How many of you are doing (or have done) Bonnie Hunter's mystery this year? It's called Grand Illusion, named after a hotel in the US where she taught some classes earlier in the year (2014).
I thought, and thought about it. I have loved her mysteries in the past, but didn't think I would sew it this year.
A couple of weeks ago I went to my monthly GTG of the CBD group of Scquilters in Melbourne and two of the girls (Vireya and Jeanette) had their nearly completed mystery quilts for Show and Tell. I quite liked what I saw, although I still think it is a very busy quilt with nowhere to rest your eyes.
This one is Vireya's. She decided to make it smaller - which I like.
This is Jeanette's - Jeannette has made it full size. She hasn't got the borders on as yet.
Comparing the two - it does look different with the borders on. Hope to see Jeannette's with hers at our next meeting.
Apologies here - for the table and (I think) Vireya's hat.
I went through my stash (before it started) and found most of what I would need. Changed the colours slightly - I'm substituting Royal Blue for the Black, as it's not a colour I like very much in quilts and I don't have very much of it - used a lot in the Orca Bay quilt. Not sure if I want to use the yellow Bonnie is using - I am taming it down a bit - have quite a stash of yellow, no problems there, also have a huge amount of green, as well as the pink - mine is more of a darker dusty pink; but the lighter blue or aqua is a problem - not much of it in my stash. Plenty of neutrals, but I'm sticking with creams/cream-on-cream.
Now that I have seen the finished quilt, I know I can make it smaller and therefore will have enough of the aqua material to finish it. I am thinking of double bed size not the large queen that she has made. Bonnie's is 5 x 5 large blocks with sashing. Vireya's (above) is 3 x 3 - I'm thinking 4 x 5.
As I sew happily along I will post what I have achieved at each stage. Having collected all the steps I will be able to work through them - and of course, typically, there is a lot of cutting, sewing, cutting, sewing.
Following Bonnie's instructions is very easy - full of explanations and photos.
Back to the sewing room - have completed all the cutting, cutting, cutting. Will post the first step very soon.
Take care,
Joy
I thought, and thought about it. I have loved her mysteries in the past, but didn't think I would sew it this year.
A couple of weeks ago I went to my monthly GTG of the CBD group of Scquilters in Melbourne and two of the girls (Vireya and Jeanette) had their nearly completed mystery quilts for Show and Tell. I quite liked what I saw, although I still think it is a very busy quilt with nowhere to rest your eyes.
This one is Vireya's. She decided to make it smaller - which I like.
This is Jeanette's - Jeannette has made it full size. She hasn't got the borders on as yet.
Comparing the two - it does look different with the borders on. Hope to see Jeannette's with hers at our next meeting.
Apologies here - for the table and (I think) Vireya's hat.
I went through my stash (before it started) and found most of what I would need. Changed the colours slightly - I'm substituting Royal Blue for the Black, as it's not a colour I like very much in quilts and I don't have very much of it - used a lot in the Orca Bay quilt. Not sure if I want to use the yellow Bonnie is using - I am taming it down a bit - have quite a stash of yellow, no problems there, also have a huge amount of green, as well as the pink - mine is more of a darker dusty pink; but the lighter blue or aqua is a problem - not much of it in my stash. Plenty of neutrals, but I'm sticking with creams/cream-on-cream.
Now that I have seen the finished quilt, I know I can make it smaller and therefore will have enough of the aqua material to finish it. I am thinking of double bed size not the large queen that she has made. Bonnie's is 5 x 5 large blocks with sashing. Vireya's (above) is 3 x 3 - I'm thinking 4 x 5.
As I sew happily along I will post what I have achieved at each stage. Having collected all the steps I will be able to work through them - and of course, typically, there is a lot of cutting, sewing, cutting, sewing.
Following Bonnie's instructions is very easy - full of explanations and photos.
Back to the sewing room - have completed all the cutting, cutting, cutting. Will post the first step very soon.
Take care,
Joy
4 comments:
Hello Joy,
it is a lovely quilt, but I can see what you mean about "bussy"; I think I would have a problem with it, I don't think my eyes could cope, LOL!
xx
Looking forward to seeing your updates on the quilt. Love your colours, think they will look better as they are a softer shade.
Hi Joy, Have read on a list somewhere about this Mystery where a couple of the ladies have added sashing between the blocks which has broken up the mismatched joins we talked about. Photos had not been posted of what these ladies had done worse luck. But it would be worth a try before putting the top together to lay a contrast between the rows of blocks.
Cheers
Fran
Looking forward to seeing how it comes together!
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