Well here it is at last. My Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2016 finished. I fell out of love with this quilt part way through......caused by the strong yellow. Hindsight is such a wonderful thing isn't it. I should have used the wrong side of the yellow fabric as it was much paler on the reverse side. I did that with this fabric in my scrappy stars quilt and it works much better. Anyway - I was happy with the quilting and it doesn't look too bad now that it is on a bed. It will however have to find another home as I have plans for a different quilt on this bed!
Here is a close up of the backing and the quilting design. The 'quilt police' won't be happy with this quilt as the backing is not pure cotton! This mystery was a very expensive impulse on my part.....I had to buy lots of fabric and because the quilt was too big to fit on my original quilting frame I ended up buying a set of longer rods and rails to finish it! The good part though is that I now have two sets of rods and rails so I can set up my frame as a medium or large size now depending on the size of my project. I have also managed to store the rods and rails without them taking up too much room!
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| These blocks are a first for me - never made these shapes before. |
The Mystery Quilt 2017 is now at clue #4 and I didn't bother to do the Monday link up for the last two clues. I decided at the start that I would not be making all the required blocks - instead I would make just a few. I would decide what to do upon the final reveal. I didn't want to buy any more material and might just make a 'fabric piece' that I can quilt and turn into something else. I have a fancy to make a 'weekender' bag.......we shall see.
