I'm not really a quilter, but sometimes I like to play one on this blog. I'm not very good at measuring or cutting or sewing accurately, so things frequently don't line up quite right. That's the way life is.
Anyway, this is my finished Midnight Mystery Quilt. The quilt was designed by Cheryl Brickey from Meadow Mist Designs as a mystery quilt-a-long beginning in summer 2015. The instructions are good and are still available on her blog here. The instructions were posted each month and I kept up for a while. I wanted to get back to it, but somehow other projects popped up. In 2017, I finished the quilt top, and again it waited. Well, finally, I finished hand quilting it. It's not perfect (see first paragraph above), but I'm pretty happy with it. I think the finished dimensions are about 72"x72". Here it is, front and back, on my laundry pole.
Here are a couple of closer photos of the backing cat fabrics.
The final photo is the quilt draped across the chair.
I started working on the binding for the mystery quilt. Yes, it is getting close to a finished quilt.
I was able to stitch down the hexagons on the second side and get it attached. I have the top and bottom hexagons laid out and ready to start stitching down.
I stitched a little ice skate to be made into an ornament later. This is another free chart from KissyCross.
And, I'm still playing with beads.
I last posted about my WIP/UFO's here. This is my latest update. I've taken out the finished projects and added the new ones. Bold titles show the ones I have worked on in 2021. In case you are wondering, I did finish a few things - and they can be seen here.
Beaded Nutcracker
Year 2 of the Temperature Quilt
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Year 3 of the Temperature Quilt
Year 4 of the Temperature Quilt
Year 5 of the Temperature Quilt
The House Quilt
The Midnight Mystery Quilt
Ribbon Album Wall Quilt
Mary Queen of Scots
Bess of Hardwick
Paisley Purse
RSN Knot Garden
RSN Rice Fields
Miniature Chair Cushion
Silk Gauze Cat
EGA Drawn Thread GCC
Blue Hardanger
White Hardanger - Linda Driscoll
Kogin
Cross Stitch Ornaments
Dogwood Afghan
Sneek Sampler
Puppy Love
Sashiko Table Runner
Temari
Fashionable Ladies
Scarf
Little Dragonfly Stumpwork Project
Sardinian Filet
I think visiting this list from time to time is helpful. It reminds me what I have that is still unfinished (and also how many things are still unfinished).
Hand quilting of the Mystery Quilt continues. I didn't start with a plan for how to quilt this. I began by quilting around the big blocks. After that, I added more where I thought needed more. When I think it is enough, I will stop.
A new project is a beaded nutcracker. I made a set of four the first winter I was in Japan (here). It took a little while to get this started, but once I had four or five rows in, I was fine.
My other project this week was the House Quilt. The next border has hexagon flowers. I have one side complete and attached, one side with the flowers pinned, and the flowers made for the top and bottom. It's coming along. I like how scrappy this quilt top looks.
