Mayflower Quilt Guild

Meeting Cancelled/ MYSTERY QUILT SOLUTION!

2005-01-20T10:30:00.000-05:00

Due to the "Alberta Clipper" storm currently underway in the HRM, tonight's guild meeting has been cancelled.

SPOILER ALERT - MYSTERY QUILT SOLUTION

Here is Chapter 5 (the final chapter!) for the Mystery Quilt.

Chapter Five
*
Follow the Layout diagram (click here for layout diagram) for block placement.

* You will need to rotate several of the blocks to match the diagram.
* Sew rows of five blocks together, then sew the rows together.
* Add borders to vertical sides, then horizontal sides.
*
Layer with batting and backing, quilt and bind as desired.

PLEASE BRING YOUR MYSTERY QUILT TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR A MASS SHOWN 'N TELL, (NO MATTER WHAT STAGE OF COMPLETION IT IS IN).

Bad Blog, Bad

2004-12-27T09:53:00.000-05:00

Well, as you can see, a blog is not the right method for distributing mystery quilt instructions. Despite hours of trying, the photos below are the best I can do. If you wish to have more readable instructions, please email me at quilter@gmail.com. I'll send you PDF files containing diagrams that are much easier to follow.
Sorry folks! Live and learn!
Mrs. R.

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Block G

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Block F

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Block E

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Block D

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Chapter 3 Page 2

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Mystery Quilt Chapter 3 Page 1

Fabric Boxes

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ST6Nov2004
Originally uploaded by Mrs. R..

These were made by the talented, and prolific, Margaret Sweete.

The small and the colourful - Oct Show 'n Tell

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Show 'n Tell - October 2004

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Elm Creek Quilts blog

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The lady who writes the Elm Creek Quilts novels has a blog! You can read it here. Choose "weblog" from the menu at the top of the site.

Quilt Festival photos!

2004-11-06T06:13:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone.
A quilter who is attending the Quilt Festival in Houston is posting photos to her blog. She has two of the Hoffman challenge quilts posted and they are gorgeous! Click on this sentence to be taken to her blog. Keep checking her blog because she is going to post more photos each day. What fun!

Block Diagrams!

2004-10-30T07:24:00.000-04:00

Here are the Block diagrams. I'm sorry for the delay. If you have any questions, simply make a comment. I will monitor the site all weekend, so you should get a quick reply. Enjoy!

Chapter 2, Block B

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Chapter 2, Block C

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Block C is like B but with the colours reversed.

Clue clarified - Mystery Quilt Part 2

2004-10-26T10:50:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone,
A member has asked about square C2, which is the centre square in Block A . The cutting instructions called for a 4 1/2 inch square in medium fabric, but did not label that square. So, you guessed it, that is the "missing" C2.
Hope this helps,
Mrs. R.

Mystery Quilt Part 2

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MAYFLOWER QUILT GUILD MYSTERY QUILT

(Please note: we are having some technical difficulties with the blog. Here are the instructions, but the block diagrams are missing until the blog decides to behave. Hopefully the diagrams will be available by Tuesday, Oct 26. )

Chapter Two

Block A: Make One
* Sew E1 triangles to opposite sides of the center square
C2, press.
* Add the remaining E1 triangles to the
other sides of center square and press.
* Add F2 triangles in the same manner.

Block B: Make Two
Begin piecing B3 to B1 triangles.
* Sew to A2 squares.
* Sew H1 to H3.
* Continue as shown in Block B diagram.

Block C: Make Two
* Piece this block as directed
for Block B. The only difference is the color placement.

Mayflower Guild Mystery Quilt - Block A

Mayflower Guild Mystery Quilt - Block B

Mayflower Guild Mystery Quilt - Block C

Fab Shop Hop

2004-10-02T06:12:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone. The Fab Shop Hop for October has commenced. Go to www.fabshophop.com to register and start hoppin'
It is a lot of fun (I play along most of the time). Some of the Mayflower Guild members have won prizes in previous hops. Go check it out!

It's a Date

2004-09-29T09:17:00.000-04:00

Someone left a comment! Whoo Hoo! The commenting person wants to know the date of the October meeting. It will be Thursday, October 21, 2004 at the Dartmouth North Community Centre starting at 7:30 pm.

October meeting

2004-09-28T19:14:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone,
Just a quick reminder for the October meeting. The Wednesday Wonders will lead us through making Christmas ornaments for Comfort and Joy, so bring your sewing kit. We will also swap 6 inch charms and have a seat trade/sale.
More details will be posted here as the meeting date approaches.
Be sure to watch for your newsletter in your mailbox, electronic or otherwise.

