Sunday, November 20, 2016

Mystery Quilts


Well here is last year's Alletaire Mystery from Bonnie Hunter. I made a big change in the fabrics as I was not a fan of red and gold. I have been working on my blocks and rows for the past 3 weeks. This is how for I have gotten as of today. I plan to sew some more today and get the top closer to being finished. 


My Alletaire mystery is all batik or hand dyed but I do not have enough of any of the batiks or hand dyes to use as a boarder. I have 3 yds of this Kaffe print and all the colour are there. What do you think? I am unsure about the green inner boarder, Bonnie was using the gold. I used green in place of her gold, so if I follow along it should be green. I could go scrappy green or this hand dyed green. 


What about this periwinkle batik fabric as the inner boarder ?


So to keep sewing I am up stairs in the living room and have to use the sofa to lay out my rows. I have a few rows to iron and 2 ends to fix. then rows can start to go together. 


Next Friday in the release of step 1 to Bonnie's next Mystery En-Provence. I have picked out my fabrics. I am going to use just my Kaffe Fassett collection. I only had to buy a little more of the light fabrics. I had everything else in my stash. Not sure what that says about me and my stash? Maybe it is too big. Or Good for me for using only my stash. 

4 comments:

  1. That border fabric looks perfect for your quilts. It's going to be beautiful!

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  2. I like your Allettiare colors. I vote for the green inner border. Looking forward to the next Bonnie Mystery.

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  3. Lucky you had your stash ready and waiting. Enjoy the Mystery Quilt

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  4. I like the border fabric you picked out and its a toss up on the inner border...
    Your fabric stash just says you have close taste to Bonnies stash and her quilts are always lovely.

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