Originally Posted by mhollifiel

Last year I did my first mystery quilt. I did Bonnie Hunter's Easy Street, loved making it and the stunning result. This year her mystery colors are "crayon" colors and I have about depleted my stash of those in my Project Linus tops. Also, I follow her blog and I keep seeing "my" quilt! I can't help but wonder about all these same looking quilts floating around 50 to 100 years or so down the road. Bonnie will live on for sure and that's not a bad thing. She's the real deal. BUT, I want what I do to be a bit different and have been especially drawn to those Easy Streets that have varied the colors. I admire those courageous quilters so much. (Can you tell I don't feel comfortable with color choices?)

Because of the short days which I hate, the timing of Bonnie's mysteries is especially perfect and keeps my spirits up during the gray part of the year. I am pretty much a stay-on-the-path quilter and not very adventurous. This year I am debating over changing the colors and keeping up as I did last year or waiting until the reveal to start. Having a deadline really, really helped me. With that realization, I am giving myself a deadline of this Friday to explore my stash and try to get my reluctant head around choosing a different palate for this year's quilt or just not do it until the reveal. My fear is that if I wait, I won't do it at all and my Easy Street Quilt will mock me!

I am grateful to #1piecemaker for starting this thread. It is giving me the kick in the tush I needed to get me off the fence. My advice is try at least one from a designer you love and do your best to keep up. You won't get a true idea of how mystery quilting fits with you until you do.