It’s been a while, hasn’t it ! I completed the Asian-inspired quilt and here’s what it looks like. I’m not entirely sure about the orange-ish fabric - sometimes I like it and sometimes I wonder how in the world I decided to use it.

And here’s the backing fabric I used; it’s titled “Dragonfly Dreams” by Hoffman. I think it perfectly suits the quilt top.

The final month of the mystery quilt (you can see each month’s clues here) was the REVEAL month — and wow — here’s the finished quilt top. The quilt top is now at the longarmer who’ll be quilting it. I had a devil of a time getting this top put together — I ripped out more seams in this one quilt than I’ve done before. . . It fought me every inch of the way. So what did I learn and why am I going to do another:

I need to pay close attention to the size of the sections they send; I did pay attention to the first couple and then I got lazy — which created problems when I tried to put it together. Sooooo — pay attention to each-and-every segment of each section.
Because it was a mystery quilt, I didn’t know how it would come together; for all my other quilts, I had a vision of what it would look like. I didn’t for this one and I think that contributed to my problems. Also I was working along on another project (more about that next time) and my attention was partly focused on that project, not the mystery quilt. Once I got concentrated on the mystery quilt, things moved along better.
I love the look of the quilt; my fabric selection was spot on. Some people were disappointed because their fabrics were too muted and didn’t show off the triangles. (there are 12 or so coordinated fabrics [called “colorways”] you can choose from). See the upcoming mystery quilts for colorways.
I’m going to do another - I think it begins in late June. I enjoyed the process—this was my first experience with “flying geese” blocks which I’d been avoiding because they scared me. Turns out I put them together just fine.