I have a la pass rosette that is b/w and red looking at it in full color it is stunning the red center star shines. It has great contrast / value / whatever you want to call it up close or from a distance. However when you convert it to b/w image you lose all the detail that you can clearly see in color. That is a long way around saying I agree the b/w thing isn't always right.

CGS, what a lovely selection you have pictured there! Looking forward to see the result of your shopping trip for the neutrals. :-)

This sounds like fun and is love to join in but....
I just had major door surgery today and will be non weight bearing for 6 weeks (aka. No sewing for 6 weeks) 😂😂😂
I checked out the web site and the Bonni hunter ruler I need is in back order from her site and Amazon. (I javelin the other rulers ...in my Amazon cart)

My questions are
(1) Is this weekly or monthly? I ask b/c on her weep site it said there would be clues every Friday to download. So this confused me ( as most things are these days being on pain meds and all 😊😊😊😜)
(2) Can I still join?
Thanks for the help.....I'm going to very needy the next few weeks, hubby even took off for 2 weeks to help me! 😍😍😍

Laquita -- I'm mostly a lurker, but I can't resist responding to your very entertaining post! I've made 3 of Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilts and I've always enjoyed the process. This one's going to be lap size. First -- what in the world is door surgery? If you can't sew for a while, just print out the clues and make it when you're able. Maybe you can do all the cutting first. Bonnie says you don't need the special ruler -- just the easy angle and the other one she's used for other mysteries. The clues arrive weekly, starting the day after Thanksgiving and I think ending Christmas day or maybe the day before or after Christmas. Hope you have a very speedy recovery!

LAQUITA: Honey, your auto-correct had a heyday with your post! I knew from before that you were having FOOT surgery, not door surgery! :D Just rest up and let that foot heal. You will be able to get all of Bonnie's clues for probably at least a month after it ends. They come out weekly and stay up on her website for a while. Lots of people start late. Some wait to see what the quilt will look like before deciding to join in.

I suggest subscribing to Bonnie's blog posts at Quiltville. That way you will not miss anything. Also, she tells us well in advance before she takes the pattern down to be published. You can download all the clues for free anytime before then.

I went to Hobby Lobby today after work to look for some teals, did not have enough and the few I had skewed towards green instead of blue. Anyway the colors I decided on were dark and light teal, black, white, and grey, my constant was going to be a red fabric I had used in a boom swap and I was going to try and figure out a way to incorporate both ideas. (just a little background) so as I am scouring the isles for teals do you know what I found?????? A red background fabric w/ black/white/grey tiny cats!!!!!! I must have blacked out or something b/c when I got home in my Hobby Lobby sack there were two teal fabrics and that cat fabric!!!!!! lol

Here are my two options. I need to decide whether to stick to my original red constant or the cat red. Then I need to decide if the white will be the neutral or the black.

That kitty fabric is so cute, Kass... and goes well with your gray and black.

I love it when people sub colors, and seeing how that comes out. I always think I'll do that and then chicken out.

Kass, I like the kitty fabric for your constant. Depending on how small the pieces are cut your other choice could have areas of black rather than red. Love your other choices. I have that gray in my stash, one of my favorites.

Love seeing everyone's fabric choices! When I got to this thread today, it moved me. Yes it moved me to begin pre-washing my greens!

I need to re-read Bonnie's article about the neutrals. I am still having issues with selecting those.

Yowza, 10 days!!!!!!!

Kassaundra, I like the idea of using your black as the neutral. Since it is much darker than your darker teal, it seems like that would balance things out better than using it as the green.

I can't believe me this year. I have done the mystery quilts for the past two years and loved doing them. In those two years I lived 1 1/2 hours away from a Lowes and managed to get my paint chips. This year I am only about 15 minutes from a Lowes and have yet to get my paint chips! We have been busy getting settled into our new home and building my studio, but I do plan on doing the mystery this year. Love the colors and need to get busy!

