you are fast Lisa, what colors did you use? maybe you already showed us on an earlier post?

everybody's looks good, it should be fun.

I spent some time today pulling tiny scraps, but have not even started cutting yet.

Oh I love your fabrics. This makes choosing look so much easier. I am trying to stick to my stash but I don not have enough neutrals.

Where?
 

where are the instructions? I have re-read all 13 pages here ,took me 2 hours for that. I really want to do this one.I have never done a Bonnie Hunter mystery before.

The first post has the link for instructions. http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/...ng-celtic.html. Then click on "Celtic Solstice" in the top banner to get step one, which is where we are now.

Lisa: I am amazed. What size are you making? Love to see pictures.

Yep. Everything is copacetic here too. Some of my quilt buddies are also doing BH's mystery and we're swapping some neutrals amongst us. Great way to add to the mix!

Jane

Glad to see there is a thread for the mystery...
I am using Inklingo on mine and have about 30 more units to do and clue one will be finished.
Hopefully later today I will do them on my treadle because the sewing room is kind of dark once the sun sets.
Finally watched Bonnie's how to sew the units video and realized I needed to trim all those dog ears! Well something to do while I watch TV or a movie this week LOL
My blog is
http://creativedayswithcathie.blogspot.com/

How does the Inklingo work on dark fabric? Can you see the lines OK?

I'm making the king size, I didn't get to work on it until late yesterday afternoon I finished the cutting around 7:00 tonight. Won't get a chance to sew on it until Wednesday (school Christmas programs Monday and Tuesday, didn't we just do Thanksgiving?) I'm hoping the sewing will go smoothly and I can get step 1 finished by Saturday morning.

Tonight I cleaned off my cutting table. I have been trying to do it on the table but getting nowhere. I took the contents into my dining room, sat on the floor and sorted. Now I have a new pile of strings, a pile of fabrics to cut for my 3.5 inch tumbler quilt, a pile of larger pieces and some more scrappiness for each of the colours in this mystery. I probably have most of the oranges and the neutrals cut and may be 2/3 of the blue. I have sewn 1/4+ of the blocks so I should get there by Saturday (I am in Australia). I used my Go cutter for these shapes. I am making the small size for now.

You gals are fast. I just finished deciding on all my fabrics. Washed and ironed. Did you know if you making the Large, you need wash over 14 yards.

It was the same with Easy Street. I had some fabric leftover from that I could have used on the back but I had found the perfect fabric on sale for that so the extras went back into my scraps. I'm a little over half done with the orange blocks and will cut and sew the neutrals tomorrow. Play Day at the LQS today.

I cut my pieces up this morning. I discovered I cut way too many 3 1/2 in strips for the backgrounds. Oh well, I'm sure I'll use them for something sooner or later.

I wish I could just sit at my machine and sew the pieces all together, but silly old life sometimes interferes with my sewing time...

To be honest it depends on how dark your fabric is on the back side as that is where the printing will be done. I have more trouble with fabric that has a busy print on the front and the back shows a lot of the print. I will try and take a picture a bit later so that I can show what I mean.
Many dark fabrics have a pretty light backside so the lines show up just fine.
Linda Franz the inventor of Inklingo has several work arounds that you can use to print on dark fabric. One would be to layer a dark fabric unprinted with a fabric that has been printed and cut them out together. When you piece the units at least one piece has to have the lines though LOL
Anyway Linda always answers questions very quickly and you also get to meet her dear friend Monkey who loves to post answers as well.

OK, all the units for clue 1 are done and I posted a link on Bonnie's linky party post on her blog.
I couldn't look at all the links but it seems some quilters are finished and some havn't even started so it's all good (as my DD tells me frequently)
Used my treadle for the last 30 or so and I think I am getting better LOL They mostly measured accurately

Almost Done with Clue #1
 

Got all the "neutral" blocks done. I'm using only one neutral color. Got one side of the "orange" done. Hopefully will finish the other side this evening. Had to do a little trimming on some because of different weight fabric in the blues but all is good! I'm hoping to do the weekly clues on time. First Bonnie mystery quilt for me.

