Lois says.......... How was the mystery presented? Did you just have to make x number of certain blocks and the way in which they were assembled was up to you? Yes. You're told how many sub assembly blocks to make and from what colour run. This isn't done all at once, but revealed a bit each day. When all the 2 inch and six inch blocks are finally made ahead of time, they have a grand reveal and tell you how to put them together into a certain number of twelve inch blocks. I didn't pick up on them suggesting any particular way to assemble these blocks, and always.... reserve that for my own discretion anyway. In this case you were told to use twenty different light and same amount of dark fabrics to make each block different. I did it on faith, and was clueless where they were going with it, so therefore really unable to either come up with a colour scheme or even if I did, don't know if I had enough stash to coordinate it anyway, so I just took it on faith and hoped I'd like it. I loved the pattern choice, but think all the wild combinations don't do it justice. But, it was fun, anyway. Glad I did it.

I had a boy - the dorm room was disgusting and teeney with loft beds - for 2 years. I don't think the beds were ever made. Then he moved off campus to a (luxury) Quad and bought a full size bed. Size of the bedding was very different. Part of what you decide to make is where they go to college. I would suggest that you make a large lap - longer than wider - but not so large it is cumbersome in tight quarters, but one large enough to wrap up in and walk around. Keep it lightweight unless they need the warmth. Both my son and his roommate (truly BFF)each ended up with down blankets, because they were in a cold climate, but had no space. Girls are different.....don't be hurt or surprised if it is tossed around carelessly, lost or stolen. I would not put a huge amount of effort into it, but make it nice. I am so glad I survived those years.

Thank you, all! Rosajoe: I worked hard to make the mitered corners on Robert's quilt come out so matched. After all these years mitering should be easy and natural but each time I have to really think it through and fuss with it until I'm happy. These were worth the effort. :~)) Kristene: I love that Mount Fuji panel. I bought enough yardage to include 4 panels at a quilt show a few years ago, not sure what I would do with them. Two were used last year for a comfort quilt and matching bag for my boss whose daughter was ill. Then the last two went into this quilt. I've never been to Japan but it's on my Bucket List. I'm really drawn to Oriental prints and images. Kate This is the lap quilt I made last year with the same Fuji panel:

Thank you all! I've been pretty frugal in my quilting over the last several years and have only bought fabric at garage/rummage sales so I don't necessarily end up with fabrics that I would walk into a store to buy, but as long as I don't just detest them, I buy them. The white/cream background fabrics on all of these were unusual fabrics, but they were ones that I had a lot of yardage in so they could be used as background fabrics for patterns that required lots of yardage for the background. Like another forum member said, (Sorry, I don't remember who) 'There are no ugly fabrics, just ones that have not found the right partners to dance with.' Hopefully I picked fabrics that are not awful together and fit the couples' style. The bow-tie one was hard because the couple registered mainly for board games and to have money donated to their honeymoon fund which didn't leave a lot of info to glean their style/taste from. The second one was challenging because the colors the couple registered for were orange, green, red, brown and eggplant - except not in purple but in blue. So I decided to use my 70's decorator fabric with the orange, green, brown in the background and then use the blue for the ribbon design. Now the hard part is to decide out of all the patterns on my 'some-day' list, what to do next?? I have a large amount of fabric with a black background that is a Mary Engelbreit design with teacups on it. My mind has been doing somersaults for months trying to figure out how to use it - what pattern and what other fabrics? Still not sure!