2012 MQA Mystery-Strip Surprise

I am currently working on the pattern for the MQA mystery class I will be teaching in June 2013 and thought I would share the mystery pattern from last year. It is all in one pdf file and hopefully I have figured out how to share it. If you want to work it as a mystery, you should only view one page at a time. Please let me know if you are working on it and send me pictures. I do want to thank my friends Claire and Anne for testing the pattern and offering their very helpful advice on the instructions. Click here for the pattern. You may need to be patient. It might take a little while to load.

Inspsiration

My friend Claire has inspired me to try and get this blog going again. I will attempt to upload the mystery patterns I have designed since the last ones I posted. So stay tuned. :-)

Still Here

Believe it or not, I am still here. I have been working on a couple of mysteries. One will be taught in June and the other in January if all goes well. I plan to post each after I teach them. I may post one of the intro's after I get the June pattern finalized, so you can be thinking about it.

Step 7 of the Strippers Mystery--Final Step

Here is the final step of the mystery. I hope you have enjoyed it and will share your pictures with me. Click here for Step 7.

Be sure you have the corrected Step 6 before working on step 7.

Step 6 of Strippers Mystery-Corrected

Step 6 of the Strippers mystery is ready. Just one more to go. Click here for step 6.
This is a corrected step. If you downloaded this step prior to 20 Aug 2010, you will need to download the corrected pattern. I am so sorry for the inconvienence.

*Thanks Glenda for pointing it out, sorry it took me so long to understand.

Step 5 to the Strippers 2010 Mystery

Time for Step 5 of the mystery. Let me know how you are doing. Click here for Step 5

MQA 2010 Mystery

I spent the weekend in Jackson, MS at the Mississippi Quilt Association June Gathering. I had a great time, shopping and spending time with friends. I taught a mystery class and will share the instructions here. All of the instructions are in one pdf file. If you don't want to spoil the surprise, only look at one page at a time. I hope you enjoy it. Click here for the instructions.

Step 4 to the Strippers 2010 Mystery

Time for the fourth step. Be sure to let me know if you have any questions. Click here for Step 4.

Step 3 to the Strippers 2010 Mystery

Here is Step 3 of the Strippers Mystery. I hope you are able to follow the instructions without any problems. I would like it if you would let me know how I could improve. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Click here for Step 3.

MQA 2010 Mystery

I am designing a new mystery. The Mississippi Quilt Association has asked me to teach at the June Gathering again this year. I won't be able to share it until after the class, so I will post the steps after the current mystery finishes. I love to start new projects.

Step 2 to the Strippers 2010 Mystery

Here is Step 2 of the mystery. I hope you are enjoying it. Be sure to let me know if you have any problems or questions. Click Here for Step 2

Mystery Sample Completed

I finished the sample mystery quilt Friday night at 12:30 a.m. or should I say Saturday morning. I presented it at a baby shower on Saturday afternoon. Nothing like having a deadline to get me to fininsh a project. I took a picture of the finished project, but I won't be sharing it with anyone until all of the steps are posted. :-) Everyone seemed to like it, so I hope those of you following this mystery will like it, too.

Stripper's 2010 Mystery Step 1

This is the first construction step in the Strippers 2010 Mystery. Please let me know if you have any questions or problems. Click Here for Step 1

Stripper's 2010 Mystery

I have created a mystery quilt project for the Red Hot Friday Night Strippers. This will be a 2 color lap quilt. The project will begin with the February meeting. There will be 7 steps. I will post updates near the 3rd Friday of each month, which is when we meet at Janet's Quiltng Bee in Ocean Springs, MS at 5:30 pm,. Everyone is welcome to participate. Please join us. Just bring a covered dish and your sewing supplies. The fabric requirements and cutting instructions are available now. Click here

This quilt top is from a $5 block quilt project designed by Marti Michell. Janet's Quilting Bee offered the project which began with a $5 block. If you finish the block by the first business day of the month and bring it to the quilt shop, the next one is free. Of course you must purchase the remaining fabrics to finish the quilt. I totally enjoyed making the blocks and putting them together. Now to find the time to quilt it!

This is a picture from the cruise I took to Alaska last summer. It was wonderful. I was traveling with a good friend. There was plenty of good food, good service and spectacular scenery. We even managed to find a few quilt shops on the trip.

The things I remember most were how many eagles there were, the brilliant colors of the glacier and how the mountains came right down to the water.

I hope to be able to visit Alaska again some day, maybe a trip by land next time.

I am starting this blog to share my quilting exploits. I hope you will enjoy following along with me.