I'm making the 1/2 size one and have clue one finished now. They came out so beautiful...
Will post images a bit later.
My tummy kind of went WooOOps when I saw we were starting right off with the 2 special rulers.
But it was fine...:)

I've also bookmarked the quilt blog of the woman who is making hers a mini with 1/2 sized blocks :)

I haven't started yet only due to having to finsh a quilt (a gift) that has all of Bonnies colors in it and I want to see what I will have left over in those colors in case I needed to pick up or search my stash for some more oranges and greens. I should be finshed with this gift quilt in a few days. So I should be able to start this week on the first part and hopefully have that step at least 3/4 to 1/2 way done when the next step is released!

I too now am thinking I may use a smaller strips like a 2 1/2" thinking that might be about a lap size and then again maybe I might even use a 1 1/2" and make a wall hanging as I'll bet it would look great as one. I could always make the 3 1/2" later to have/use in the same room as the wall hanging.

keep in mind there is a difference (for me) between the small, 75X75 inch, and the miniature, which 1/2 sizes all the cutting. Just so we are all on the same page. I'll bet the mini's will be stunning, because the intricacy of the piecing is so fab on the big quilts.

Here is my 2nd quilt that I am doing in Civil War themed fabric (also the smaller size)
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You're doing two? Good for you! Love this color combination.

Wow some beautiful color combinations. I am using one neutral like Grandmasieg. I sew some and then cut more and sew. It is probably quicker to cut all, then sew but doing the same thing for a long time doesn't do it for me. I worked on UFO's all this year so its nice to start something new.

I'm doing Bonnie's colors in the smaller version. I was home alone most of Friday and Saturday so the sewing was not a problem.

I just love seeing the pictures of what all are doing on our forum! Yet have you checked out the Mystery Monday Link-Up parties?

http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/...link-up-1.html

I am using one fabric for my neutral as well...solid white and one that will sub out for the orange which is a beach sand looking tan. The rest will be scrappy
Loving sewing along with so many who are doing the same quilt. I love the look of miniatures and will foundation paper piece mini blocks but not just regular cut and sew LOL
Does someone have a link to the quilter's blog who is doing the mini?

....I have started this. It am really slow...paper piecing..have only about 50 orange ones done ...
Was going to do King but am rethinking...wonder if there will l be this much sewing every week...

Only Bonnie knows how much sewing. Just plug away at it as time allows. I will say that the clues around Christmas tend to be easier. I am sewing the small size with plans to upsize if I like the pattern well enough. So I know I'll probably be revisiting this step to make up the difference.

Tellabella, I thought about using foundation piecing but then decided to do regular cutting but just made them larger then the 3.5 inch and cut them down. Maybe switching back and forth will make it seem to go faster. One of the suggestions Bonnie makes is to just do what time allows in each step and then go back and make more latter. I am just about where you are, I am enjoying the combination of the blue and orange, so pretty.

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Yay got my step 1 done!! Love seeing everyone's work!!

Helen: Congrats. Love the way the colors pop with the blue. I'm only about half way on a king size but still have a couple days to finish.

Looking good Helen, I just started cutting today. Hope to get a few together. I only cut enough for 50 blocks, will make sure it works before cutting more. Just in case, I don't want to waste all my fabric.

Did I miss something? How did you know there would be 50 blocks?

I'm guessing quiltsrfun is refering to units maybe?

After 40 years of quilting and 10 years of using down my stash I don't have enough of anything but red or green to do scrappy so for the first time I'm using just 5 fabrics. I wasn't sure how this teal would work but think it came out terrific.

Quite a bit of mine is gone so I'm guessing we won't be using (Bonnie's Blue) much more of that fabric.

Sorry I was confusing!!! I just cut enough for 50 V units...... still have more cutting to do for step 1. Just getting started and that's all I had time for

I'm with Emma, cut some, sew some, iron some, square some up. I sew a few each evening after work, supper, dishes etc are done. So will see how many I have done by next Friday's new clue. I think I have about 30 done of each. That should be enough to use however they are in the next steps.

I finished mine today, but still have to trim off the little extra tips. I'm using raspberry instead of orange and they look adorable! I love seeing all the different color ideas, such creativity!

Looking good Kalamaquilts. I see you have that other quilting necessity on your table - chocolate.

The teal and red are so beautiful together Kalamaquilts!