I vote for the cats too, because I was thinking the same as quiltsRfun. But you could fussy cut the red/black print to get the color you want to use, if you wanted.

I enjoy seeing everyone's fabric choices (and progress as the mystery is under way).

When I went to Lowe's and got the chips, I was okay until I got to the Hibiscus (magenta). Holy cow!!! Bright colors are not in my crayon box, lol! Thought about using a few shades darker, but as I went along I just kept pulling other colors entirely.

I've finally ended up with blues for purple, lighter blue (but not baby blue) for lavender, green, pumpkin for yellow and red for magenta. I only pulled out a few of my neutrals, but have a LOT more (I'm a neutral hoarder!). Strips in these colors will be pulled, also.

Due to vacation plans, I already know I will be way behind on this one, but am okay with that. I'll have to save the hints and check in to see how others are doing when I can (won't have internet access most times) and will catch up eventually as I love Bonnie's quilts.

Robin

I'm pretty sure (almost positive) I will use the cat fabric as my constant and black as my neutral.

Peaceandjoy, I love your fabric choice! I am still on the fence with this mystery, but if I were to do it I think I would use your colors! I'm going to print out each clue as it's released, and see what happens. I have plenty of UFOs to finish up. But I am excitably watching everyone's process! It's fun even as a bystander:)

Your colors look good, peaceandjoy!

PandJ nice choices, I always like a blue / orange combo.

I think I'll opt for orange for my magenta. I'm using blues for the purples too, but sticking with the yellow.

Sounds like a good combo.

I'm counting down the days to Black Friday. I can't wait for this mystery to start! Last year's mystery was so enjoyable that I ordered the instructions for the Grand Illusion mystery from the previous year. This is what I did with the colors. I wasn't sure how the pink was going to play with the other fabrics, but I am very pleased with the results.

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And this is how my Allietare turned out.

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Great job on both!

PandJ I also love the color combination you are going to use. Kassaundra I like the idea of the black as your neutral too. Getting excited!

Those are great quilts, Splinter!

Can't wait to see Kass' with the black as neutral.

Quilters, your wonderful color choices amaze me. They've also been an inspiration for me to try this. I haven't been pleased with the results from the color choices I've made before. Not the pattern's fault, just the fabrics didn't play well once they got together. This is the first Bonnie Hunter mystery I will try, and I will probably be more of a lurker than a poster.

So I am asking for opinions. Below should be 2 photos. The stacks are the same. They match the paint chips. I believe they have enough contrast between the green and yellow. The light and dark purples may need some adjusting. Yes, most seem to be polka dots or small florals. That may need changing. I am most concerned about the constant. One has a gold sheen to the wheat motif, the other has a lot of white in it. Which will "play" better, do you think? And should I change some of the other fabrics?

I appreciate the help and constructive criticism is welcome. Thanks!
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Hopefully you can tell details. I seem to get the photos either too small or too large. Again, thanks for your input.
Cheers!
MJ

All2Pieces, I think your fabrics are lovely and wouldn't change any of them. As far as your constant, I think either would work, but am drawn more to the top one.

A2P, pretty fabrics... I'm sure either of your constants can work, but if it were me I'd rather have a magenta without so much white in it, such as a tonal. Just my opinion.

A2P, I like your choices, there looks to be plenty of contrast between all the separate colors. I prefer the top constant also, however what are your neutral choices, variations of white, or cream or grey???? If your neutrals are more on the white side the second constant might work better.

All,
Thanks for the opinions. I like the gold sheen in the top photo also. Some of the purples have a touch of that gold, and some of the cream/off-whites that are mixed in my neutrals have a touch. I've gotten some new white TOT plus some that lean to the grey side with a silver shimmer, don't know for sure what will work best. At 87" by 87", I should be able to test a few of the combinations before committing to an overall scheme. Maybe. If not, I'll have a lap quilt or two.

