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The outer floral border is the same fabric that is in the center of the stars in the quilt. I added a 3/4 inch pink border from fabric left over from the quilt and I used Creative Grids® Triangle Squared ruler to make the 4 point stars cornerstone blocks with a fussy cut central flower. We were encouraged to buy fabric for additional borders when we purchased our bags, but what we did with additional borders was left entirely up to us! The instructions for the mystery quilt end with the lavender border with the embedded star points. It seemed so easy, that I dug through my stash of fabrics and pulled enough to make a second quilt. But the steps in this year’s BBM were usually completed in a morning. I’ve done other mystery quilts were you needed to spend several days (or more) to sew each step. I was able to finish each step just by watching the video, so by the time the hard copy arrived I was already done. The participating shop where participants purchased their bag also mailed a handout for each step. She also posted a how-to videos for each clue. The biweekly clues that Karen Montgomery posted for the Brown Bag Mystery on a closed Facebook Group were great.

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The folks at OSP definitely know how to do that! I regularly watch their Monday evening Facebook Live sales, so I knew what I purchased would be great. That’s a risky business-you really need to trust the folks in the quilt shop to know now to coordinate colors. All I knew was that I’d picked a fabric colorway from the O’Sewpersonal Fabric Shop that was pink, lavender and green. Both the pattern and the fabrics were unknowns when I signed up. Karen Brown has some great videos and ideas on her YouTube channel and blog.Earlier this year I posted that I was going to make the 2022 Brown Bag Mystery Quilt designed by Karen Montgomery.

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Ugly quilt, wonky nine patch, crazy nine patch - whatever you want to call it is easy and quick to make. I had a lot of fun making this quilt top. Finished size should be about 63' wide by 77' long.

I will quilt this with a meandering pattern and bind in one of the black background fabrics. They really caught my eye and while I do not remember the maker or designer of the fabrics, they stuck with me and were the inspiration for my not-so-ugly quilt. There was a group of fabrics that were black, white and lime. Several years I ago, I was in a quilt shop up in Chilliwack, BC. In the end, I went with the lime and here's why. Do I stay with the black and white theme? How would a bright blue look? A pop of lime? Maybe a more traditional red. It allowed me to play with color and border changes quickly. I wanted to add white sashing with colored cornerstones but what color? This is where the beauty of my EQ8 program comes in. I was quite pleased with what I had but I wanted a little more.

In case you are wondering, these blocks are also called Wonky Nine Patch or Crazy Nine Patch blocks. In short order, my ugly quilt blocks were finished. I pulled 12 fabrics - 6 with a white background and 6 with black. When the forecast this weekend called for snow, I got to work. Hmmm, I should have enough in my stash to do this. Over the new couple of weeks, a not-so-ugly quilt plan formulated in my thoughts. I was intriqued by doing another ugly quilt.one that was not so ugly but purposeful.

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As I was sewing this free pattern together, I repeatedly kept thinking about light and dark. Karen Brown mentioned light and dark fabrics a few times in her video that Michelle and I watched more than once for instructions on the quilt. This will be a good camping quilt when I get it quilted. We had a quilting day together at her house and it was sew much fun! A blending of our friendship so to speak. We decided we would share ugly fabrics with each other to make our own quilts. That meant I had plenty to work with when it came to getting fabrics together to make an ugly quilt. Or you have simply matured as a quilter and realized that they no longer fit with the projects that you like to make.' And trust me when I say I have fabrics in my stash that I ask myself 'What were you thinking buying this!!?' What's an ugly quilt, you ask? According to Karen Brown of Just Get It Done Quilts, ' this quilt is great for using up those fabrics in your stash that you’ll never want to use. When the weather turns snowy, let's turn the day sew-y! Too corny?Ī few weeks ago, I made an ugly quilt with my friend, Michelle.