I wasn’t going to start another quilt until I had finished a few ufos. But the name of this one intrigued me. It is the Marble mystery quilt. The instructions come once a month on the first Thursday, so I had most of the month to finish the parts that I needed to do.
The first month was choosing the fabrics. I had three piles out and auditioned them. This pile won.
The second month was cutting instructions. In the downloads are labels that tell which fabric, the size and number of pieces. I keep each set of cut fabric in a baggie.
The third month is sewing some of the pieces together. It’s easy when the fabric is already precut, marked and ready to sew.
This month called for sewing two different nine patches.
Four of the above colors and five of the below colors.
The instructions are excellent. The seam pressing is shown by arrows.
Also, this month we made 36 flying geese.
They were made four at a time so didn’t take long. I’m looking forward to the fourth month.
In the meantime, I’m working on the border triangles of Dear Jane. It is slow work as all the sewing is hand sewing at this point. The top row is almost finished.
There are three community quilts that are basted and ready to be quilted. This is taking longer than expected as I have a new, great sewing machine to quilt with. It does much more than my last machine and will be wonderful when I learn where the buttons are and how to use all the new features. Fortunately, there is a lady om Utube who explains the manual one step at a time. She is my new best friend.
Have a great day and happy quilting.
Miss Molly quilts 