It crept up very quickly.....
Wishing everyone a safe, happy and healthy 2016.
After finishing off the grey quilt, I was itching to do something with a bit of colour. I had decided early in the December that I would sew Bonnie Hunter's mystery this year.
Over the past couple of days with the heat we are having here in Victoria (some days of 35-40C) and with the air conditioning on I started on the mystery. I am a little bit behind as the reveal and final steps will be posted later today. But that's OK - I will only look at each step as I finish the previous one.
Here is what I have achieved so far - my materials sorted - blacks, reds, golds (although mine are more yellow/gold), neutrals and the one piece that is used throughout the mystery a grey.
One of the reasons I decided to follow along on this journey is the colours that Bonnie chose to use. I know some people choose to use different combinations when making a mystery quilt, but generally I go along with what the designer suggests or what they have said they used.
This next photo shows the first step - a pile of 2" finished half square triangles using the grey and neutrals. Typical of Bonnie's style - heaps of little sewing.....
Step two the cutting and then the finished pieces sewn together. In this step she introduced the red with the neutrals and the grey material.
The finished sewing of step two. I am only showing 4 blocks here so you can see more clearly how they look. Besides the pile was too big and it kept falling over.....
These had to be sewn in groups of four - the same four pieces of red and the same four pieces of neutral, but each group of four to be different but the actual four to be the same.
Lastly step three. We used the gold with the neutrals and cut 2" squares and sewed them into a 4-patch block. Very easy step. So am wondering what step four will be like. So far each step has been easy sewing. I am sure step four will have a lot more in it.
Tomorrow I will look up the instructions and start cutting and sewing, while trying my best not to look at step 5 which is generally the reveal and final part of the sewing. There has to be a lot more as so far it doesn't look like much. The last couple of her mysteries I usually have a gazillion little piles of blocks.
Well, we will see and I will post in a couple of days when I have sewn step four.
Wishing everyone a safe, happy and healthy 2016.
After finishing off the grey quilt, I was itching to do something with a bit of colour. I had decided early in the December that I would sew Bonnie Hunter's mystery this year.
Over the past couple of days with the heat we are having here in Victoria (some days of 35-40C) and with the air conditioning on I started on the mystery. I am a little bit behind as the reveal and final steps will be posted later today. But that's OK - I will only look at each step as I finish the previous one.
Here is what I have achieved so far - my materials sorted - blacks, reds, golds (although mine are more yellow/gold), neutrals and the one piece that is used throughout the mystery a grey.
This next photo shows the first step - a pile of 2" finished half square triangles using the grey and neutrals. Typical of Bonnie's style - heaps of little sewing.....
These had to be sewn in groups of four - the same four pieces of red and the same four pieces of neutral, but each group of four to be different but the actual four to be the same.
Well, we will see and I will post in a couple of days when I have sewn step four.
2 comments:
It looks lovely, Joy. You will end up with a beautiful quilt. Step 5 is OK to look at. Step 6 is the one to avoid. Also don't look at my blog!
It looks like that will keep you busy for a while. Willows has their exhibition in Oct. Hint! hint!
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