The Top Is Done!

I have finished my version of Bonnie Hunter's 2018 Mystery, "Good Fortune"! I'm so pleased with the outcome and had great fun with the excitement of waking up every week to find a new clue, the rush to get all the pieces made, the fun of pulling a myriad of fabrics from my 25+ year old stash to get that great mix of scraps, like Bonnie does in EVERY one of her quilts!

I swear, the first thought I had when I smoothed out my quilt on my design wall and took the photo was, "I can't wait for Bonnies Mystery 2019!" (you're laughing, Bonnie, right?)

I'm bringing this quilt to the quilter, Cathy Evans of Yuba City, California tomorrow and it will be in the Valley Quilt Guild guilt show on March 9th and 10th.

Thank you, Bonnie Hunter, for sharing your generous talent with us. You bring so much joy to so many quilters all over the world! What a great feeling that must be.

Here's the link to this Monday Link-Up, the last one of this mystery. Take a look at all the iterations of this quilt and marvel at the creativity and dedication of so many Quiltville followers.
https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-last-good-fortune-mystery-monday.html

Good Fortune--Coming Along!

I finished all the pieced parts of Bonnie's "Good Fortune" quilt using "my" colors: aqua instead of blue, lime instead of a deeper green, purple instead of red and pink instead of orange. I always like seeing different colors used. 

I'm following one blogger who's using 'dark' as her neutral and am eager to see the finish.

I haven't made the "paper pieced" steps because I might just make them single pieces. We'll see after the reveal.

I didn't do Bonnie's mystery last year and regretted it! The first I did, many years ago, took 39 hours to piece the top! (I kept track every time I entered my sewing room.) That may sound like a ton of time but it's one of my favorite ever quilts so very worth it. Come to think of it, I used a similar color palette for that one as I'm using now--no wonder I love it--LOL! 


I'm going to guess we'll have 2 more clues before the big REVEAL--one of my favorite days of the whole YEAR! What's your guess?

Take a look at all the participants in this year's mystery by going to Bonnie's blog: https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2018/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-6.html