Monday, November 15, 2010

Talk about a Mystery Quilt!



While looking for a box to mail a quilt back to a customer, I found a box on top of a shelf and was a bit surprised when I opened it and found a partially finished quilt I had started several years ago. I figured I'd just toss it, but found that all the large border was done, 2 of the 4 rows of blocks were done and many of the other blocks pinned and ready to sew. There was a bag of squares cut and ready to make 1/2 square triangles. I now have all the blocks that were pinned sewn together and was having trouble understanding why I had stopped in the first place and put the quilt away. Then I discovered I do not have enough white but I think I can find something close enough. I am about half a dozen blue triangles short, too. Perhaps that was the reason or perhaps I just got overwhelmed with trying to put this puzzle together. I took a couple of hours to figure out where the pieces go and what pieces were missing. All the pieces were in a wad, all wrinkled up and it took quite a bit of ironing. The quilt will be 108 inches long! Perhaps I just had got tired of piecing such a large quilt. Who knows? I do really love this thing, though and am anxious to finish it up. The bottom picture is what I have done and shows what pieces I have missing.

7 comments:

  1. That was a lovely surprise for you! It is going to be gorgeous when it is done, because it looks that way already.

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  2. great surprise, and it's going to be a beauty when you get it done!

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  3. It is very pretty. Do you have an approximate date?

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  4. Glad I could be of service in this project. LOL
    I assume I was the customer. Love this quilt and can't wait to see it finished. Received my quilts on Friday and been busy doing binding. They are wonderful.

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  5. Interesting surprise! sometimes what was overwhelming a couple years ago seems doable now--or a way around it occurs that we weren't experienced enough to think of then. Thanks for showing us.

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  6. Oh but it will be beautiful when you are done.

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  7. When I find a box with an unfinished quilt, it never seems to look as nice as yours does. That will be a beauty when it's done.

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