Mystery Quilt 2013 Quilt Along

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To celebrate National Quilt Month in March, Connecting Threads will offer a Mystery Quilt 2013 Quilt Along. This is our first Mystery Quilt and promises to be lots of fun for all. We think you will enjoy making this quick and versatile, three-part pattern, suitable for beginning and experienced quilters. The catch is that you won’t know what the quilt looks like until Part 3!

The finished quilt will be a lap quilt or throw, approximately 51-1/2" x 68-1/2".

You will need an additional 3-1/4 yards for a three-pieced back.

Binding - At least 250" of a continuous strip.

This would not be a good first quilt. Having said that, it is an instructional pattern. Each section is accompanied by detailed notes and photos for each step. Some of the piecing is very easy, some requires more precise work... but Ann provides many hints to help you be successful. The quilt is for a confident beginner with experience sewing 1/4" seams.

Before you get started, please read the guidelines located in the "Discussion Forum" or by clicking on this link. The PDF downloads will be located below this discussion, scroll down to view.

Note: If you've just joined this very busy group, expect to receive lots and lots of email notifications, generated every time someone posts here. If you'd rather not receive those notifications, just click "Stop Following". It's in the "Comment" box. Then you can just visit and check in when you feel like it.

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Quick Link PDFs:

Fabric Selection PDF

Part 1 March 4th

Part 2 March 11th

Part 3 March 18th

Discussion Forum

Mystery Quilt 2013: The Wrap Up!

Started by Ann Johnson. Last reply by Veronica A Hall Mar 26, 2013. 4 Replies 0 Favorites

As National Quilting Month winds down, it is time to make some concluding comments about the March’s Mystery Quilt 2013 Quilt Along. When it came time to pick an activity for National Quilt Month, I suggested a mystery quilt because it would be a…Continue

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Mystery Quilt 2013: Part 3!

Started by Ann Johnson. Last reply by Sue T Mar 26, 2013. 23 Replies 0 Favorites

WOW! Time has come for the mystery to be solved; the eagerly awaited final pattern installment is here.Spoiler Alert! If you would like to start the…Continue

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NEW! Mystery Quilt 2013: Part 2!

Started by Ann Johnson. Last reply by Deb VC Mar 24, 2013. 13 Replies 1 Favorite

WOW! The Mystery Quilt 2013 Quilt Along is growing with over 378 members! …Continue

Mystery Quilt 2013 Quilt Along: Part 1

Started by CT Admin. Last reply by Barb Day Mar 11, 2013. 2 Replies 1 Favorite

The …Continue

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Started by Cindy. Last reply by Kathleen Kingsbury Apr 25, 2014. 1065 Replies 6 Favorites

Add your photos of your fabric selections to share with everyone. Then as we progress week to week you can add photos of your progress. It's fun to see what everyone's blocks look like as we go. Then finally, the big reveal. We'll see what the…Continue

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Started by CT Admin. Last reply by Lynne Wurzer Mar 27, 2013. 7 Replies 10 Favorites

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Comment by Candice on September 18, 2014 at 1:26pm: Lesley, It's really nice. Well worth taking the extra time to finish it.

Comment by Lesley Smith on September 18, 2014 at 1:07pm: After all this time I finally finished my quilt top. Hooray! This was only the second quilt I ever tried to make and I got intimidated by the Flying Geese so I gave up. Over a year later I finally had the confidence to finish it.

Comment by Bonny Peters on May 5, 2014 at 1:09pm: Mary - Sorry - I thought we were in the correct group. There is a new group called 'Mystery Quilt 2013 belated quilt along'. That has the various discussions for uploading your pictures. Please join us over there!

Comment by Bonny Peters on May 5, 2014 at 1:07pm: Mary - Jump in and join us! It is another beautiful pattern and you'll look the results. They are discussions above to upload pictures for the various steps because we are all on different schedules and we'd like the ending result to be a surprise for everyone.

Comment by Mary Alice Espinoza on May 5, 2014 at 7:27am: Is everyone doing the Mystery 2013 again? I missed it last year. Perhaps I can find some stash to use up.

Comment by donna rosengarten on May 5, 2014 at 7:06am: Diane I didn't see your post either-I assume it's because I wasn't paying attention to 2013! I don't know which one you chose, but personally after I've made the 2014 Quilt I would probably use Option 2-only because there is more variation between colors.

Comment by Cindy on May 4, 2014 at 10:04am: Diane, I didn't notice your post and am sorry someone didn't answer your question. I will say that any of the combinations would work very nicely for this quilt. Good luck and look forward to seeing your finished quilt. I have one done and one more in progress. So much fun, just not enough time to get everything done.

Comment by Diane Wagenman on April 3, 2014 at 1:22am: Hey Ladies,

I am in need of a little input please, please.... Here is a pic of some choices for this quilt... I would love some input.

If you see fit to interchange fabrics please tell me Row 1 , Fab1, Fab 2 etc that will help me to interchange them.

The line of fabric is Plum Sweet by Blackbird designs. I will be looking forward to any and all suggestions.

Thanks so much for your help.

You may need to click the image to get a better view of my options

Comment by Bonny Peters on March 28, 2014 at 7:49am: It is so nice to have company in 2013!

Diane - I love your yellow & purples. With the soft greens it is very springy. Just what we need to see at this time of year here in NH. Today is rainy and cool so looking at your fabric choices was a real treat.

As you can see from my post below, I couldn't decide on fabrics so am making 2 tops - one with the brown and strawberries and the other with the blue fabrics. I have promised myself that I will finish both of these before I work on the 2014 mystery. It's been hard but so far I haven't peeked at part 2 of 2014.

Dianne - Do you have fabric picked out yet?

Comment by Dianne Jackson on March 28, 2014 at 5:54am: Diane W. Your fabric pic's look great. I really like how the yellow just pops next to the purples. I didn't do last years quilt either, and when I saw it, I knew I had to make it too.