Judith, I hope you recover quickly from the shingles. I had them when I was 3 yrs old and still remember how terrible it was.
Carol, you are welcome to read through all the pages of this message but if you want to get right to the mystery quilt the post #s for the clues are near the top of this page (post #1133). Have fun!

Hello, Carol! Welcome to the board. This thread is a Mystery Quilt that paintmejudy has designed and has posted clues for us the last 7 or so weeks. Yesterday Judy posted the last clues for us to see the solution. SunlitenSmiles, on post # 1133 reminded us where all of the clues are so you can go back and work on the clues and join us! I think clue #1 gives the fabric amounts and a guideline to select your colors. If you join feel free to post pictures of your fabric choices and progress as you complete a clue.

Thank you, Pam. I can't even imagine having shingles at 3. Chicken Pox was bad enough without the added element of the nerve tingle thing!

Shingles is a dirty word as we age. The last time I had them was at least 15 years ago. They were on my face and involved the eye so I ended up with a detached retina. And, of course, they started just as school started that year which greatly complicated things.

I am finishing a Spicy Spiral before I finish this quilt. I hope I have it done in time to post here.

Those pears are making me hungry. I made a good apple bar dessert for Thanksgiving. It would be good with pears, too. The recipe is in the recipe section here, though I added more sour cream, another egg and dropped the flour in the filling. Pear bars coming up. Who's going to make the coffee?

Sorry to hear about your shingles, and not trying to derail the train (oh, it's at the station, so we should be okay), but as soon as you reach 60 years young, you can get a shot that will help prevent shingles. It's worth it. Please spread the word. Shingles can cause blindness, and other also very serious complications. If you had chicken pox as a child, you can get shingles as an adult. Detached retina...were you able to have it repaired in time? My, I sure hope so.

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Laughing...cat print was in my Darling Daughters' stash.......just knew you would like it ...giggle

Carol welcome aboard, come and sew with us, part of the fun is not knowing how the blocks will finish and the setting but it is a great pattern and broken into very friendly 'pieces/clues'.

Knowing this group we will all be finishing up for a couple of months and sharing progress here......then.... next year sometime......there may be a Fourth MysteryTrain With Judy....I hope,I hope,I hope.

Judy, does the quilt have a name other than "Third Mystery Train with Judy"? I'd love to put a name on the label and the only train "name" that comes to mind right now is Chattanooga Choo Choo, which doesn't particularly relate to this one. I really hope you get a chance to publish the pattern -- it's definitely one I'll make again.

Thank you Judy for a fabulous first mystery quilt. I have enjoyed every moment. I love the blocks and will be putting them together over the next weekend then I will post a picture. I'm so pleased with myself becuase if I had seen the pattern before starting I probaby would have thought oh no to hard. You made it very simple to understand. I will be looking forward to your next train trip!