This fabric was purchased on sale to use as a backing some day. It's not a perfect match, but there is enough yardage to make the backing for the Macaron Mystery project.
The sawtooth star blocks from the October Clue of the Melodic Mystery, the 2022 Mystery from Meadow Mist Designs, are finished along with all the HSTs.
I'm really enjoying the color palette for this mystery. Other than black, I don't normally make quilts with such a dark background fabric. The deep burgundy has been really fun to sew with.
Last year's Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt along, Rhododendron, has also seen some progress the last few months.
All the "A" blocks are finished. Just three "B" blocks are left to make and quilt assembly can begin. Rhododendron is my current leader and ender project. It's not unusual for the previous Bonnie Hunter mystery to be my leader and ender project as I start the next mystery.
This year's Bonnie Hunter mystery kicks off on Friday, so it was time to raid the stash for the needed fabrics. My rule for any of the mystery quilt alongs is that the fabric (or at least most of the fabric) has to come from stash. After evaluating what was in the stash, I decided to stick with Bonnie's color palette for this year's mystery.
I don't have the depth in my stash to do a BH mystery completely from scraps, but I do try to use up those one yard left overs from other projects. The orange and teal will be single fabrics, but I'll use three different deep purples with three different neutrals.
I do love a good mystery. I've played along with 11 BH mysteries (but only 5 of them have been completed) and with seven Meadow Mist Design mysteries (with 5 of those completed).
For those in the US, hope you will enjoy your time with loved ones and find a bit of time to stitch some too over the Thanksgiving holiday.
10 comments:
I have only done one B.Hunter mystery - I liked the pattern but it was a lot of work
You do a good job choosing fabrics for the mystery quilts. I’ve done a couple, but I’m never happy with the fabrics I chose when it’s finished.
Good for you making progress on your mystery quilts. I'm curious when you say you use leftover 1 yard pieces. How much fabric do you buy "for the stash" without a specific quilt planned? I've done a few of Bonnie's quilts but finally decided they were too big and too much work if I wasn't going to keep it. I do enjoy hearing and seeing them across the Internet during the event.
You're great at picking fabrics for the different mysteries and I always enjoy seeing your progress, too! I really like your Rhododendron colors, and also the new pull for the 2022 BH mystery. I'm drawn to purple, but have a hard time finding really pretty purples like yours!
You have so many pretty mysteries happening! The color scheme for the new mystery quilt is lovely.
I think you BH colors will look amazing - and doing it in less colors seems to make them bolder ( which I like too!)
Looks like great progress, and hooray for having a backing in your stash! The color palette for the next BH mystery quilt looks great. I hope you have a very Happy Thanksgiving. :)
Good for you getting so much done. I always love the BH mystery quilts after everyone posts their finished quilts, but I've yet to brave doing one. Maybe one day.....
Hooo, pretty fabric selection for the new mystery, lovely colors and fabrics. I love your white tone-on-tone too, you always have such a variety of beautiful neutrals!
Thank you for sharing and linking up ;)
Pretty blocks! Hugs I am THINKING about BH's - downloading the blocks!
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