It was a day filled with
Quilt Mystery! A group of my friends got together to participate in Merry Mayhem's one day quilt mystery. It is usually a New Year's Day event, but I understand that now they pop-up through out the year. I haven't done one of these in a long time because I could never keep up with the hourly clues and frankly I would get bored. But this time, I was much more prepared and little bit older and wiser. The fabric requirements were sent out early, so that you could select your fabrics along with the cutting instructions. That helped the anxiety. I was prepared to see this mystery through to the end mainly because the objective was to complete a quilt for Quilts of Valor. Making and donating one of these quilts has been on my to do list for a very long. My friend Carrie was the hostess for our group and she was wonderful. Tables were set up, power cords were plugged in and pitchers of refreshing ice water was waiting for us. We had good music playing in the background and from time to time, one of us would break out in dance. We had a wonderful lunch and just enjoyed the quilters' camaraderie. We all diligently worked on our quilt blocks with the hourly clues. I am thrilled to report that we all finished our blocks and actually started to put the tops together. I feel like that I can complete this top for QoV and get it ready for a worthy recipient. And we were all pleased with how the mystery turned out. We ended up with three very different quilts, but all turned out beautifully. Here are pictures of the completed blocks on the design wall. I am thrilled about how they turned out. All of the fabrics came from my stash, so I could make room for a little more and I can scratch something off my long- suffering and ever growing "to do" list. It was a fun day
Thanks Carrie, Wendy and Daniel. See you next time.
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| This is Daniel's rendition of the Mystery Quilt. He is a genius with color. |
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| I made this one with dark reds, blues and tans. |
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| Carrie made hers with lighter reds and blues. |
You can check out the Mystery Quilt phenom at
www.Merrymayhem.com.
