Originally Posted by Granny Quilter
Since I am new to this board, I have no idea what a mystery quilt is.
You don't know what the quilt will look like, just get the requirements for yardage.
Also you don't know what you are working on. Once one step is finished, you will get the instructions for the next step, and so on.
Just like baking a cake, you don't know what the endresult will be. You get to know what you need and what goes in the batter next, but don't know which cake you are baking, until the end.
I hope that explains it a little bit.