Mystery Quilt From 2018 Arizona Retreat

This is my stretched chains mystery quilt finally completed. Ellen taught this as a mystery at the retreat in Phoenix this past February. I was on the fence but came up with the perfect color scheme. My friend Misha and I shared Faris as we needed about 70 strips WOF to make the quilt. We each cut 2 strips of 40 unique fabrics and shared so we each ended up with 70 something fabrics. The colors were blue and green with a little purple. My background color was a cream and Misha did black.

Here is the photo I used to tempt Misha and she lover the idea.

Some of the ladies had finished tops at the end of the retreat but I was not one of those.  I took a few extra months to put mine together.

Here it is on the home streach with the chains laid out.

My friend Mel did one in cool colors with 30's fabrics. She finished her top at the retreat and sent it home with me to quilt. I decided it needed feathers.

I finally got my top done and loved the feathers on Mel's and decided to fo them on my quilt.

Here is a photo of both quilts. The design is not the same.

This is the one I quilted for Misha. She did a different layout on hers which was stars. It is a beautiful design.

A closeup of one of Misha's stars.

Here is my finished quilt. I had a fun day on the beach doing a photoshoot of two quilts and a couple of totebags. Stay tuned for the othe quilt in a upcoming post. The bags are the post before this one.