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Merry Mayhem's Mystery Quilt #147 "Let's Face It"

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Old 01-02-2023, 11:21 AM
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Well, my first of two quilts is finished. I increased the blocks to 18 and used a 3 x 3 grid. On the next one I'm going to see about adding an extra 1/3 block to make it a bit longer. This one came out at 47 x 61" and I prefer charity quilts to be long enough to cover someone. All in all in spite of the busy-ness I'm pleased with it.
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Old 01-03-2023, 04:48 AM
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Rebaquilts, I like your idea of using a layer cake and I think I will do a lap next time using a layer cake I have had on hand wondering why I bought it. 😜 Your MMM quilt looks great.

Belfrybat, your quilt looks wonderful too and will make a nice charity donation. I only did a crib size and have the inner border on but will try to get the outer border done today and post a picture later. I hadn’t decided on my border until seeing what the top looked like…it will be a gift for a dear friend’s grandchild arriving February.
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Old 01-03-2023, 05:31 AM
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I got the borders on mine! I think it makes a difference.

The winter break is about over for me, so now I’ve got to decide whether to tackle quilting this one, or to keep working on other UFO’s. It really helped to get me back into “quilting mode,” though, so I’m very grateful.

One of said UFO’s is also…err…the Merry Mayhem Mystery from a couple of years ago, though… oops!
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Old 01-03-2023, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Belfrybat View Post
Well, my first of two quilts is finished. I increased the blocks to 18 and used a 3 x 3 grid. On the next one I'm going to see about adding an extra 1/3 block to make it a bit longer. This one came out at 47 x 61" and I prefer charity quilts to be long enough to cover someone. All in all in spite of the busy-ness I'm pleased with it.
Yes, it does look really nice. I was worried with the busy-ness too, but it really works. Hugs!
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I got the borders on mine! I think it makes a difference.
It really does look great. The black in the border totally ties together the black squares. It looks great, Hugs!
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Old 01-03-2023, 05:21 PM
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My completed lap size colourful top, yay!
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Love the red!
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Old 01-04-2023, 05:30 AM
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Great finish, love the red too!!
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Old 01-04-2023, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Quossum View Post
I got the borders on mine! I think it makes a difference.
Your medium-dark border frames it nicely and seems to calm down the busy-ness.

Originally Posted by thimblebug6000 View Post
My completed lap size colourful top, yay!
I love your colour selections! Very classy looking.
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Old 01-04-2023, 12:05 PM
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Well, I finished the second quilt today. I extended the length on this one. I debated on trying to make more half-blocks to extend it but my brain power wouldn't extend that far! This one measured 47 x 68" -- just perfect size for the charity quilts I make. Now onto the Cuts and Bolts NYE mystery. That one is on-point so I wanted to get these easy ones out first.
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