Last year I invited friends over every Friday during
December and January so we could sew on the current Bonnie Hunter
(www.quiltville.blogspot.com) mystery. I didn't
love the finished quilt, even though I loved my colors. It was just too busy
for my style. I also used the exact colors that Bonnie is using this year!
That's happened twice now. So, do I play
along or not? Here are some of my block units from last year:
One friend is going to work on Bonnie's Carolina Christmas
quilt. She owns the book and knows what it will look like, but I still had the
mystery pattern and gave her the cutting clues so she has everything cut and
ready to go for each week. She will sew along every Friday with a new clue.
This is a picture of one-quarter of my Carolina Christmas quilt. It was her mystery in 2009. It is in Bonnie's book, Scraps & Shirttails II, available on her website: www.quiltville.com.
Several friends have said they're not going to do this
year's mystery. I'm leaning toward a one-quarter size quilt so I can play along
and be excited about the clues without committing as much time this year. I've got a lot of fun sewing to catch up on
since I spent so much time in pattern writing this year. Our daughter is coming
home for Thanksgiving as well, so I definitely won't be starting on time.
If I decide to play along, I'm leaning toward the following
colors:
Bonnie Me
Black Navy
Red Purple
Gold Green
Grey Grey
blue
Neutral Neutral
What do you think? Are you playing along this year? Are you using Bonnie's colors or have you changed things up a bit?
