A Marvelous Quilt Finish.... and Finished ( or not ) Friday

 I have a finish.... I have a finish... you can see me happy dancing and singing that right?

This is the Marvelous Mystery ( L1) that I ran but the pattern was written by Linda ( https://artinsearch.blogspot.com/   and I LOVE it!!

We did the mystery in 2019 and I did not get mine completely finished - but this works for me, because now it is complete - and! I have a home for it. 

So this makes it a new quilt!! ( right??)

I won't tell you yet who it goes to - but as I was binding it - their faces came to me!!! and now I will make it happen. 

and the Quilting - I love these photos - where you can see the detail.....

it makes me happy - and!! it proves I quilted it haha!

PS - Interested in an easy peasy lemon squeezy  mystery?

Stop Tossing info here

And now!!! it is your turn to link up your finishes:

Please add your Direct link only ( not the main link to your blog)

Please only link up a Finished ( or not) project - not announcements .. that's not really in the spirit of the link up

Please make sure to visit the links - make someone's day with a sweet comment

Please - link back to this post so others can join in

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Also linking to
TGIF Friday at the Quilting Patch

More Marvelous Mystery Quilts

Only becuase I love them - and I know you want to see more versions of the last mystery ( L1 - the Marvelous Mystery)   Here you go!!

Aren't these so different in each colorway?

Let's give Linda a High Five!!

Its a great pattern !!

AND!!

After seeing all of these if you are inspired - the clues are all tagged

so here you go:

L1 Marvelous Mystery Posts

its Finished Friday!!

Welcome to TGIF Friday!!  ( okay - Thursday in America - but you know Friday elsewhere... and it WILL be Friday soon here!)

This is perfect timing for me - it was the push to finish this Mystery up!  I hosted it called - L1 - The Marvelous Mystery - and the pattern was written by Linda Swanekamp - she blogs here:

http://artinsearch.blogspot.com/

It was such a cool Mystery!!

Here is my Finish!
I used plaids!! Plaid is totally my Favorite color. My Sister in Law got me this really cool basket and I filled it with plaids that I intend to use THIS year!! its a goal.... and this is one of the quilts with them!

I did some fun Baptist Fan Quilting on it

 This version is from Janis W - Isn't it cool!!!!

AND - Because I was really procrastinating cooking dinner and real life.... I got this one Quilted too - It was a Mystery from our guild - I Do Not know the pattern... it was just fun!!!

and Puppy wants you to see how cute he is too!

He is a model!

 Alright Quilters - Link up your Finishes!! Give me Blog posts to read and IG accounts to Follow!!
Bring it on!!

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Linking to:
Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Busy Hands Quilts
Wendys Quilts and More
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Mystery L1 Clue 7 AND Clue 8

Good Morning Quilters!!

It is pretty here now - but they tell us by Noon we are under blizzard conditions!! And will be snowed in for 24 hours....so that means I give you ALL permissions to stay in a sew ALL day - because...

you are under a blizzard -  ha ha!!

So here is what you need to download today - 

Clue 7   ( Click here for CLUE 7)

AND

Clue 8  ( click here for CLUE 8  )

If you are  only wanting to do one step at a time - just download Clue 7 until you are ready to move one and come back for Clue 8

If you are ready - and want to see the reveal!!  Download Clue 8 as well!!!

I got to this point and I REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted to see how it worked out - so I just couldn't leave you all in suspense as well!!

Enjoy!!!

Happy Stitching

And SHOW US THE PICS!!!

I am hosting TGIFFriday on April 26th!! So - that is your assignment - Finish your Top and show it off by then

( that sounds about fair - right??? ) ha ha

Mystery L1 - Clue 6

So this is your Catch up Clue - anything you haven't finished so far.... do it!!
This clue won't take you very long at all....

or maybe it did and I was just in a Chocolate coma..... you tell me!

