Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt Part 1

Here's a reason to post on my blog again. Let's see if I can keep posting like I did in the past. My main excuse for not posting is time, I guess. I do need to sleep a little every night.

Bonnie Hunter visited Common Threads Quilt Guild November 19-21 and I was lucky enough to take a day off work to attend the My Blue Heaven workshop on Friday.

I have all the pieces cut and 9 blocks assembled. Many more units are waiting to be made into blocks.

But now it's time for the My Blue Heaven blocks to move over, so I can work on the new Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt, Grand Illusion.

I have all the pieces cut and 17 units assembled.

I just realized that I can use the My Blue Heaven pieces as leaders and enders for the mystery quilt. Yea, two for one!

Celtic Solstice, Part 5

No, you haven't missed anything.

This is the first time I've posted about this Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt.

I got a good bit of Part 5 done yesterday after we returned home from Kentucky. All the pieces are cut out, most of the wings are on and I expect to finish it up tonight.

These are Bonnie's colors:

I usually make quilts in bright colors, but not this time. These are my fabrics:

I wanted a warm looking, brown, red and gold quilt. I'm a bit concerned that the browns and reds are too close, but we'll see. The fabric in the lower right, was my inspiration and will probably be a small border, or binding.

Bonnie's Baby Quilt

Bonnie is expecting her first grandchild in a few short weeks and she has made her first quilt.



She chose stars and loops panto and I used PermaCore white thread and a poly batting she provided.



These are just the cutest fabrics!

Design Wall Monday

These blocks were made a couple years ago and put away because I got confused when arranging them. The pattern is Strip Twist by Bonnie Hunter. Our guild has been asked once again to make twin quilts for Visions of Hope, a residential treatment center for young women. All their bedding is lavender and they want purple quilts. Hopefully, I can get this one together and quilted in the next couple of weeks.