Do you remember the Canadian Mystery Quilt? It was designed by Shania Sunga and started in 2015 with the goal to have it finished in 2017 for Canada’s 150th birthday. I signed up for the program, and my finished quilt can be found here. It is still hanging in my hallway, and I love looking at it every day, it is such a wonderful quilt, celebrating Canada’s diversity. Lynnette was inspired by the quilt as well and bought the kits back then without being a quilter. She had always wanted to make a quilt, and her mother-in-law is an excellent quilter, so she had someone available to ask for advice but I still think it is a huge feat to even attempt this quilt as a beginner, let alone finish it. The pandemic gave her the time to work on the blocks, and she did a great job putting it all together. For quilting, we chose the pantograph “Maple Sugar”, an allover maple leaf design.
Lovely – a real treasurer.
That is an amazing quilt! Would love to see it up close and see all the details.
I posted pictures of the individual blocks on my personal blog that I was still writing back then. They can be found here.
I was able to get some of the blocks but I am missing a bunch. Curious to know if there are still some available to purchase, including the cost of shipping. I have #s 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13.
Sorry, Liz, I can’t help you with that. I only sell my own patterns and only as downloads. This was a quilt I quilted for a customer.
Hello Liz;
We are missing Saskatchewan, British Columbia and the finish instructions. If you have them would you be willing to let us buy them?
Cliff Lebarron and Anne Donaghy
Ottawa, Ontario
Just a note: Cliff left their phone number and email address in the comment which is not safe to do. If anyone has the patterns they are looking for, please get in touch with me. I removed the contact information from the comment but saved it and will be happy to forward it, if anyone needs to get in touch with them.
Hi just received this kit and was wondering if you machine stitched each section that is appliqué. Example stitch around the bridge then the chickadee and branch. They is nothing saying to stitch the appliqué pieces in place . Thank you for your help
I used what I call the “McKenna Ryan” method for this quilt. This means I only ironed the pieces to the background fabric, then put the top together. Then I quilted it by stitching down the appliqué pieces, but only after layering the top, batting and backing. So I appliquéd and quilted at the same time. I just free-motioned around the outlines of all the pieces, securing them this way. I don’t remember what Shania Sunga recommended, if anything, but this method worked for me. Thank you for stopping by, I hope this helps.