Bonnie Hunter Winter Mystery 2022-2023: Chilhowie
#181

Kristi: I realized as I was cutting strips today that I am not very good at “stash busting.” I semi-panic if I get close to the end of a fabric and start to think that I need to head to the store to replace it. For some reason, spreading each fabric over many projects makes me happy. It calls back memories of working on other quilts, especially Bonnie quilts.
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#182
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Ballwin, MO
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I'm happy with my progress thus far. I did decide to use one set of fabrics for each unit of clue #1; I have my test 4-patch done, and I should be able to get my test 9-patch put together tomorrow and post a photo. Then on to sewing and pressing the rest of the clue!
#185

I'm going to substitute hot pink for the orange. Since it's only one color, it's not super different from the original colorway. Hot Pink/Orange aren't that far apart on the color wheel.
#186

https://colorpalettes.net/
#187

It's been three years since I've done a BH mystery, and realised why when I was cutting and sewing these tiny units. I really don't like working with such small pieces. But I committed to doing a half size, so will persevere. I've finished the nine patches and am working on the four patches now. Have almost all of the latter sewn but not pressed or trimmed. All from stash except one third yard of blue since I felt I needed something brighter.
#188

I love this site for color inspiration! I am horrible at choosing colors….
https://colorpalettes.net/
https://colorpalettes.net/
#190

It's been three years since I've done a BH mystery, and realised why when I was cutting and sewing these tiny units. I really don't like working with such small pieces. But I committed to doing a half size, so will persevere. I've finished the nine patches and am working on the four patches now. Have almost all of the latter sewn but not pressed or trimmed. All from stash except one third yard of blue since I felt I needed something brighter.