Have you ever heard of a mystery quilt? There are several different ways they can be done (online, magazine, etc). I’ve joined a few online, where I am given fabric requirements and an idea on tone, but have no idea what the final result will look like.
A friend asked why I would do such a thing, and exclaimed that she didn’t have time to make a quilt just for the sake of quilting…it had to have a purpose. For me, I use mystery quilts to build my skills and learn the secrets of other, more experienced, quilters.
This is the first mystery quilt I ever did.
I love how the blocks look different depending on the color. I still need to actually quilt it, but I finished the top 
I have another few that are in process….
These are two tops that need borders. I wasn’t loving the layout as the mystery played out, but a little slicing, twisting and sewing gave me this instead. If you look, you will see diamonds, or maybe pinwheels with a frame? I love the movement in these tops. You can see others at http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/ and go to the mystery quilt workshop (MQ7) I’m hoping to have one done for my mom for Christmas.
I’m working on Bonnie Hunter’s Mystery Quilt “Easy Street”. We are on step 3
This was a sampling of the fabrics I picked. Bonnie is using gray where I’m using aqua, purple where I’m using pink, turquoise where I’m using yellow and lime green where I’m using gray. I tweaked my selections after this picture, but this is a pretty close representation.
These two show a shot of steps 1, 2 & 3.
This is an up close shot of steps 1 & 2 (only a small sampling of all the units)
This is step 3… this is one of each of the yellows I’m using
So far, these are what we’ve made… tons and tons of these I’m curious to see how it comes together. I like how the colors are playing together (that yellow isn’t really that bright). It’s not too late to join the fun, or just to wander over and check out what others are doing at
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2012/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-3.html
Karyn
I really like your colour selections!
Doing a mystery does seem like a strange idea, but I’m loving it. This is the first one like this I have done, and almost the best part is visiting blogs all around the world to see how others are tackling it.
Very nice! Yellow is such a cheery color ~
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I really like your first mystery quilt. This is my first mystery quilt and I’m learning a lot. Of course, I’m new to quilting as I just started several months ago, but I’m loving it. I like the colors you have picked. They look fun together.
Thank you! I’m pretty new to quilting myself. My sister-in-law tried teaching me about 20 years ago, but I wasn’t all that interested. 8 years ago I moved and found I was interested and started to dabble, but no longer had anyone with quilting knowledge in my bubble, and with so many other things, it fell by the wayside (another UFO floating around here somewhere). Over the last 8 years, I’ve been fascinated by fabrics and the idea of quilting, but it seems like something always happened to throw me a curve ball and slow me down. It’s fun to be able to stick with it and to learn some “secrets” and tips to make things go more smoothly. Nothing is more amazing than seeing all these little bits and pieces come together and make a beautiful top, and KNOW that YOU made that! I love that I am leaving little bits of myself for future generations
Good luck! Can’t wait to see your top.
Welcome to our group in the Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin 2013. LOVE the colors in your Easy Street quilt! WOW. I have something to learn from your colors. Your munshkins are just ADORABLE!!! I can see why you have some UFO’s. I’m with you on the UFO’s. I just don’t find the time to post how many I have these days.