marshal mystery quilt

Purple Zone from Wendy's Quilts and More

There's nothing like an exhibition to make you hurry up and finish a quilt.

This recent finish is a combination of two Jen Kingwell designs.

Back in 2019 I started Jen's Marshal Mystery Quilt published through QuiltMania. I was very proud of my central motif when I finally got it to sit flat, but as time went on and more and more of the quilt got released, I didn't feel inspired to finish it according to the pattern.

But I've always hung onto this centre piece and I knew I'd find a way to use ...

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We Built This City from Wendy's Quilts and More

What a thrill it was to see my quilt hanging in our guild's exhibition last weekend. It really glowed in the dark exhibition space. And the rosette on it matched the colours in my quilt perfectly!

Some months ago I mentioned that I was going to repurpose my blocks from Jen Kingwell's Marshall Mystery Quilt - published in Quiltmania during 2019. I didn't really like the layout in the magazine when the quilt was finally revealed. I came to the conclusion that I would prefer to make two quilts with my blocks, rather than to try and use ...

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I won prizes! from Wendy's Quilts and More

I'm just writing this very brief blog post to let you know that won some awards at the Capital Quilters show this weekend.

First up is my "Glitter in Green" quilt - it won Best Hand Pieced quilt. I was thrilled because I do love this quilt. I'll do a proper blog post soon with ALL the details, but suffice to say it's a wonderful pattern by Jen Kingwell.

Next is my "We Built This City" quilt and it won a Merit in the Build It Up challenge, and also the Joanne Johnson Colour Award. This quilt was ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 4 years, 6 months ago. under aurifil , aurifil thread , capital quilters , capital quilters exhibition , glitter in green , glitter quilt , hand quilted , jen kingwell , jen kingwell designs , marshal mystery quilt

Capital Quilters' Retreat from Wendy's Quilts and More

This weekend I'm going to our guild's retreat. We're quite a big guild, so we usually have 3 retreats a year - 2 at Silverstream in Upper Hutt, and one at Home of Compassion in Island Bay, Wellington. Different groups of members are regulars at each venue. I only go to the Home of Compassion retreat which is usually in the middle of winter.

We arrive on Friday morning and stay for two nights, so I need to take plenty of things to keep me busy for three days.

The last couple of years I've left my ...

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Perfect Circles from Wendy's Quilts and More

So many people commented on my circle blocks in last week's post.

Everyone wanted to know how I got them looking so good! Well, I followed Jen Kingwell's video on YouTube. I've put a link to it here so you can watch it too.

Jen uses Karen Kay Buckley's Perfect Circles and Bigger Perfect Circles. I already had these circles in my cupboard because I use them for wool felt applique. They last for ever and ever (as long as you don't distort them with a super hot iron). Most quilt shops stock Perfect Circles ...

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My quickest quilt top ever from Wendy's Quilts and More

As I played around with my Marshal Mystery Quilt blocks last week, I came to the realisation that I would be better off making two quilts, rather than trying to combine all the blocks into one quilt.

I liked the idea of combining the small square blocks into rows or columns, so I looked in my stash for something that I could use as a background fabric. Spurred on by people who say tell me that I'm so bold with my fabric choices, I used this Michael Millar fabric that's been in my stash for more than five ...

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Marshal Mystery Quilt revisited from Wendy's Quilts and More

Today I decided to revisit my Marshal Mystery Quilt. The Marshal quilt was designed by Jen Kingwell and released in Quiltmania magazine throughout 2019.

I made most of the blocks during 2019, but when the final quilt was revealed at Houston in November, I lost motivation to continue. I didn't like the final design, so I've spent some months thinking about how I could use all the blocks I spent hours making.

The full reveal of the Marshal mystery quilt

I decided to buy yardage of Jen Kingwell's Lollies fabric and planned to applique the feature blocks ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 4 years, 11 months ago. under jen kingwell , jen kingwell designs , marshal mystery quilt , quiltmania mystery quilt

Marshal Mystery Quilt (and the Peacock Party) from Wendy's Quilts and More

It's a long time since I've talked about the Marshal Mystery Quilt, designed by Jen Kingwell. The final layout has just been revealed at Houston (as shown below) and in Quiltmania magazine, so it's a good time to revisit my blocks and think about how I will proceed.

At this stage I think I'm going to come up with a different layout. I can't say that I'm in love with the final layout, and I haven't come this far to join my blocks in a way that I don't love. I very ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 5 years, 5 months ago. under jen kingwell , jen kingwell designs , marshal mystery quilt , quiltmania , quiltmania mystery quilt

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