How is your New Year? We brought it in with a bang with the New Years Day mystery! I posted some pictures below. Yes, for everyone who asked, I do plan on doing more videos. I am a little buried right now, but I promise I will get to it!
Congratulations to: Birdie in Maryland who won a $50 gift certificate for being the first to send me a picture of the completed top and to Jane C who won a $50 gift certificate for being the first to send me a picture of the completed quilt.
I will be honest with y’all – that was a bribe on my part. I was hoping that someone who might be tempted to leave their top a UFO (I actually prefer the term “Unfinished Symphony”) would finish just to get the prize. And that is exactly what happened. Jane told me that this is her first foray into quilting again in a long while and she was determined to finish and get that gift certificate! Which she did, and spent it on more quilting goodies. That cackling sound is me, delighted that we snagged another one…
I am going to guess that y’all liked the worlds first ever Video Mystery Quilt. Here are just a few of the comments I received:
What a great way to spend the day and end up with a quilt top! Susan C
This is really new. Happy New year 2008 to you Kris! Quilting in 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Randa C
What a terrific idea–sew much fun!! Your videos are excellent, very well done. Definitely, a day brightener for a very snowy northwest IL quilter. Colleen
Thanks for the videos! I just watched them all and learned a thing or two. I’m enjoying the mystery. Judy H
Thanks for your help. I am enjoying this quilt idea. Nancy Y
Great idea with the videos! Cher
I just wanted to thank you for the time and effort you put into your 2008 New Year’s Mystery! I absolutely LOVED the short ‘clips’ to define each step! Thank you again!!!!!!!!!!! Sue L
It’s so nice of you to take the time to do this for us. Happy 2008, Lana C
What a wonderful way to start the New Year. Many thanks to those who had the vision, and created the lessons and videos. Best Wishes for a Healthy, Prosperous, Happy New Year. Carole R
Thank you for the fun project. I really like the accent piece some thing different. Thanks again Barbara
Thank you so much. The idea of adding the flange is something I have wanted to see for quite a while. To have a two color quilt that works so well is just what I’ve been looking for for. Thank you, Jay N
What a way to start a new year! Thanks so much! Janet W
This is indeed “a history making event”. Love it !!! Peggy S
This was a lot of fun! It was a great help for a newer quilter to have the video to watch – thank you! Can’t wait for the next mystery! Kathy
What a fun way to learn!!! Thanks! Kimberly B
What a great idea! Marg
Am enjoying the mystery and videos! You are always so much fun! Ronda
Fun mystery! Love the videos! Gail
The videos are great! Dot
It was such fun seeing the videos along with the instructions! I tried the pillow method on a practice block and MAN was that SLICK!! A very accurate way to make QST�s and HST�s and a very cool way to do it. Marcia
The videos were real easy to watch and the information helped me understand some of the things I had tried to understand but could not picture. Charlotte.
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