Onebyone

My piecing has improved 100% doing her mysteries. My first mystery was all over the place with clipped points and stretched patches. I thought I'd never do good with small pieces. Now it's fun and my results are very acceptable. Don't try to improve on her directions, follow them and go one block at a time.

toverly

I was worried about not being able to see numbers like in years past on the paint chips. Turns out they don't go by numbers, they go by name. So, No problem there. Beautiful colors.

katybob

I think it was Whittles. I'll double check.

Jeanne S

Thanks for the post! I had forgotten to check if the colors were out yet. Last year was my very first mystery quilt. I really enjoyed doing it and learned a lot! I will say that it was a large quilt with over 2,000 pretty small pieces---and was a real challenge for me, but I am really glad I did it. I kept up each week until the very end after the reveal, then lost some momentum and didn't get it assembled for several months. It is still not quilted---one of my UFOs!!
But I think I will join in again this year and hope lots of you do too!!

quiltsRfun

I hadn't planned on doing the mystery this year. But these mysteries are so much fun that I think I'll go ahead and Take the plunge. I'm really stretching myself this year by choosing my own colors. To simplify things I'm using only one fabric for each color. And I've decided to do it in solids. This makes my shopping easier. I've already got the colors and fabric picked out from Connecting Threads. Just one decision is holding up my order. Which of the three color ways do I want to make? Are we posting fabric etc. in this thread or is there another one?

katybob

It was Whittles that had the fat quarters for last year's mystery.

Podunk Princess

A new thread for the mystery has been submitted for moderator approval. I will post a link to that thread when it goes active.

sewbizgirl

The colors she chose for this one are Mardi Gras colors! Not sure I'm going to be okay with those. I'm not big on purple/lav, either. I went to pick up the colors for a friend who can't get out and the new paint chips are just all scattered about with no numerical order at all. You have to read the names on each and every one to find them. Yes, I'm whining.

Kassaundra

This site has pages and pages of color palette ideas should be able to find something that would float your boat. http://colorpalettes.net/

quiltsRfun

I keep a Pinterest album with color palettes. That's how I'm choosing my colors. Bonnie's are pretty but not my style. For the three of her mysteries I've done I was impressed with those who chose their own colors so I thought I'd give it a try this year.