Mystery Quilts - have you done any ?
 

Have you done any/many mystery quilts ? Do you enjoy them ? I recently have become addicted to them :shock: LOL I did the New Years Day one- the Super Bowl Day one and working on the 3 issue one in McCalls - am I the only one falling in love with them ? What was your favorite one ?
Care to share some pics as well ?

I love Love LOVE mystery quilts!!! I have done so many, I have lost track! I loved doing the New Years Day/Super Bowl Mystery! Wanta see my completed top?

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That is beautiful.

That is lovely. I have signed up for one at the retreat I am going to. I hope it turns out well because so far I am NOT a fan. I am a cut as you need it sort of person. This precutting all these HSTs is driving me nuts. I just know it is totally unnecessary and I am going to be so mad when I do it and there is an easier way! See how my mind works?

I am doing a BOM at the LQS this year and THAT is killing me. My sister says, "Mary, step outside of your box." But I like it in here and I am in CONTROL! So, I am trying one but not loving it so far....

Your quilt is gorgeous!

I have never done any yet. I absolutely love that one that fabriclovr posted a picture of though!

fabri, beautiful.

Love your top!!! The colors are great!! From which website did you get this??

Your quilt is gorgeous! I did one BOM mystery quilt and didn't really like it too much. I wasn't happy with my fabric selection. I have a blast picking out fabrics to use in a quilt pattern and it was hard for me to pick fabrics without knowing the pattern.

Suzy

I also did the Super Bowl Sunday one and enjoyed it - however I have to say that I couldn't do it that day because of something else going on and I did cheat and saw what it looked like first - but in my defense, I had downloaded the directions and did intend on making it...
There will be another one that is a larger quilt and will be a weekend mystery. I'm thinking of maybe doing that one as well since I enjoyed the first one so much.

I am doing my first one now from McCall's. Fun so far!

My LQS is hosting a Mystery Quilt BOM. I'm not really feeling the colors I choose so I think I will choose new fabric and see if that will get me more excited about it.

I signed up for a Mystery Quilt Sunday at my LQS. They gave us a sheet with fabric requirements (fabrics of our own choice) and cutting instructions. We brought our cut pieces and our machines and notions and we got the instructions in steps. We sewed step one, then got step two, etc.The LQS furnished lunch and beverages. We had a lovely sewing day with a wonderful lunch and comaraderie and came home with a beautiful finished quilt top. Well worth the cost of the day. I think the fee was around $40.00 (not counting the cost of materials).

Sharon, you know I have. :) I really like them. Can't wait for the next one.

McDaniel I heard you are meeting up with a mutual friend today- I am going tomorrow for breakfast ! Wish we could have planned to meet up all at once :)

I love this quilt. Is it too late to get the pattern from somewhere?
Dina

Mystery quilts are definitely addictive!!! I have done two so far and I am doing the McCalls's one too! Our lqs has done a Superbowl mystery the last two years! They are fantastic! I did mine completely scrappy! No worries about which fabric is going where! For the lqs we sign up in October and get a new clue each month until we get together on Superbowl Sunday to put it all together. It is a blast! We start at 11 in the morning and have snacks and social time and by the time we all left, most were well on their way to having the top done! I can brag a little, I was the only one to get it done that day! Minus the borders! Now I am adding borders and I am actually going to put it on our bed!!! I will look around and see if I can find the camera, if it works and will take a pic to post.

I did two quilts and one mystery bag.

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so not being on here for to long What is a Mystery Quilt? I see Quilters talking about them, so now I ask!

I like to pick my colors according to the quilt and Mystery Quilts keep that a mystery, and that drives me crazy. I guess I don't really like surprises. I've done one Mystery Quilt and would have chosen different fabrics had I known what it would end up being like. I guess I'm not a fan of Mystery Quilts.

Crafty a mystery quilt is one where you don't know what it will look like until you are almost done- so you pick out fabrics according to the first step not knowing if the fabric really will all work together- but I have found that the steps get broken down to the basics , so I end up doing quilt tops that if I had just seen the picture would never have tried because they look so difficult :)

This was the Super Bowl Sunday quilt that I designed and hosted here. There is one in the works for April 14h & 15th and the details will be in the Blocks of the Month category as soon as I get some details worked out.

