Whitepine I love your picture!!! Wow!!! This would look great as a monochromatic quilt!!! Thanks for the pic in b/w.

Oh, Emma! Your quilt is fabulous!!! Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!!
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I should watch this movie again.

Most unfortunately, I saw it in a theatre filled with teenage boys who started hootin' & hollerin' and created total chaos. I have no idea why they were there in the first place since it certainly wasn't the type of movie to attract the pesky things. :mad:

Working on piecing the back and guess who hossied the quilt? Yup, the little miscreant aka Carlos.

Oops, sorry I forgot to include the link. I think it's the same one that SunlightenSmiles posted.

Aww...Carlos does look a little mischievous but what a cutie.

BOY! I went to my charity quilting group this morning which always starts with "Sew and Tell". When it was my turn I showed my Grand Illusion top and... (stares...). Finally somebody said something: "I would never make something with that many pieces". .WHAT THE HECK? This group oohs and ahhs over anything so it was definitely not the reaction I was expecting. Bummer.

Sorry you had that experience, sewbizgirl! As we learned in our own little group here, this pattern isn't everyone's cup of tea. But I would think someone might have commented on all the work it represented, even if they didn't care for the pattern personally. Sheesh.

Sewbizgirl, that is awful! I agree with joesmom. If nothing else, they could have admired the detail and obvious effort that went into this quilt. I must say that now that my top is nearly finished, it's growing on me. It's still not my favorite, but I'm pretty sure I've made others I liked less, and I had fun along the way so I'm counting it as a success!

Sewbizgirl - wow, did they even see the secondary pattern that I love in this quilt? Next time, take 15 steps backwards and let them try again. LOL!

Finally, after many edits and a long search for a yellow, I have finished clue #1! My quilt will represent 'an evening at the Grand Hotel', as I ended up with a gold, and the evening photos of the hotel show the awnings looking a darker gold.

That is #1, #2, and #3 now complete. I am going to have some fun with clue #4. I plan to use my darkest, brightest and lightest pink and blue HST units, which didn't work well in the block, plus all the yellows I auditioned and rejected (there are about 30 of them, lol), and some gray neutrals that I was uncertain about mixing with my whites in the other clues. Onward!

Today I took my GI to a longarmer who will put it together with the batting and backing and baste it for me. I will then bring her home to quilt on my DM. I am excited to get her back, but it will be mid-April before it is done. In the meantime, I will work on other quilts and wall hanging. Loved the experience of doing my first BH MQ and look forward to many more. Love everyone's pictures.

Wow, I love your second version, Justflyingin! Very nice with the sashing. You are a very talented quilter!

That's amazing. I didn't take mine to quilt bee with me on Thurs. but I did hear a couple ladies talking about the BH mystery GI & I mentioned that I am in the process of putting mine together. They were ohhing & aweing over just the mention of it - come to my group!
Anyway, I'm taking the few blocks I have done with me Monday night to guild so they can see them & get them interested in doing it also.

layered, pined and halfway basted....planning on quilting on DSM today after finishing the basting....wish there was a LA here who would layer and baste.

That was kind of my first reaction on seeing the reveal!
What was she thinking? Why did I start this?
Fortunately it's growing on me and if I could get my sewing machine to cooperate I would be sewing now!
Maybe take it back to give them a second look!

Joesmom, your blocks look great. Can't wait to see the quilt in your evening color way.

I will show the whole quilt again when it's completely finished. At the first showing I did stand back and give them the long view, explained the "movement" in the pinwheels they should be looking for, and they still didn't seem to like it. Oh well...

TaDa! Hot off the sewing machine! (Not the longarm, yet!) I just finished mine.

Cindy60545 Love your finished quilt.

Cindy, that turned out great! You have excellent definition with the blue points at the corners of the blocks, which really fills out the design. Love it!

Beautiful quilt Cindy!
Trying to finish up step 4 tonight!

Joe'smom, your colors are looking great and the gold was worth waiting for.

Cindy, Looks great. I like that softer pink.

At first viewing, I too said, "Whaaaat??" But it has really grown on me too. I don't like my particular colors, but some of the other posted have been really beautiful and I like that there is a hidden pattern to look for.

Cindy I love yours and I can really see the spin on the main block and on the small blue intersection, you must be really pleased with that. I have yet to finish the borders on mine but the more I work on it the better I like it, would I do another one NEVER, would I do another MQ you betcha I loved and looked forward to my Fridays and was sad when it finished.

Got my second row put on today...going a bit slowly but trying to work on it as I can. Not my favorite mystery but will wait till it's all done to really say if I like it or not. Some of the ones posted please me, so maybe mine won't affect me badly in the end.:) I still love mysteries...that won't change!

Everyone's finished quilt top is fabulous! Hopefully I can get my blocks sewn next week. I have one more memory quilt to quilt and then the bindings on all 3. Love seeing all the pictures of the different stages in progress also!

I am glad so many of you are keeping the faith with this quilt. Like I said before, it is really radical and may end up in a museum show like the one which was in Boston, someday. It is totally different and unique.

If I didn't have the astigmatism, I could surely look right at it fine. I have the same problem with some high-contrast sharp-line stripes and dots prints. Just go cross-eyed. Very disturbing!

Well keep up the good work!

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Dogwood quilter,
Great job on your GI quilt your backing fabric is just amazing! I love it, mine is just boring.

my backing is flowers in color of pale pink (not baby) to almost red, with green stems tossed on a background of black (Ro Greg for Northcott, "January") for the top and bottom sections, the middle is a strip of (Moda) black and white check in honor of the flooring at the "Grand". Today is the day I am FWQ on DSM .... not the BERNINA 1630, the Singer 301A vintage like the hotel LOL :wave::sew:

Dogwood I think your quilt is amazing and the backing is a superb choice, you can't be miserable sleeping under that! I am afraid mine is going to be a boring plain colour :(

Dogwood: That marbeling effect on your neutral really softens the quilt. Love it. Your backing is so much fun. I think one of my favorite things on this mystery was see all the great backing fabric used.

Lovely results, Dogwood Quilter!

The winter sun came in my sewing room window yesterday! This doesn't happen very often, it makes it cheerful not too bright. When I turned around I noticed that it had made a spotlight right in the middle of one of the blocks. I just had to show you all.
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It gave me such a boost that I finished all but 3 blocks yesterday, now to get the borders on.

Looks lovely Windblown

DogwoodQuilter it looks beautiful love your backing fabric !

Windblown I love the purple a lot I think you made a great choice instead of the pink !

Mine went off to my longarm lady yesterday should have it back in about 3-4 weeks will post a picture when it returns :)

Windblown, your pattern shows up beautifully!

We are sure seeing some lovely photos of this quilt, thanks for sharing everyone.

Windblown, your blocks are so pretty with the cool colors you chose. The green really "makes it" in my opinion.

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I only have 3 blocks finished but I'm happy with them. It's slow going but I have too many other things I have to work on or finish but I'm doing a little every day. It's encouraging to see so many beautiful quilts finished- or at least close. One plus of being last is that y'all will have them quilted & the stragglers like me can see the different quilting motifs & it will be easier to pick what we want.
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I've been plugging away, and have the center assembled now. 3x4 in my case. I mulled over the border design, since I have to adjust slightly for the smaller center. I was going to add 4 inches of solid border before the pieced, but I had an inspiration the other day and by simply reversing the 2 pieces in the pieced border and using half-blocks on the ends, I can make it fit with only the 2" border that the original design called for. It changes the design in the corners a bit, and I have to re-make my 4 corner blocks. But heck, I already have to make 20 more border blocks anyway.
I hope to have something to show for all this work next week.