I finished the Blast From the Past Mystery Quilt last week. It was sponsored by American Patchwork and Quilting. I found it rather late so I worked on my own time table. They released 2-3 blocks per month. Finishing instructions were made available in April. When it was finished, it measured about 54" X 59". I usually like bigger quilts so I decided to add 3 borders.
After wandering aimlessly for awhile, I finally found these 3 fabrics at my local quilt shop. I wanted to use light colors to make a buffer between the actual quilt and that busy outer fabric. I loved that the outer fabric had all the colors found in the quilt. It's so pretty.
I wasn't sure how these fabrics would work. I added the first border and thought it looked fine.
The two borders looked good too but I'm glad I chose a darker fabric to finish up the quilt. The quilt now measures 69" X 73". That's a much better size for me. I have batting but I'm still looking for a backing fabric. I'll probably choose a pantograph since custom quilting would be so hard to see in this busy sampler. So many decisions!
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