Sunday, December 14, 2025

The Mystery quilt got moved off the design board.  I put one of each block together (so I could remember what the final decision was).  I'll finish putting it together after I work on my Christmas quilt.  I'd really like to have that one done before Christmas, but I'm not holding my breath on it.  Here are the two quilt blocks that make up the Mystery quilt.
 
And the Christmas quilt blocks are up!  There is sashing (strips of fabric) between each block that I started working on yesterday.  
 
 
I will have to say I am very disappointed in the original instructions for the quilt.  The amount of fabric needed was way off.  That wouldn't usually be an issue because I used some of the standard fabric that Joann's always had in stock so could easily pick up more fabric, but with them going out of business, I could not find replacement fabric.  I purposefully chose fabric that Joann's always carried because this is not the first time the designer gave the wrong fabric amounts.  I like her designs, but not her measurements, lol!
 
The cornerstones between the sachings are 2 1/2 inch squares, and I have to piece fabric together for about 10 blocks using my small scraps to even make it.  This is all the fabric I have left of one color - all under 2 inches.  I had to swap another color out much earlier on in the quilt.  I did not intend on having red in  my quilt, it was supposed to be all blues and greens, but I ran out of some of the green fabric around block 5 or 6.  Funny, I have a lot of red fabric left, and used more than I intended.
 
 

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