I just finished this quilt top today. It was from a 3-part mystery quilt series from American Quilter magazine, the third part of which was just published. The magazine title was "Beyond the Block Mystery Quilt," based on the Beyond the Block book where you can see more quilts like this.

It was to be a challenge quilt for my guild, but then I grew disenchanted with my guild and stopped going to meetings. The challenge was to make a quilt from a children's book title, and it should also be from one technique that we hadn't tried before. Mystery quilts were new to me, and so I decided on this one. My focus fabric was floral, and so I chose The Secret Garden as my book title, thus the name. It has 12 different fabrics.

This was definitely the most challenging quilt I've made (my 30th). The blocks were all strangely shaped, and there was a lot of trimming to fit involved. It got very confusing. Still, it came out okay. Just a few puckers and a little cheating, and it all came together. I think I'll free motion quilt it, but I haven't decided yet. I still need to decide on a back for it.

Beautiful! I love the bright colors :D:D:D

Love it! was thinking of trying it and you have inspired me to make it too.

Very pretty!

Very pretty, I love the bright, cheery look to it!

I love your quilt. It's so fresh and bright!:)

Wow, that is amazing. You did an awesome job on it.

That is beautiful! I love the colors and the design :thumbup:

Very pretty and bright. You did a great job.

That is one of the most interesting (and challenging looking) quilts I've seen, I really like it!

Thank you. It was challenging, but I enjoyed the task of just following the directions without knowing what it would look like. It was definitely not boring!

Very interesting combination. I like the look.

Love how bright it is!

Very pretty! I like all of the colors.

That is so pretty. I like the way it turned out.

WOW, I love it.

Great job! I love it!

Very pretty!

Love it!! Different blocks and setting, and wonderful fabrics! Nicely done!

Beautiful! Love the bright colors! :)

light airy and bright. tfs.

Thanks to all for your nice comments.

Lots to look at and admire. Sounds like a lot of fun to make. Thanks for sharing.

Love the colors. Can't wait to see the finished quilt.

Love it. :thumbup:

Wow, I would call this a risk that works. I would never be brave enough to put all these colors together. I don't know what your plans are for the finished quilt, but this would make a gorgeous wall hanging.

That is quite amazing! I like the design and the colors. Great job! :thumbup: :D

Love it, interesting design and your colour combination is great.

This is beautiful! You did a great job!!

Oh, that is pretty.

that's fun and funky. I liked the Secret Garden too. :)

That's kind of where I'm leaning. I'm thinking I might FMQ it, mainly with filler designs, which would be easy. The instructions made suggestions based on the focus fabric I chose. They suggested which fabrics should contrast with others and how dark or light they should be and which should match. It was kind of fun picking the fabrics. Mostly, I'm happy with them. There is one sort of gold that isn't my favorite, but it blends in well.

It's really cool!

Wow! I love the colors and the movement in the quilt. Great job!

That is beautiful and I just love your colors.

I really like it. I can't put my finger on it, but something about it really appeals to me.

Hmmm. I just don't know what it is. Of course it will bug me until I figure it out or finally just let it go.

Wow, congratulations on your 'stick-to-it-tiveness". Looks like a complicated quilt but such great results.! I like your color combinations too.

Oh wow!! What a challenge to fit all of them in the quilt, you did a fantastic job, I really like it!!! :thumbup:

Awesome - love your bright colors