Today is the first day of fall and so my summer mystery quilt to had to be finished yesterday! It was a self imposed deadline to have Kevin's Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Mystery finished by the end of summer.
This was the growing quilt on the design wall after adding the neutral top and bottom borders which I really liked! I pieced together lots of little bits to make these neutral borders and realized I wouldn't have enough fabric to make the layout that Kevin's quilt has. So I made one more dark border for the top and bottom.
I sewed and sewed and sewed some more. There are a lot of squares in this quilt... hundreds of them! Until finally all the borders were on and it was time for the photo...
Here is the quilt top hanging on the clothesline. The finished size is 65" x 80.5" and I'm very happy with how it turned out (and the stash it used up!)
A big thank you to Kevin for this fun mystery quilt adventure that resulted in this lovely energetic quilt! I can't wait to get quilting it!
To see more design wall postings, and to see Julie's version of the same mystery quilt in blue and yellow, hop over to Small Quilts.
Your quilt turned out beautiful! I love the color and brightness of it. It will definitely be a happy quilt to use during the gloomy days of winter. Will quilting happen soon?
ReplyDeleteI love it, with all it's bright and cheery scrappiness!
ReplyDeleteI like your scrappy version! Well done!
ReplyDeleteKathy — Your version is the nicest one I’ve seen.
ReplyDeleteA great finish Kathy and nice way to end up summer. Love the warm colors and bet you like that it will brighten those darker fall days now. Congrats for meeting your deadline.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!! LOVE all those squares. I'm working on a challenge with 1" finished squares and just loving the process! Good job to get it done before Fall!
ReplyDeleteVery Pretty Kathy -- Cudo's for doing all the work on this Mystery Quilt
ReplyDeleteOh I love how yours turned out!!! Beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThree cheers to you for ignoring Kevin's two-color recommendation and doing your own thing.
ReplyDeletePat
What a gorgeous explosion of color!!
ReplyDeleteIt looks great as a rectangle! That's a good size, too. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYea! A Fall Finish. Stash buster with scrapiness galore.
ReplyDeleteLove your summer time finish...and you made it rectangular!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the bright scrappiness of this quilt. Well done for getting it to a finished flimsy just in the nick of time!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done, Kathy!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful quilt, love the colours!! So many little pieces but you seemed to get this top completed quite quickly.
ReplyDeleteAmazing!! Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your finish, is is so bright and cheery!
ReplyDeleteYour projects are all lovely. Looks fabulous! I take a picture and look at it to! Enjoyed your post.
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Great choice of material and color. I most like the same colors and patterns! A very good job. Congratulations.
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I'd say you are pretty darn good at meeting deadlines! It looks very cheerful and bright. Congrats on the finish.
ReplyDeleteLove your version! Doing brights with whites was an inspired design choice. If you don't mind, I may copy your setting. It makes a smaller quilt, I don't need on as big as Kevin's layout produces.
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