isn't that part of the mystery, the number of clues/steps? :thumbup:

everyone is doing such a wonderful job and everything is looking good.:)

I missed a step. What pages are the steps on?

thanks for the info. $20 for a 24 x 36, yep i would have gotten it.:)

update: wouldn't you know they do not have one available on their website, just a pic. a teaser is all.:( but i will find one.:)

see post #702 and #771. i am keeping up with them too.:thumbup:

love seeing everyone's work! Im going to finish up this week's step today. Im dying to finish it!

I definitely want to do more of these. I get intimidated starting a project so having it broken into "bite-sized" chunks is great for me!

I got the Fiskars 24x36 for $10 at a Big lots! I was a happy girl that day!

Havplenty, yes, it is, but since I had announced in the posting #1 that there will be a total of 7 clues, I will repeat it. And yes, I do agree, every one is doing a wonderful job, love seeing all the combinations of fabrics.

Love everyone's colors! They are all so pretty sewn together in piano key form! I am so far behind; haven't even started cutting for this Mystery since I am trying to do some catch up on too many other WISP's!! I do have my fabrics in a "tub"--ready to be cut and all steps printed! I think I will be working on this one when I get off the train in Buellton at the end of the month for a Quilt Retreat!! I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about what I would work on at the retreat and what to take on our month long RV trip in July/Aug! (I seem to have a lot of projects that are close to needing to be sandwiched and FMquilted and that step of quilting takes up much more room to do. Don't want to take those projects in the RV).

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Caroline, Glad you got caught up! Such a pretty bird too! Glad he got over his stun & wasn't seriously injured. Now we can partake of the club car til next weeks clue! OOPS! Race is coming on! Gotta go watch Jr try & win this one!

Time to go racing. It's Jr's day for sure Cindy Retta on the gulf waiting for more storms. arrrghhhhh hope we don't lose power

Go Junior!!! He's my fave.

It is time for him to win!!! I hope they figure out soon why they are getting so many pit road speeding violations.:eek:.

I agree, it's been pretty dismal for Dale lately, feel bad for him, he's always such a gentleman, not like some. Wish he had just a teeny bit of the fire his father had! But then, look where that got him.

well here are my clue #4 piano key strips

mmmmm, lovely! that brown looks like rich milk chocolate-- yum!!

heylil, beautiful browns, so pretty.

Oh I so agree! Chocolate! My favorite! Jr. came in 8th, but he had a strong showing today. Can't help but feel he's sitting on the fence for a win. I agree Judy, he needs a little more of Daddy's fire! Every once in awhile he puts that attitude out & does really well, just wish he's do it a little more often!

Bummer, Junior didn't win. Happy for Joey though, he seems really sweet.

I have to agree with everyone else. Wonderful fabrics and the intrigue of the mystery is keeping us thinking. :) Great job Judy. Thanks again for hosting another fabulous journey. :) :) :) :)

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paintmejudy is the creator behind this mystery quilt train. i am not sure how often she is planning these quilt trips. this current trip will end at step 7 (per her earlier post) and i havent seen anything posted if she is planning a next project. but as fun as these trips are, i am sure she has more planned.

okay this is it. I should be able to hop on board this week bringing some cheesecake NY style and get a busy with cutting and sewing. Been so crazy, i think i just need to kick everyone out and not answer that cell phone for a weekend

Sauki, I have been trying to talk Judy into a different kind of ride for the next trip. I have put on a little weight in the club car these last two rides. So many goodies. I thought maybe a bicycle trip through the wine country in CA. We could stop at all the wineries and LQSs. Maybe stay at some B&Bs. Or we could take a paddle boat down the Mississippi. Play a little poker between stops. Do a cattle drive in Texas and stay at some ranches where they have some electricity for our sewing machines. OH OH OH...We could follow the Oregon Trail. Anybody else have a suggestion for our next trip? White Water raft down the Colorodo?

IDK PokerDiva Im still waiting for one of them gorgeous train robbers to pay a visit to our mystery train. You know the ones like in the romance novels.. where the men are so handsome you don't even mind being robbed. :D

However; the paddle boat down the Mississippi sounds like a really fun mystery trip also. I don't think my hip would hold up to a bicycle trip :shock: .

thinking bicycle trip would require handpiecing.....doll quilt maybe......

whitewaterrafting...not with my stash................think of the hours of pressing......

I really love trains, always have, always ........have a little 'N' gauge in the sewing room.....

LOL the add on the bottom of the page is the toy train...Thomas LOL

Still 'auditioning' arrangements of the rectangles for this clue....overthinking a bit, I guess.

Jenniky, I never thought about the train robbers. Hmmmm. You are right. My DH loves westerns. One of our dogs is named Jesse James. After the outlaw not the dirty dog who was married to Sandra Bullock.

The Romance of the West... :) Now rumor has it that on our next clue stop the engineer was going to add on a casino car. It probably would only have a few friendly tables for poker and maybe five of those really old fashion slot machines altered so it only plays with token buttons. Not the animated video types out there today.. Just a few reels and hopefully lots of luck. :) We could play poker for FQ's. I will see your flower print and raise you a Paisley... :D :D :D :D

I am also still auditioning my arrangement of rectangles.... Just switched them again this morning.. LOL :cool:

Now you're talking!!!

Caroline, the bird matches your quilt! Love that color combo. Glad he was ok!


Yayaquilts (Karen?) I always have too many WIPs. There's so many pretty patterns I want to do them all, LOL. I get overwhelmed, too, and drift away. That's why I love this.

The last clue is June 30th, so there is 6 Saturdays ? Plus the first one, so 7 in all?

I'd love to finish in time for vacation and use it as a beach blanket. We're leaving July 2, so I dont know. Maybe if I spend Sat And Sun quilting itt.

All y'all are funny. How about our own private cruise. Maybe to Alaska or some fun island. Sunlit can put her stash in a steamer trunk. And we can diet on salmon or papaya. :D

oh Jennniky! I LIKE your ideas!!

Oh! Fun island! Somewhere in the Carribbean???? Maybe St. Thomas, St. Marten? They do have quilt shops there!

Love the ideas about a new adventure - the most exciting is the mystery involved.

Jenniky - our LQS had a wild west themed retreat a while back and they played poker for FQ; it was a great hit and one they have incorporated into several other retreats.

Stretch your imagination - what would our FQ bandit look like?

I tend to think he would look like Johnny Depp. Yes Sir Eee.

i love the paddle boat down the mississippi gambling for fq's mystery trip idea.:)

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lots of sights to see from a train....and I think we are safe from robbers because our train can fly