I can't wait to see all of yours come together with the colors and fabrics you have all chosen. I look forward to BH's mystery every year there is only one that I did not really care for but that is okay it found a home at my sister in laws she loved it.

I am ready finished my last round on the round robin here on the QB. So this week will clean my machine, put in a new needle, and fill some bobbins, then fill up my bottle of best press, and put in a new blade in my rotary cutter. Ok my colors are going to be out of my scrap saver system that Bonnie uses. I do have some yardage pieces of her colors picked out and could make a half or 3/4 inch size. But some of my bins are overflowing and I have tons of blue (but I also have a lot of greens) so may use that in place of purple and keep all the other colors the same. I will wait until she release the clue next friday to make a decision if I have to about the blue or purple. I have made BH's. " Easy Street", " Lazy Sunday", 2 of" Celtic Solstice", "Grand Illusion", "Alletaire", I did go back and make "Orange Crush". Plus I have made a few other of her free patterns she has on her site and a couple from her books. Bonnie really has turned my life around. I use to only use yardage never scrappy but now I am converted and it is hard for me to do a very controlled quilt :D

I saw on the BH fb page a pic of someone's fabrics and she is doing yardage, all her fabrics are monochromatic browns, and she has one bright blue (assuming magenta). She seems to have plenty of tone and color difference in her browns ranging from beige to chocolate. I am looking forward to seeing all the color ways, but that one I'm extra interested in seeing.

FQ40! Nice to see you again on this thread! If you decide on the blues, that's what I chose too! I plan to make half of what Bonnie's suggests, and I'll decide later if I want to make more. Wow! You've made a ton of her patterns!

So glad to find this challenge on the Board!!. This will be my first mystery quilt and I will do it with my DDIL. Took me 3 Sherwin Williams stores to get 2 of all the colors. Lowes was already out of them!! Can't wait to start on the 25th!!

I finally decided on my fabrics for this mystery. I kept the same general color scheme, but opted for more 'quiet' pastel versions. I didn't have enough of these colors in my stash, so took the easy way out and just purchased one fabric for each color, rather than trying to find many smaller pieces to make it scrappy. My values may not have the wide differentiation, but I am hoping the different colors themselves will work.
I have 4 other projects going on right now, I really debated about adding another to the mix, but it was so much fun last year doing it with everyone, I couldn't pass it up. I will likely be behind the currently weekly clues, but will have fun watching the progress of all of you!
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I just lost a long reply. Drats!!

I love seeing everyone's fabrics finished quilts WOW!!! And reading the posts. Even though I read more than I write it's so fun to join in.

Katy- sorry about your door surgery. ;)

So so since I don't know where I would use a purple magenta quilt I decided to make a bed runner for Myself. Well. That's the plan. I'm switching up the fabrics. They all came from my stash and many were going to be a granny square quilt for my bed. But I'm so warm when I sleep I'm thinking runner. But who knows.

Here are 2 options I'm considering. Better decide soon huh? Lol. Please feel free to give any constructive criticism you have. I can handle it.

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SusanS. I like your second choice better. The yellow and neutral in your first choice are so similar I think you may lose some secondary design.

What she said.

JeanneS, I can't wait to see your pastel version of En Provence!

SusanS, that second group of fabrics looks great to me.

Jeanne, I think your colors will make a beautiful quilt. I was like you, didn't know if I wanted to commit to another project but decided to go ahead and jump in. Another week and we'll be starting.

Hey everyone, I am late to the game, but excited to join you all. This is my very first mystery, ever! I'm glad to see a thread to share the experience with all of you.
I have been having a grand time going through fabric bins and drawers, realizing I have more fabric than I thought!
I wasn't altogether happy with some of my colors...just not quite right. And I was really lacking in neutrals. So I checked with my LQS and found a few nice pieces.
I am sticking to Bonnie's suggested color palette, although I may try to add a little blue in the mix...maybe with some neutrals? Or yellow/blue prints. As I look at the field of flowers picture Bonnie posted, I see a blue sky.