Mini Midnight Quilt Finish

As part of my new year's sewing room clean up, I found a bunch of single blocks that have been hanging out on my fabric shelves too long. 

One of those blocks was a 24" square test block I made for the Midnight Mystery Quilt (the mystery pattern from 2 years ago).

The block itself was a little too small for a quilt so I added a 5" white border to extend the background, making the quilt 34" square.  I love this size for a baby quilt, big enough for a baby or small child but still small enough to easily quilt and use a single width piece of fabric for the backing.

I quilted the quilt using matching Aurifil colors and different quilting motifs for each of the section of the quilt.

I felt that with all of the white background, the quilt needed a strong border so I cut the binding at 3 ¼" wide versus my normal 2 ½".  The quilt is backed with a fun Tula Pink blue print with snails.

The mini midnight mystery quilt will be donated through my local MQG (the Greenville Modern Quilt Guild) to the Greenville Hospital System where it will go to a child who has been removed from their home.

I am glad to get this work-in-progress finished and off to a new deserving home :)

Quilt Stats:

   Name: Mini Midnight

   Size: 34" x 34"

   Design: Midnight Mystery Quilt (by me)

   Fabrics: Prints by Lotta Jonsjotter and Densye Schmidt 

   Batting: Warm & White by the Warm Company

   Thread: Aurifil 50wt white 2021 for piecing, matching Aurifil 50wt for each fabric

   Quilting Design: swirls, wavy lines

I am linking up with Finished or Not Friday @ Busy Hands Quilts and 

Finish it Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts.

Midnight Mystery Quilt - Winners!

Did you see the 111 quilts and quilt tops in the Midnight Mystery Parade yesterday?  If not, please go check them out right here, they are awesome!

I have been blown away by the response to this mystery quilt and want to thank every one of the quilters for using their time and fabric to quilt along with me over these last 9 months.

Due to the number of quilters who turned in entries, in addition to the 9 prizes that had been announced, there have been 7 more prizes added!

I have added an additional 5 prizes from my own Etsy shop and Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl (who is an amazing longarm quilter, pattern designer, and participant of the Midnight Mystery Quilt) has graciously offered 2 prizes of 2 patterns each for a total of 16 prizes to win!  Quilting Jetgirl is also the first official sponsor for the next mystery quilt, the Meadow Mystery Quilt which starts this July.  Thanks Yvonne!

Without further ado, here are our 16 winners, randomly selected using random.org:

1.   $20 gift certificate from Bear Creek Quilting Company 
Carla K. from Colorado

2.   $40 gift certificate from Pile O'Fabric

Judy V. from Roscommon, Michigan

3.  1 combined cathedral window pincushion / thread catcher from Meadow Mist Designs 
Sally B. from Moody, Alabama

4.  $100 gift certificate from The Fat Quarter Shop
Brenda C. from Lacombe Alberta Canada

5.  1 digital quilt pattern from Busy Hands Quilts
Adele D.

6.  1 digital quilt pattern from Busy Hands Quilts 
Michelle P. from Scotland

7.  10-piece fat quarter bundle of Peppered Cottons from Studio e
Marjie R. from Ashland, MA

8.  20-piece fat quarter bundle called Fusion Illusion from Blank Quilt Corp.

Kris J of Sew Sunshine

9.  Quilting of your mystery quilt (or other lap quilt) of a semi-dense all-over quilting pattern design by Jan from Quilting Among the Groves. 
Mel B.

10. 2 digital quilt patterns from Meadow Mist Designs
Jean M. from New Zealand

11. 2 digital quilt patterns from Meadow Mist Designs
Deb C. from Tasmania, Australia

12. 1 pincushion from Meadow Mist Designs 
Lara of Buzz in Bumble

13.  1 pincushion from Meadow Mist Designs
Tish S. of Tish's Adventures in Wonderland

14. 1 pincushion from Meadow Mist Designs 
Karin P.

15. 2 digital quilt patterns from Quilting Jetgirl
Carolyn C. of Gorram Quilts from Seattle WA

16.  2 digital quilt patterns from Quilting Jetgirl
Nancy (the Nancy with the email address starting with brian...)

Thanks again to everyone who participated and our winners, I will be e-mailing the winners tonight with more details of your wins.

Midnight Mystery Quilt Reveal Parade!

Welcome to the Midnight Mystery Quilt Parade!  Grab some coffee or tea and some cake and take some time to look through over 100 wonderful version of the Midnight Mystery Quilt people have made.  

We have 111 versions of the quilt pattern on parade today!!!!  Thank you so much to everyone who has been taking part or following along in the Midnight Mystery Quilt! 

Due to the shear length of this post, I will be posting the winners of the random drawings tomorrow.

Just as a reminder, the mystery quilt instructions can be found in the tab above and they will never be taken down so you can start at any time.  (I also now have the entire set of instructions for sale as an easy downloadable pdf).)

