Maroon Bells

Sometimes you just have to do it.

Follow along simply for the fun of it, 

even when you don't know

exactly where you'll end up.

Maroon Bells
2014
22" x22"

That's what happened when

I decided to follow along

with a Mystery quilt

being lead by Lori over at 

Humble Quilts.

No fear.

Lori's quilt-alongs have always

produced awesome
 small vintage inspired quilts.

So when she introduced a mystery quilt

 I knew I was going to join in.

I used mid nineteenth century reproduction fabrics

and without realizing it,

the reds seemed to dominate

 

especially with the addition of a red border.

Lori called hers Cascade.

I decided to call mine Maroon Bells

  after a beautiful place

 in Aspen, Colorado,
which is a lot closer to home.

I had fun machine quilting it with

diagonal lines through the squares

and adding a feather pattern

 over the diagonally pieced 1" squares.

If you'd like to make one too

stop over at Lori's and find the directions
and see what others have done.

It won't be a mystery, but

still fun and when you're finished 

you'll have a fantastic

vintage quilt too.

Until Next Time-