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Upcoming Quilt Shows

2004-09-26T06:31:00.000-04:00

Avon River Quilters present "Land of Acadia" quilt show on October 2 and 3 at the Windsor Elementary School

Thistle Quilters Guild quilt show will be held October 16, 11am to 4 pm at St. Gregory's Church Hall, the corner of Paul Street and East River Road, New Glasgow

Kindred Spirits Quilt Guild show will be held November 5,6,7 in Charlottetown, PEI

Mystery Quilt sample fabric choices

2004-09-19T20:24:00.000-04:00

I thought it would be useful for you to have some sample fabric choices for the mystery quilt to help guide you in your selections. I know the finished design (mwhahaha) and chose the fabrics to showcase it (at least, in my opinion and to my tastes!) But first, allow me to introduce my assistant for this project. This is Dorey, my Cavalier King Charles spaniel. Don't let those big sweet brown eyes fool you ... she should be named Dennis the Menace!

Blue,gold,yellow sample

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Blue background, gold as the dark and pale yellow as the light, with a gold border.

Black, red and white sample

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Black background, red as the dark and white/black as the light. Red border. This would also work well using the white as the background and black and red as the dark and light.

Purple and pink sample

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Dark purple background, flowered dark and pale pink light. Flowered border.

White and green sample

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White background with green as the dark and flowered as the light. The border will use the green.

Remember to scroll down!

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Remember that information is presented here in chronological order. The mystery quilt cutting information appears further down. You have to scroll to get to it.

The links to sites discussed in the presentation are also further down. Some are repeated here:

Yahoo Groups main page

Blogger, to make your own blog

StitchWitch knitting blog

Happy surfing!

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Close up Jacobean Rhapsody tree

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Closeup

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Study in brown and yellow

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Jacobean Rhapsody!

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Close up of friendship block

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Friendship blocks from a bus tour

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Scrappy 5 inch squares

Hi Everyone!

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Glad to see you here. Photos will be posted soon ... just gotta watch the Canadian Idol finale first!

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Show and Tell quilts from September 16 meeting

Reserved for Show and Tell Photos

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This space is reserved for photos of the Show and Tell: September 16.

MYSTERY QUILT 2004/2005 Cutting Instructions

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MAYFLOWER QUILT GUILD MYSTERY QUILT 2004/2005
All seam allowances are ¼ inch. Press seam allowances to the darkest side whenever possible -or- press all seams open. Yardage does not include batting or backing fabric.Wash, dry and iron all fabrics.
Yardage Requirements:
Dark fabric: 2 yards
Medium fabric: ¾ yard
Background fabric: 1 ½ yards
Template Free Cutting Instructions:
Dark Fabric:
* Six strips 4 ½", reserve for border.
* Nine strips 2 ½", reserve six strips for binding, cut remaining strips into forty eight 2 ½" squares (A1) (X1), and two 2 ½" x 4 ¼" rectangles (H1).
* One strip 2 7/8", cut into fourteen 2 7/8" squares, cut in half on the diagonal (B1).
* Two strips 4 ½", cut into eight 4 ½" squares (Y1).
* Two squares 3 5/8", cut in half on the diagonal (E1).
Medium fabric:
* Two strips 2 ½", cut into twenty 2 ½" squares (A2) and two 2 ½" x 4 ¼" rectangles (H2).
* One 4 ½" square.
* Two 4 7/8" squares, cut in half on the diagonal (F2).
Background fabric:
* Three strips 4 ½", cut into sixteen 4 ½" squares (C3), four 4 ½" x 2 ½" rectangles (H3), and four 4 ½" x 8 ½" rectangles (G3).
* Three strips 8 ½", cut into twelve 8 ½" squares (D3).
* One strip 2 ½", cut into sixteen 2 ½" squares (A3).
* From scraps cut twelve 2 7/8" squares, cut in half on the diagonal (B3).

Useful Links

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Here are some links to quilting ... as discussed at the September meeting. Just click on the text to be taken to the site.

Free block patterns

Jinny Beyer's web page, with free patterns

Yahoo groups sign up page

Go here if you want to start your own quilting blog

Plenty of free paper pieced patterns can be found here

If you have a favourite site, why not share it with the rest of us? Leave a comment on this post with the site address, and Mrs. R will add it to this list.
Enjoy!

Hello from the Executive Meeting!

2004-09-08T19:06:00.000-04:00

Good evening everyone!
We are your current Executive, sitting around a boardroom table making important decisions on your behalf. Shh, stop laughing ladies. We have hammered out the library policy and, the most important of all, decided who is providing the treats for break time at the September meeting.
... more later ...

Welcome!

2004-09-02T10:55:00.000-04:00

Ahem, testing, test, test, 1 - 2 - 3 - test, test. Is thing thing on? Testing, 1, 2, test ....
Well, ahem,

Hey everyone!
This is your Program Director speaking. Welcome to the Mayflower Quilt Guild blog. Here we will keep you up to date on Guild programs, news, gossip, workshops, gossip, works-in-progress, gossip ... you get the idea!

I will be your main blogger, but there will be guest bloggers also. If you have something to say and want to post it here, let me know and I'll wave my magic wand to make you a guest blogger.

'tis all for now folks. Got to run off the work, to earn money, to buy more fabric. Tee Hee!

Sharon