I thought I'd made up my mind NOT to make Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt this year....too busy, need to finish the medallion quilt I'd started for a show in the spring, blah, blah, blah.....but in the end I couldn't resist. This will be my 3rd Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt. I've had such a great time making the others that I figured, why not? Life's short. Grab the fun when you can.
She's calling it the Celtic Solstice Mystery---if you want to check out the directions click on the button to the right.
Since I hadn't collected fabric in advance, I had to move fast yesterday when the first clue came out. After a quick look at my stash and a trip to Quilter's Attic in Pine Bush, NY I had what I needed to get started on a new Christmas quilt. It's always a little risky to deviate from the colors Bonnie has chosen, but I think I'm on pretty safe ground here with Christmas colors. We'll see!
While I was at the quilt shop yesterday I also purchased the Tri Recs rulers Bonnie's using for this project. I'm so glad I did. It's really speeding up the process, and I feel like my units are coming out much truer to size than they have in the past. The technology and methodology that have been developed to help quilters is pretty incredible when you think about it.
That's all for now. More next week.
Have fun! As someone who mostly watches other people make Bonnie's mystery quilts, I especially enjoy the ones made by the courageous quilters who deviate from her color way. I look forward to seeing what happens with yours.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, Hard to pass up. I know you will have fun as usual.
ReplyDeleteLove your Christmas fabrics! Can't wait to see it all finished :)
ReplyDeleteVery nice! Can't wait to see it all come together.
ReplyDeleteYour Christmas colors look great. I'm using 30's reproduction fabrics and am also a little nervous about how it will turn out, since I'm not going with Bonnie's colors. I guess that is all part of the mystery!!
ReplyDeleteLove the Christmas colors. It's going to be beautiful. I am going with Bonnie's colors because I have no imagination. Ha!!
ReplyDeleteI will no longer skip a Bonnie mystery..I wind up going back and making it later anyways and it is SEW much more fun to sew along with everyone else! Great start!
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ReplyDeleteI also wasn't sure if I was going to do this years mystery, but when she showed the colors, it was exactly the colors I have most of in my stash. I really like the idea of the Christmas colors, can't go wrong with that!
ReplyDeleteI was scrolling down the linky photos on Bonnie's site and yours looked so Chrismassy I had to come visit! Looks great so far :)
ReplyDeleteDon't we all get caught up in the moment! Can't wait to see you Christmas Celtic Solstice finished.
ReplyDeleteI love your Christmas colors. They look great!
ReplyDeleteLovely colors!
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