I Love a Good Mystery

I love reading Detective Mysteries and I join quilting Mysteries. And yet, I can never figure out how the crime is done and solved. Furthermore, I struggle with Mystery Quilts.

Yes struggle. Yet, I join one or two every year! February is month #2, & that means round #2 of the Mystery Medallion Quilt. 

I know it is supposed to take a month to complete; some participants have posted photos. What is nice about that is seeing how they work with the colors. 

Last month, I succumbed to using red because the host or author of the project recommended red. She lists the colors on the pattern as a suggestion and I take it as the rule. I thought it was ok to use red in the center block or medallion has those 4 hearts in it. 

So Okay, I used a red heart print to do that part of the block. I don't have many reds. And I was falling out of thinking for myself.

I selected colors and fabrics for this project so I could USE them up. I pulled greens and blues and pinks and yellows. What I also learned from a real-time teacher here in town is that when I use a fabric in one block, the flow is easier on the eye if that fabric is used in the next block. 

My light pink on an off-white is in the center and now in the 2nd round, as is the dark teal print. 

New to round 2 is a print that has pink, red, orange and yellow. 

I still do not know how to use the fabrics to make them work in the quilt and so it is round by round using that one suggestion for flow.