again this year I'm doing Judy's mystery quilt. this year it's Tell It To The Stars. here are my first two blocks all completed. I'm loving my fabric choices so far. I've chosen the yellow as my main fabric, banking on the fact that any quilt with the name Tell It To The Stars is bound to have many stars in it! the grey is rock fabric- my favorite, favorite ever! the purple is Kona Lupine, and the blue is the fabric from my wedding. can't wait to see how it turns out month by month...
my daughter A got me this book for Christmas. I was so happy to receive it, and pieced two quilts from it already.
the first is this quilt- I used a neutrals Kona cotton jelly roll, and Kona papaya for the yellow. I plan to quilt it myself, using vertical cables. someday, that is!
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next was this one- again, all from stash! when I'm almost done with a fabric, I'll cut it into 2½" strips, and put it in the bin in my closet. there are so many patterns out there that use the 2½" strips, and jelly rolls can be SO expensive, that often I'll make up my own jelly roll. I really like the way this quilt turned out, too! so many of the fabrics have a little story behind them, and it's fun to search for all the different dresses, quilts, pillow cases and shirts that I've made for my children in the past 15+ years.
this was my first Bonnie Hunter mystery- Celtic Solstice. i found out about it at the last minute, but I'm glad I jumped in. again, I pieced this all from stash (isn't that such a good feeling?) I chose to do this mystery, since I know Bonnie's patterns often have gazillions of tiny pieces, and it's so different from what I would normally do. ( I usually shy away from tons of little pieces, and twiddly patterns). but- I'm happy with how this turned out, and would do another mystery of hers- as long as it's only once a year!
most of the chevron blocks I pieced wrong; there are only 7 in the quilt that I pieced the right way. oh, well. I considered ripping them all out, but (easily) talked myself out of it! I have no plans to quilt this at this time, but it's hanging in my sewing room closet with the backing fabric (a blue and orange paisley purchased for $2/yd) all pieced, and the binding fabric cut and rolled with it.
PS: is it just me, or is blogger really irritating? I can't get my pictures to rotate or center the way I want them to. sorry!
8 comments:
I am working on the Celtic Solstice my self. If Mine would turn out as nice as yours, I would be really happy! I am just alittle nervous about how mine looks though.
You can't even notice that you pieced some of your chevrons wrong. I think it looks great!
All your quilts are lovely. I hated making the chevrons, but I love them placed either way. As to photos, I rotate mine in my download file before I bring them into blogger.
The chevrons facing the wrong way isn't a mistake, its a design feature. You acknowledged that when you didn't rip them out and used that in the arrangement. You shouldn't have said anything: I saw them as design!
Great quilt.
Love your blocks for tell it to the stars. The other quilts are beautiful.
Beautiful mystery quilt! I like the mixture of "stars" and diamonds in the chevrons - I did it that way myself.
Like you, I probably wouldn't tackle an intricate quilt like this on my own, but sewing along with people all round the world (who also don't know where we are going) is a lot of fun. And we all end up with beautiful quilts and add our own personality to Bonnie's design.
I love your fishy border. I'm glad you enjoyed your first Mystery Experience.
It looks great, chevrons wrong or not!
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