Back in January 2012, McCalls unveiled a 3-part Mystery Challenge quilt pattern which I followed as each issue came out:
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| Part 1: January 2012 |
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| Part 2: February 2012 |
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| Part 3: April 2012 |
I prepped the binding, and I was proud of myself for using all the corner pieces from the snow ball blocks to create a medallion for the quilt back, framed with spare fabrics.
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| Back Medallion pieced from the snow ball corner scraps |
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| Close Up of Quilting with Walking Foot |
But then it came to a screeching halt for over a year as I worked out the quilting phase. Every few months I would tackle one of the sub-units starting with the blue stars, followed by the yellow crosses, orange flowers and really got stuck for the paisley snowball blocks and border units. So it sat for a few more months...until I finally got inspiration from Pinterest where I found a star idea that could be adapted for the border pieces. I managed to quilt them all in just one afternoon! And since the binding was already prepped, I added the last few stitches this morning.
Here is the final quilt (sans label as I just decided who will be the lucky recipient of this quilt)...
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| June 2013: Mystery Ending Revealed |
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