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Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt , Step one

Hello fellow quilters, We have a nice group of friends along with their friends on Facebook . This is my second BH Mystery . Last year , there was only four of us. This year, we have 16 and their friends for a total headcount of 31 .









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  1. VireyaDecember 1, 2014 at 8:42 PM

    Lovely to see all those different colour selections.

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  2. Quilt emDecember 1, 2014 at 9:14 PM

    Thanks for the comment. Maybe I will get better at this blogging. I eanted to do captions but I couldnt fit it all in . We have a big group . I hope more of them start posting. Need to explain the shoe picture, lynne's new Rottweiler puppy chewwdd her laces while she was sewing on the mystery .

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