My Four Friends Mystery Quilt, pieced using Riley Blakes’ Gem Stones 2 1/2 inch strip pack and other fabrics from Sew Creative Ashland, is all done. I have to say, I’m liking it more than I did initially now that it’s quilted. And the backing, purchased from a different source, really helps make this quilt a success for in my eyes.

if you haven’t seen this quilt in a prior post, see if you can find the garden gnome, an unexpected, though welcome, visitor hiding in plain sight on the front of the quilt!

All of the quilting on this quilt is straight line, using a walking foot. I think it was definitely the right choice for this very geometric quilt.

The four quilt shops who got together to offer this mystery quilt project have joined up with another shop and they are planning a Five Friends Mystery Quilt sometime this summer. Hmm. This could be the year of mystery quilts…I have the fabric all ready to for Karen Montgomery’s “To the Point 2022 Brown Bag Mystery” starting mid March. That quilt is going to be very summery. More on that later!