi-Tasking. See the beginnings of some pumpkins in the top/right corner?
I took a break from my QALs yesterday to make a Birthday Present for a neighbor. He turns 3 years old today. I enjoy it when I get to have a play date with him.
So I gathered up some scraps & fat quarters and some Chalk fabric and made him a travel Chalk-Cloth Placemat.
I didn’t really have a pattern. I kind of made it up as I went along. It is roughly based on something I saw on the Internet. I will be posting a tutorial later.
I added a couple of squares of Velcro so this could be folded for travel. Plus two pockets – one for an eraser and one for some chalk.
I made the eraser out of one piece of batting and one piece of fabric. Check out the pockets on the upper/left & lower/right corners. The eraser is peeking out.
Well, I feel accomplished this week. Today I will probably work on some pumpkins & leaves. Then this weekend, I’ll piece the backing for Gracie. (And maybe do some laundry!)
What will you be doing?
Happy Stitching!
Quilt Mouse
The Linus Mystery quilt is adorable. And your white switch worked perfectly–looks like a planned change in the border.
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Your quilt is so beautiful. The colours, the design, everything 🙂
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