Yes, I am working on a new mystery adventure called "Blue Sky's". for April 14th and 15th As soon as I work out some details, the thread will be in the blocks of the month category.

I am working to get the directions into one file. As soon as I have that done, I will let everyone know.

Lets see what pics I can find [ATTACH=CONFIG]313197[/ATTACH] These were the 4 Super Bowl Quilts we did as a group :) [ATTACH=CONFIG]313202[/ATTACH] And my News Years day Mystery

Anna- I love them both - but the first one WOW :shock: Was it hard or did they break the steps down really well ?

I can certainly understand that feeling! There have been mysteries that I have done that I want to take and chuck the result in the trash, but then there are others that are wonderful! There have been ones that I have not liked the fabrics, but redone them in different colors and have fallen in love with them. It depends on how the fabric requirements are written and then how they are interpreted by the player. A mystery quilt is not so much about the quilt as the fact that you are doing it with friends, learning a new technique, chatting, eating, having fun with others that enjoy the same passions that you do. If it was all about the quilt, I wouldn't do them at all!

Anna, I love the 1st one! (2nd one is great also) but the 1st one is is intriguing! Where and when was this hosted and do you know if the instructions are still available?

Being the designer of the mystery quilts, I am always looking at other mystery quilt instructions and how they are written to make sure that I give the most information I can with each clue without giving away the final answer. This one looks difficult, but I know it may have been really easy.

I'm doing my first one now - the 3-part McCall's Mystery quilt. I've loved the process so far and I'm looking forward to seeing the final result

Here is my New Years Day Mystery Quilt
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Mystery quilts are fun. Our guild did one last year and we are starting another one. It is something to see how different they all look when they are brought for show and tell.

I'm doing the McCall's three part mystery also - so far, so good!

All have been asking for information on the next mystery adventure. I have just posted a thread in 'blocks of the month' but you can follow this link to the thread. Make sure you book mark.

Blue Sky's Mystery Adventure

I love mystery quilts. It helps to view prior mysteries by the designer to see if it is your style. Here's a couple of my early ones.

Waterfall
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Star Quilt
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Cat owned those are both great - but the second one is my favorite :) Was it very hard ? How many parts were involved ? And lastly- I never thought to look at previous Mysteries to check out the style , Thanks for the tip :thumbup:

I'm participating in my first one and find it a fun project. The hardest part is waiting for the next set of instructions.

:)I love doing mystery quilts when the designers are flexible and kind to all particpants. I have enjoyed both PlanetPatchwork and Bonnie Hunter's mysteries.

I'm doing my first now. I'm not ordinarily a fan of mystery quilts - I'm not even a fan of quilts made with a specific pattern, I like to make (or re-design) my own.

But this one caught my eye because some of the ladies had already started it so I had an opportunity to get the general idea - it's a sampler quilt and I always wanted to do a sampler of different blocks. I also had a lot of scraps, and a ton of white on cream for the background so it was a perfect opportunity.

A bunch of us are doing here on QB it's called "Just Take 2" and you can find the thread if you do a search on that.

The Mystery BOM is for the most part free. They deliver blocks twice a month on two different websites (once at the first, and once at the 15th). But it's only free for 30 days after it's first posted, after that I think you have to pay $2.00 or something. It started Jan 1 - so the first and second sets of blocks are no longer free.

It's fun. but like I said, I wouldn't have done it if all the stars didn't align just right :)

Our Quilts of Valor group started one right before Thanksgiving. We chose our own colors and did all the cutting. Then DH and I left town until after the 1st of Jan. to be with the children's families for the holidays. They were supposed to email me the directions but I didn't get instructions while I was gone. When I returned they explained that they had found some discrepancies in the instructions and didn't want me struggling with them all by myself so they waited until I returned to straighten them out. As I work on it I realize it wasn't so much the directions as it is the fact that there are just so dang many pieces and seams in this quilt that it is a PIA to square up the HST and the ironing is a nightmare. It will be pretty when I finish it but right now it is daunting to just get it pieced together. I hope to have it finished by the end of the week and will post a picture of it when I do.
I really like the 4 Super Bowl Quilts you all posted. Wish that had been the quilt I am working on. This one may put me off of mystery quilts permanently.

So what exactly is a mystery quilt?