Bonnie Hunter of quiltville.com does an annual mystery quilt. In years past I've looked at these and thought how much I would like to do them and have always ended up deciding they looked too complicated for my skills. Bonnie is a scrap quilter and loves small pieces - a little intimidating. This year my sister and a friend of hers decided to do it and I have thrown my hat in as well. The fact that Bonnie's inspiration was her trip to the International Quilt Festival in Ireland. I went last year and have long wanted to do something to commemorate that wonderful trip. This is the perfect thing.
To start I needed fabric - lots of fabric, lots of colors. The first picture is stuff from my stash (my very embarrassing stash). The second one is fabric I bought to fill in….I did need it, really!!
Step 1: The first clue used tri-recs rulers - a whole new experience for me. I didn't believe I could do them - but they are nearly done and they look pretty darn good. 92 orange with blue and 96 off-white/cream with blue. I have about 50 more to go and I'll be done with step 1.
When the second clue came out this past Friday I couldn't wait to get it cut out and see how difficult it would be to put together. It's another more challenging block, but I've done 1 and have all the fabric cut out, so I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. I need to make 100 of these blocks.
I can't wait to see what's next!!
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