Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Mystery Quilt Reveal

Mystery Quilt Reveal

Completed square
I got carried away with the holidays and didn't get as much work done on the Grand Illusion mystery quilt as I had planned. I have one block done and enough components to make three more. I have to say, if I had seen the revealed quilt instead of being introduced to it little by little, I would have run screaming from the building. It's not that it WAS difficult, it just LOOKS difficult -- and scary for a fairly new quilter like me. However, being led through this quilt a little at a time, I understand that I can do pieces that look complicated, as long as I break it down into small enough chunks for my brain to process.

Can you find the Dime Store Novel themes?





I also love the fact that I learned several new techniques and I met quilters from all over the world. I kept it scrappy and I was able to incorporate a number of fun fabrics that relate to our Dime Store Novel world, as well as some that have a personal meaning. One friend has suggested an event after the quilt is done where we display the quilt and read some of our works -- it sounds like an interesting idea.

Will I participate in next year's Bonnie Hunter Winter Mystery Quilt event?  Yes!

In Writing News

The holidays are over and we are back to working on stories and we have an exciting 2015 planned for our readers.  The first draft of Louisiana Snowflake is nearly complete and John is hard at work on the second draft of Striking Angels. Both of these books will be larger than the other books in the Dime Store Novel series -- the story grows and so do the books. 
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6 comments:

  1. AndeeJanuary 6, 2015 at 12:50 PM

    Isn't it a good feeling to get that first block together? YAY! I love all of Bonnie's mysteries and I too will be making the next one.

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  2. MarianneJanuary 6, 2015 at 4:00 PM

    Your block looks great. This was my first quiltville MQ and probably won't do another. I don't think enough time was spent on fabric selection.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 6, 2015 at 4:13 PM

    Thanks, Marianne. I started out with only a small set of fabrics, then I kept adding more and more fabrics as I went along -- particularly as I found fabrics that looked fun and somewhat fit the color scheme. I'm likely to include more fabrics as I finish up the quilt.

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  4. Lisa in Port HopeJanuary 8, 2015 at 8:18 PM

    some of your fabrics are pretty wild but that's the fun of a scrappy quilt. enjoy putting the rest together!

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  5. VireyaJanuary 10, 2015 at 12:43 AM

    Love your wild fabric selection! It will be a fun quilt.

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