Sunday, February 22, 2015

Downton Abbey Mystery

Love Bug Studios online site is sponsoring a mystery quilt to coincide with the 2015 season of Downton Abbey on PBS.  A new clue is released every Sunday morning at 9 a.m. CST.  A list of 10 fabrics from the Downton Abbey line was introduced in three different colorways to choose from or you could choose your own. They were presented as Team Cora, Team Carson or Team Rose.  I chose Team Cora and I found 6 fabrics in my stash that were "close enough" to Cora's colors and I ordered 4 of the actual Downton fabrics.  Here are my fabrics.  Downton fabrics are top row; fabrics from my stash are on the bottom.




January 4 - Clue 1:  Manor House - We only had to make one of these.  Here's mine:



January 11 - Clue 2:   Lady's Tiara - We had to make 4 of these.


This mystery will continue through the entire season of Downton Abbey.

January 18 - Clue 3:  Sarah's Daring - We had to make 8 of these.


January 25 - Clue 4:  John's Loyalty -  We had to make 16 of these.


February 1 - Clue 5:  Sous Chef Daisy - an 8-1/2" block.  We had to make 16 of these.


February 8 - Clue 6:  Plucky Rosamund - We had to make 12 of these.



February 15 - Final Layout:  Here's my final layout.  We were given three samples and mine is not the same as any one of those, but similar.  It is on my design wall and the bottom row of blocks had to lay on the floor.  At this point it measures 72 x 92.  But I have also added a 6" red outside border all the way around since this picture was taken.