L1 Mystery Clue 6

See you next Wednesday.... I know you will all be caught up by then - and ready to rock and Roll

Mystery L1 - Clue #5

ARE YOU READY!!! It's time for CLUE 5!! Whoot Whoot -
You are making progress -

Here is the link to Clue 5 -

Mystery L1 - Clue 5


I am loving how this is going with my plaids!!

I will tell one block did not turn out as I expected

But you know what?

I am using it anyways... and we will see what it does to the quilt.

PS ( it is NOT the one below - I LOVE it!)

I know this is a day early - but!! Tomorrow is my day on the All About Strings Blog hop... so come back and see what I made!!

Mystery L1 - Clue #4

welcome back to the Mystery L1  !! We are now on Clue #4 - and if you haven't started - you are not to late - you could knock these out in a Saturday sewing session!! 

This is always where my Crock pot ( or now my Instapot) and I become very good friends!!

HERE it IS!!

Clue #4


Here are mine!
I am totally loving the plaid on this one!!

and when you are stitching - you can get a little bonus piece!!

( Linda Tells you how in the instructions)

So I totally Took that route!!

How are you all doing?

Enjoy!!

Mystery L1 - Clue 3

I know this is a busy time of year, and you all have so many projects going on - but I hope , if you are following this one - you are having fun!!

First up - In Clue 2 - In the lights - you need 68 total 4 1/2 inch light squares - I might have accidentally put that you needed only 7 strips of fabric to meet this goal.

You actually need 8 strips - and will have a little left over.... or if you are like me and you used pre-cut 4 1/2 inch squares from your bins... you will not notice this little boo boo -

On to Clue 3  :

Mystery L1 - Clue 3

I think I like inserting the documents into the blog post , then I can show you my photos and it doesn't get to long!!

So there is my finished Clue #3 - We are moving right along now!!

Mystery L1 Clue 2

Do you have your fabrics pulled???
I showed you mine in last weeks post - and I just love the way they turned out!!

So Clue 2 - its a great one.... and one that I conveniently did not take a picture of - so you will just have to trust me!!

Read through this WHOLE clue before you start - and you will see how fast and easy it goes!!

L1 Clue 2 CLICK HERE


 NOW!! Lets see your fabric choices

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Mystery L1 Fabric Requirements!!

Oh boy - I hope you are excited!!
and !  I hope this works!

Since the changes in Craftsy I wasn't 100% sure where or how to upload free patterns - so We are trying google drive.  If for some reason this doesn't work in the morning.... Check back - cuz you know I am messing with it right??

PS - thanks for the feedback!! It works - whoot whoot!!

So here is the link to the PDF ( Fingers Crossed)

L1 Clue 1 ( Fabric Requirements) PDF

and here it is typed out for you... just in case I can't make it do what I want it to do!

L1 Marvelous Mystery Quilt Clue 1

Welcome to the new Mystery! We will learn/practice precision piecing, strip sets, folded corners, block units, organization, and value placement. This is not a difficult quilt, but looks more complicated when done.

Fabric needed:

This quilt will make about a 68” x 80” quilt, bigger if you add an outer border (not included in yardage).

LIGHT:            at least 2 yards of fabric

MEDIUM:       14 fat quarters or 14- ¼ yd. WOF. You can mix ¼ yd WOF and fat quarters, just need 14 different colors

DARK:            12 different 2.5” WOF strips

The values need to be distinct. Any fabric- batiks, florals, prints- but do not have wide variations of value in the individual fabric- like white flowers in a dark or dark print in a medium. You can cut a 2” test window from paper to look the value it would be when cut up.

This quilt was designed by Linda Swanekamp

Alycia’s Notes – I used 14 Mediums in plaid… and am keeping the mediums in Blues ( and maybe a green - it was pretty!!)

Here are my Fabrics:

Would you be interested in doing a Linky Party? Next week we can do a Link up to showcase our fabrics that we will each be using on this mystery? You can link directly to your blog post, or IG post??