Passing time, (taps fingers) Each year I'm amazed at the time Bonnie puts into this mystery.
Think time
Design wall time
Lowe's time
Piecing time
Estimating fabrics using scraps, can't be easy
Writing the directions time
Teasing us time (she is pretty good about not doing so much of that) IT IS A MYSTERY!
Setting up the posts to go live at a busy time with her family
Getting hers quilted and bound by reveal
Taking the acres of flack she always gets about the time of year
(she always says it is this time of year because there are many who need the pick me up excitement, who don't have family, don't celebrate holidays, are too sick to get out, etc) I started my first mystery four years ago because it coincided with my first of 75 radiation treatments. I considered it a real blessing at the time and still do.
This came to mind because I'm seeing a lot of mysteries out there. An ad for one today was $28.00 for the block patterns, mailed weekly. And heavily encouraged to buy the fabric kits @ $300.00. And it starts the same day as Bonnie's...
The only thing I've ever bought for Bonnie's was the easy angle rulers, which I love, but she always includes instructions for doing the 7/8 thing.
Anyway, I'll enjoy your company, and enjoy sleeping under my past mystery quilts.