I Haven't Abandoned You, Mystery Quilt

 Well, the mystery quilt,

"Mountmellick",

by Di Ford is officially over.

What that means is everything

 has been revealed.

It's no longer a mystery.

The last installment was in the latest

Quiltmania magazine # 104.

I had been waiting for the ending

to finish.  Not because I was concerned 

about what it was going to look like,

but because, borders 5 and 6, of course,

had applique pieces that I thought

would be difficult to place correctly

if the borders weren't attached to the quilt beforehand.

So I waited and

now I'm working on the last two borders together.

 First I added border #5 which is a 

2" strip, finishing at 1 1/2".

 Can you see how close those applique pieces are

to the edge?  I know I would have had a hard

time keeping the applique out of the seam allowance.

So instead of appliqueing those,

 I pieced border #6 and 

 

added that to the quilt top.

Granted, the top is now bigger

and a little more difficult to handle,
but worth the extra bulk
to get the appliques centered properly,

so they won't being gobbled up
in the seam allowance.

It makes it easier for me figure out.

Border 6 will take awhile.

Lots of English Paper piecing to do.

No problem.
Unfortunately,

there's still plenty of winter left.

Until Next Time-