Case of the Secret Garden – A Finish!

What does a picture of an empty box have to do with a finish? Well, Saturday morning this box was full of the finished blocks from the mystery. By Saturday night, this is what the box looked like – empty. … Continue reading

Case of the Secret Garden Mystery Quilt — a Reveal!

I wish it was my quilt top finished that’s the reveal, but it’s not. That said, I am really, really excited about this quilt now! When the last clue in the Case of the Secret Garden mystery quilt was released … Continue reading

Machine Piecing

I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that I’m going to fall far, far behind on the Case of the Secret Garden if I insist on hand piecing the entire thing. And I don’t want to let this one languish … Continue reading

And the Answer Is …

… no, I didn’t get the piecing for Clue 6 of the Case of the Secret Garden mystery quilt finished. Not even close! And Clue 7 comes out today. I made 96 of these pieced spokes for the arcs last … Continue reading

Case of the Secret Garden, Clue 5 Done

After printing the shapes on fabric from last week’s clue in the Case of the Secret Garden mystery quilt, I then stitched the blocks from that clue. Once they were all done, I couldn’t resist putting them up on the … Continue reading

Clue 4 of the Mystery Quilt Finished

Last week was a challenge when it came to keeping up with the mystery quilt. I got the cutting done, thanks to the video on cutting curves with a rotary cutter but, as I was working on two other projects, … Continue reading

Five Partial Case of the Secret Garden Blocks

I decided last night that I had to make one of each of the other four so I’d have all five partial blocks to use as a guide for completing this week’s clue. And that’s what I did. They’re very … Continue reading

Mystery Quilt, Clue 3

On Monday, Clue 3 of the Case of the Secret Garden was released. It involved a little more printing on fabric – 16 sheets of this shape, which you can see if you click on the photo to enlarge it. … Continue reading