WIP Wednesday - Winter Mystery Top Pieced

Scrappy Winter Mystery Quilt Top Pieced!

This top is the first of a four part quilt made from the The Quilt and Needle Winter  "Quilt for all Seasons" Pattern .    It started as a Mystery Quilt Weekend  on the snowy last weekend in December.  This pattern will be released soon as a whole quilt pattern on Quilt Woman site and the Q&N Online Shop.

Today I am joining in again on the fun at the WIP Wednesday Linky Pary at Freshly Pieced.  Click on the link to see all the beautiful quilts coming together in the linkys on this site!

Today is snowing again in my quilty corner of the world.  Just the perfect weather for staying inside and finishing my scrappy snowflake top.

winter wonderland in my backyard today

 

Since this will not be quilted yet as I will be making the other four seasons to make the king size quilt from this pattern, I have decided to hang and display this top for awhile to warm the all in my dining room.

 

 

 I added a piece of batting to the back and a temporary hanging tube at the top so I can enjoy my wintery quilt top.  I had to pin up the bottom of the top so that it will not get rusty from the radiator that warms my house.  The quilt is made with many of the same fabrics as in my Snowpeople Table Runner.  Some of the scraps from the table runner went into the scrappy setting blocks, which were improv blocks made entirely of random scraps.

 

 I have also done some more sewing on my

 Paint Chip Challenge  project

 

 Now it is time to work on a more pressing WIP.  I have to finesse the pattern I am trying to make for my project for the Dare To Dresden Blog Hop from Sew We Quilt.  Best get sewing!

 

Last call to enter my "In Your Words" Giveaway!

 

Comments close at midnight EST tonight!

 

Winner will be randomly drawn and announced tomorrow!

 

Have a happy quilty day!

 

 

A Quilt For All Seasons - Winter - Scrappy Background

 "After"

A Quilt for All Seasons - Winter

Scrapalicious Background 

Layout Detail

Today I am piecing the top of my winter version of

The Quilt and Needle Mystery "Quilt for all Seasons" 

 To see what this layout looked like with my original scrappy squares background see

 "Before"

Today I am starting the work week off in a good way by again joining in the fun at  

Plum and June for their lovely 

Monday Link Up

Hope to see you joining us today! 

:) Pat

Winter Mystery Blocks

Here are my completed snowflake blocks for the The Quilt and Needle Winter Mystery "Quilt for all Seasons" .  I love the fabrics in these blocks.  This pattern will be released soon as a whole quilt pattern on Quilt Woman site and the Q&N Online Shop.

I have these blocks out today and laid out to study the setting.  Because I chose a scrappy background for these blocks, I am going to have to make some personal adjustments to the setting blocks to make my background scrappy happy.

While I am studying this layout, I am sewing my January Swap blocks.

Have a happy quilty day

 

:-) Pat

It's a Mystery!

Here is my sewing for the first step of the

 Quilt & Needle Winter Mystery Quilt completed.

Since this is a mystery and a pattern that my SAYM friend, Jess Smith designs for profit as well as fun, I cannot reveal more.

I can tell you that I love, love, love, love this pattern.  That is four "loves" because the design is actually four quilts in one.  It can be made as individual wall or baby size quilts or sewed together into a king size quilt.  I have plans to make all four designs, one for each season, and am choosing my fabrics so that I can group them together on a wall or maybe make the king size.  I am also using a scrappy background and may use some more of my snowflake fabric scraps in other parts of the quilt as well.  I love the visual texture of scrappy quilts.  I also love using up some of my smaller pieces of fabric.

One quilt top is an easy weekend of sewing.

Sew if you are looking for a fun easy project, please consider purchasing the pattern and joining us in the fun.  Jess is always very helpful with selecting fabrics and providing how-to help by email or on the forum.  After the mystery weekend the pattern will be available on her site as a whole pattern.

 

It snowed here yesterday ... a really good day to stay in and sew. This is what my backyard looked like late last night. Today the guys are shoveling ... another good day to stay in and sew.

More pictures on the Quilt and Needle Forum of my sewing and the other pretty quilts that are coming together this weekend.

Hope you will be sewing with us

 

Have a happy quilty day

 

:)

Q&N Winter Mystery Quilt Weekend

My Winter Mystery Quilt Fabrics

I am getting ready to sew with my friends at the Quilt & Needle

on Jess Smith's newest mystery pattern. 

 

It is called "A Quilt For All Seasons" and the

Fabric Requirements are posted on the

Q&N Blog

 Pattern Available Here

Hope you will be joining me in this quilty fun!

 

The more ... the merrier ... :-)