All the Mystery Row-by-Rows

As promised, here they are, some with added borders and some without: (as you can tell, I'm the only one that wimped out when it came to the second row of applique!)

The quilt below belongs to Catherine. She won the raffle and I will be quilting her quilt. Sorry the pic is a tad blurry--when its done, I'll have better ones.

I just love all the different fabric choices!!

Dory

My Mystery Row-by-Row

And here's mine...notice the difference and, no, I'm not just talking about the fabric.

 The row above the houses is supposed to have these cute little butterflies and vines appliqued on it.  Sorry to say, but I really don't like applique. Not. At. All. Okay, let me clarify: I love how it looks, I just don't love doing it! So instead, I played around with measurements and put those pinwheels in instead. Hey, its my quilt, right??


Here are some closeups of the other blocks. As you can see, when its my quilt, I tend to get a little carried away.

 When all was said and done, I liked the design I put in these Churn Dash blocks. I didn't like the black ones though...

The contrasting thread was too, well, constrasty! Fortunately, since it was my quilt, no ripping was required. Had this been for a customer, I'd have taken it out.

And my favorite blocks--the houses. (Ignore the doorknob, please!) As you can see, I did the houses and roofs in the same design, but each green, red and cream door had a different design. Have I mentioned that I like quilting houses??

More shots of the back. I always try to use a fabric that will show the quilting, so there's lots to look at.

Next up will be all the different quilts. Some of the fabric combinations used were just beautiful!

Dory

Karen's Quilt Shop Mystery Row-by-Row

Karen hosted this Mystery Row-by-Row that was printed in American and Patchwork Quilting magazine. She planned to have a meeting of the participants who'd finished their quilts with named being put in a hat. The winning name would, if I agreed, get their quilt quilted on her dime. How could I refuse?

This is the store sample that was completed row-by-row like the rest of ours.  Yep, not only am I going to quilt the winning quilt, but I participated as well.

Here are a few more close-ups of the quilting. I had so much fun playing with designs for these rows while trying to make them somewhat consistent.

My personal favorite--houses.  I LOVE to quilt houses!

Everyone chose their own fabrics based on the initial instructions. We had no idea what we were making, so choosing fabrics was challenging.

Coming up next is my rendition of this quilt. I say "rendition," because mine is a tad different.

Dory