Monday, February 22, 2021

Design Wall Monday

I'm so excited to share my Morewood Mystery quilt top! I chose bright colours to keep me going with this project through the winter. Here it is on the design wall - I hope I have all the blocks correctly oriented! It was really fun to put together with very little seam matching to be done.

One helpful hint in mystery quilt construction is to not use directional fabrics because you never know how they will end up. I did use a directional text fabric in this quilt and put it in the centre of the orange blocks, not knowing how they would be oriented in the final layout. But it all worked out perfectly which was lucky! I was prepared to be happy with it even if the blocks were every which way.

And here is the fun outdoor shot with true colours.


We have a lot of snow and are getting more this week, so it's quite an undertaking to get good outdoor shots with natural light.

I'm very happy with how my quilt turned out and am excited for the quilting stage which will likely consist of diagonal lines in keeping with the design. Thanks to Cheryl for another wonderful mystery adventure!

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11 comments:

The Cozy Quilter said...

Such a bright and cheerful quilt!

Maggie said...

It looks Amazing! Just crisp and colourful, perfect to brighten up a day with so much snow and cold.

Turid said...

So bright and fun.

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

How cute! Yes, that pink is bright.

quiltingbydawn said...

Your color choices are bright and cheerful! They remind me of summer contrasting with all the snow on the ground! 😉

Kathy S. said...

This turned out just gorgeous. I LOVE your quilt colors and fabrics. Very nice picks! Woohhoo.

Janet O. said...

You can't help but feel happy when looking at this quilt!

Ivani said...

A bright and beautiful quilt. Congrats!!

Jacqui's Quilts said...

Love it! So bright and cheerful!

Rebecca Grace said...

Your Morewood Mystery came out gorgeous, Kathy! Can't wait to see it quilted!

Kate said...

I really like the scrappy black and white prints you used for the blocks. You picked a really fun and bright color combination. Congrats on all the progress and good luck with the quilting.