Showing posts with label brown bag. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brown bag. Show all posts

Monday, June 8, 2026

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

I enjoyed piecing the Brown Bag Mystery Quilt so much that I pulled another version from my collection. I picked up these winter prints a few months ago without a plan. This was a great way to use them. I played with fabric placements a little and I think I used one less print than the original. Once I find some borders it will be perfect. 

If it wasn't a basic square, I cut the pieces using my Accuquilt Go cutter. If it was a square, I used my Creative Grids Stripology XL Ruler to cut.

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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

This year I picked my Brown Bag Mystery Quilt based on a single purple print. I had no idea what other fabrics were inside that brown bag or what the quilt design was going to be. I enjoyed this one so much I pulled a set of coordinating fabrics from my collection and got cutting. I still need to sew this one together and find some borders. I cut most of these units using my Accuquilt Go cutter.

I picked up my BBMQ from my local shop The Crabby Quilter in Annapolis, Maryland. If you want to check out the mystery quilt, you can go to any of the many participating quilt shops and ask to see their Brown Bag kits. 

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

I finally loaded this great quilt onto the frame. 
While it was quilting, I made the binding. 
I used Overlapping Crop Circles for the quilting design. Look at that lounging kitty!
It's trimmed and ready for the binding.

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Friday, May 30, 2025

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

I finished the center of my BBMQ.
And even managed to add a border. Now I need to go shopping for some backing fabric. 

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

I stacked up my block units.
And I sewed a bunch of blocks.
Then, I put the blocks and the sashing strips on the design wall. I'm sure I'll get them sewn together soon. I'm still working out the borders for this one. This one was really fun. 
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

I realized I hadn't been sharing my BBMQ clues. Let's just work through them since the big reveal is coming up on Saturday. I made some 4-patches
I made some great square-in-square units.  
And these units with contrast corners. I'm excited to see what comes next and how all these units will fit together. 

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Friday, April 4, 2025

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt - Clue #1

So many strips to make this quilt. The Creative Grids Stripology XL Ruler has been so great for this project. 
Here is my finished clue #1. I'm excited to see where this mystery is going. 

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Monday, February 17, 2025

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

I don't know what it is about these mystery quilts that I love so much. That doesn't matter. I popped over to The Crabby Quilter, one of my local quilt shops, and picked up a kit and the Creative Grids Square on Square Trim Tool (3in or 6in).
I admit I chose it because of those cute, little kitties! I'm excited to get started on this project. Every year this is an adventure that takes me outside my comfort zone. I'm here for it!

Check out my previous BBMQ's.
    Piece of Cake (2024)
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Friday, September 13, 2024

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

I finally finished one of my Brown Bag Mystery Quilts. This kit was purchased from Mountain Creek Quilt Shop. I purchased two kits from them but I may have misplaced the other kit in my sewing room. More on that another time. The quilting motif is Hours from Longarm League.

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Friday, July 12, 2024

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

I loaded my first Brown Bag Mystery Quilt onto the frame and got it quilted. You can almost see the quilting in the next photo. I still haven't picked the binding. I have some leftover pink and blue that might work. 
And finished my second Brown Bag Mystery Quilt top. I have backing for this one and will get it quilted soon. I bought enough kits to make three quilts but I haven't started the third one yet. It is another solids quilt. 

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

Once the big reveal was out, I started working on piecing the rows.
I love how this pattern was written when it came to putting the rows together. Everything came together perfectly. Well, as perfectly as it can when pieced.
I kept adding rows according to the layout. 
I was pleasantly surprised to find I got it right the first time. I had some of the white-on-white background fabric, so I added a 2" border.
Then I added a blue border using some leftover backing fabric I had that matched. I think it came out great! Now to repeat it with my second quilt.

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Friday, May 10, 2024

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

I had to play catchup with my Brown Bag Mystery Quilt. I was behind for clues 3 and 4. So many half-square triangles! This is the kit from The Crabby Quilter in Annapolis, MD.
I really like working with the solids. They're so forgiving when it comes to cutting and piecing.
This kit is from Mountain Creek Quilt Shop in Alcoa, TN. I bought two kits from them but haven't cut any of the other kit. The last clue is tomorrow and I'm ready!

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

These little nine-patches were the first clue. 
The second was loads and loads of flying geese. I'm going to be piecing these for days.
A little bit of chain piecing makes this go quickly. I use the letter opener to quickly cut the units apart. 

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

How can you have only one?
I discovered Mountain Creek Quilt Shop through the Brown Bag Mystery group on Facebook. I found their collection of classic book covers as color inspiration delightful. So much so, that I bought two more brown bag kits. 
I bought The Raven and The Call of Cthulhu. I even added the extra coordinating fabric for borders and binding. I really like the mix of greens and blues in The Call of Cthulhu bag. The Raven will likely be stunning with the almost monochromatic palette. 
I started with The Raven. So far I've only made the one block. I am set up to stitch the rest when I have a couple minutes. It is easy to stitch a couple when I have just a few minutes to sew. 

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt

Last year I participated in a fun mystery quilt designed by Karen Montgomery. I decided to jump in and try another this year.
I chose my brown bag based on the floral print. I'm not entirely sure how I feel ab out the amount of pink fabric but I'm going to go with the flow. I bought this kit from The Crabby Quilter in Annapolis.
The kit comes with cutting instructions to get you started. I did the initial cutter and stacked everything in an project box so I will be ready each week. 
The first clue came out on March 16th. The following clues will come out every other week until the final reveal. I wonder if I can resist buying another kit? Only time will tell. 
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