Without further ado...here are some of the wonderful Midnight Mystery Quilt finishes! (I double checked all of the entries, but as there were so many if I misspelled your name wrong, left out a blog link, left off your quilt you e-mailed to me, or did anything else wrong, please let me know and I will fix it right away).

Shannon F. of The Fleming's Nine from Oklahoma - Blogged

Carolyn C. of Gorram Quilts from Seattle WA - Blogged

Carla K. from Colorado

Hannah G. from Brownsburg, Indiana

Judy V. from Roscommon, Michigan

Janeen K. from Indiana

Denise M. from Folsom, CA

Marjie R. from Ashland, MA

Beryl R.

Jennifer W.

Liz M. from New Jersey

Stephanie O. from Pontotoc, MS

Sue B.

Esther G. from Pinedale, Wyoming

Irene G. from North Carolina

Julie W. from California

Myra of Busy Hands Quilts from Washington State - blogged

Pia Marie P. of Colorado

Joan A.

Pam K.

Debbie R. from Texas

and another from Debbie R. from Texas

Yvonne F. of Quilting Jetgirl from California - blogged

Sue H. from Ohio

Emily O. from Fort Collins, CO @rebelquilting

Michelle P. from Scotland

Imelda O.

Tish S. of Tish's Adventures in Wonderland - blogged

another from Tish S. of Tish's Adventures in Wonderland - blogged

JoAnna R.

Bev H. from Idaho

Deb P. from South Carolina

Donna K.

Mittie S. from Melber, Kentucky

Diana M. of Red Delicious Life from Florida - blogged

Sherry S. of Blessings From Our Nest from Washington State - blogged

Mel B.

Lisa B. of Beutelchens Hande from Germany - blogged

Lisa J. of Sunlight in Winter Quilts - blogged

 Susan from California - @susansquiltstudio

Allison from Auburn, Alabama

Cheryl B. of Meadow Mist Designs from Greenville, SC - blogged

Nancy





Hayley P. of MooBird Stitches

Daniela K. from Cameron, Missouri

Lynda H. 

another quilt by Lynda H.

Emma R. of My Handmade Home from England

Liz K. in Calgary, AB

Cindy B. from Colorado

Teresa

Deb C. from Tasmania, Australia





Adele D.

Camille M. from Salt Lake City, Utah @Camillesquilting

Nancy C. from Virginia

Jessica W. 





Liz D. from London, Ontario, Canada. 





Amy L.

Audrey D.

Carol P. from Utah

Brenda C. from Lacombe Alberta Canada

Kerry S. from South Carolina

Liz S.

Nancy

Karin P.

Jackie I.

Emilee T. from Georgia

Katri M. from Finland

Emily L. of The Darling Dogwood from Charlotte, NC 

Anja C.

Debbie J. of Greenville, SC

Jean P.

Julia

Lorna J.

Vasudha G.

Cristen B.

Darleen S. from South Carolina

Rachel of Pigs In Pajamas from California - blogged

Lynn M. from New Zealand

Alison of Little Bunny Quilts - blogged

Monique B. from New Hampshire

Shelley of The Carpenter's Daughter Who Quilts - blogged

Sally B. from Moody, Alabama

Sarah of 123 Quilt from North Carolina - blogged

Sara from North Italy

Sarah G. of Sarah Goer Quilts

Libby D.

Char T. from Colorado

Chelsea M.

Jean M. from new Zealand

Mary from Ohio

Liz H.

Silvia S. - Illinois

Brenda H. from Canada

Jenny D of Sew Crafty Jenn

Karen B

another version by Karen B (one really huge midnight mystery block!)

Kris J of Sew Sunshine - blogged

Lara of Buzz in Bumble

Johellen G. of South Carolina

Sherry B. from Sacramento

Veronica N.

Sylvia from Germany

Joanna Y. from South Carolina

Elinor G. from South Carolina

Joyce A. from South Carolina

Dagmar T. from South Carolina

Wendy O. from Guelph Ontario Canada

Kelli G.

Cathy S. from France

Sandra W. of Musings of a Menopausal Melon - mmm! quilts - blogged

Tana M.

Weren't all of the quilts amazing? I love seeing how a quilt pattern can change so much by using different fabrics and colors.  Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Midnight Mystery Quilt.

If you liked what you saw above you can always make your own version of the Midnight Mystery quilt (blog instructions in this tab and pdf available for purchase here) or join in on the next mystery quilt!!!!

Meadow Mystery Quilt-a-Long Starting in July!

I had such fun with this mystery quilt that I will be hosting another mystery quilt starting this summer!  The Meadow Mystery quilt-a-long will start in July 2016 and finish in early spring 2017.  Please join me in making next year's mystery quilt even bigger and better!

I am linking up to Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts, Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation, Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Thank Goodness Its Finished Friday, Finish It Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts, Fabric Frenzy Friday @ Fort Worth Fabrics Studio.