Teen

that’s why I changed fabric C.....I think that’s our focal print and why it needs to compliment Fabric A. I’m taking a risk and using 2 Fabric C’s in the same print.. one light and one dark. Going to cut big squares in dark and the smaller (for the HST with Fabric B) in light since my Fabric B is dark. I’m guessing at this point and if I screw up and don’t feel I can gift it, I’ll save Fabric A and use something else on border...then I’ll donate it. This is why I suck at Mystery quilts. Lol...

joe'smom

My C has no pizzazz, so I hope it isn't the focal print!

Watson

As I said before, I am having a lot of trouble with this one as I am just not a print, much less a med/large print, kinda girl.

I ended up buying a large print and it's co-ordinating med print for A and B and the other one is for the "very light", I think it's D. Still have to fill in the rest, I have no idea how I'm going to find another print that goes with A. The rest can come from my stash in golds and pinks. I'm not real confident how this is going to come together, but it will be fun.

Watson

Teen

Watson....those are perfect... The first 3 fabrics are the toughest. At least for me it was....once you got that, you should find blenders easy enough for those gorgeous fabrics.. I’m with you...have no idea what end result will look like..

givio

Teen, lol Your 'that's why I suck at mystery quilts' remark gave me a chuckle. I don't do well on them either. I have such a hard time choosing fabrics. Maybe I should just stick to solid colors for mysteries. Those quilt usually seem nice at the end... My C is my least favorite of my 3 prints, so I hope it's not the focal point ...

vadalia

Blueridgebeverly, love that Fabric A! Reminds me of warm summertime! I can almost feel the summer breeze blowing through my hair when I look at that

Watson, it looks like there's a gold (?) threadlike accent to your fabrics? If so, I love accents like that, it really adds a little something extra to give it that "wow" factor. I've got little gold circles accents on two of my fabrics, can't wait to see how it turns out.

I've been googling images of medallion quilts because I wasn't familiar with them prior to this and I'm feeling reassured. I have yet to see one where my reaction was "boy, I do not care for this at all"- apparently I'm a fan of the style? And it looks like there's possibly potential to make the quilt bigger if I really like it (something I was bummed I couldn't do last year because I ran out of the fabric to make more blocks!) Apparently with this style you can just... keep adding borders lol. Obviously that's not universal but I've seen a couple that I'd be hard pressed to tell you where the inner quilt design ended and the borders began.

Teen

Givio...I’ve never done a solid fabrics only quilt but those are often so eye catching. Kona released the 2021 Color and it’s really a beautiful shade of blue... about the only thing I feel good about in this mystery is that it is all from stash...lol..so, no biggie if it doesn’t work out. We will have a quilt when all is said and done....mine may be ugly but won’t be the first time...lol..

Queenbarbiej

I decided to join this year. I went with what I like and its all from my stash. I need help with a couple of fabrics. Let me know which ones look better.

vadalia

Welcome! I think Group 2 would work a little better. She cautioned that directional fabrics won't work well with this year's pattern and I think both D & E2 from your first group count as directional (then again, I say this as a lady with a directional Fabric A so you do you )

The only thing I could see being an issue is the same problem I had with my original picks (way back at the top of page 13) where some of the D-F2 fabrics might end up overwhelming your Fabric A because they have a bit bolder patterns (love that E1!) Ultimately it might work out fine if Fabric A only turns out to be used as the outer border and not a true focus fabric but it just might be something to keep an eye out on. I really like the tan & brown color palette with the pops of lovely blues & greens & purples!

Queenbarbiej

The purple is my wall in my sewing room!