Such beautiful units are being shown. I am still working on the 4 patches but I think I have enough twosies paired up now for the total. I need to cut more blue for the HSTs. Oh, well. What gets done, gets done. :)


Carol, I want to check out Bonnie's Hunter's String Star pattern. Your block is beautiful and what a great way to use the colors you had pulled for this mystery.

Everyone's blocks are looking good - just love seeing all the fun fabrics.

Carol - your Hunter's Star is lovely
Vagabond - love your fabric eyeglasses are adorable
JENNR8R - your blocks are great but if you're hurting just work on a few at a time, sew a bit, press a bit, trim a bit, take a break.

I finished Clue #2 - whew - I think this is the first Bonnie Mystery I've kept up with the clues. Working Friday but Saturday is wide open. Who else is hoping Clue #3 is: make 48 squares and that's it. :D
(note: orange is my neutral)

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I am so loving your clue 2s, AmyB!

I was thinking that we'd had it easy thus far, and wondering if we're going to get a doozy of a clue tomorrow.

Finished with my first clue 2s, and pressing madly to get the second set ready before tomorrow. It's the first time I've used yardage and tonal neutrals for a Bonnie mystery (I'm using a single blue fabric and single green, mildly scrappy on the red and orange).

Clue 3 is up! Out for an early appointment, and then I will read through it again. I prefer not to draw lines if I can avoid it.

https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2018...SibxlQw8aU5FTo

Earlier this week I read this tip on sewing HSTs without drawing lines... scroll down to where she is marking a piece of tape to put on her machine.
https://podunkpretties.blogspot.com/...ing-lines.html

This clue will stop someone like me (messy Marcia) in my tracks. I've decided (And I'm not complaining I'm just stating facts) to split the instructions into two sections. I will make my little half square triangles by themselves, the way I make all of them. Cut half inch bigger both ways, and then trim. The trim that I get does not equal the extra that I cut. I've made 20 of the half squares and one chevron that did not turn out.

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Right there with you BattleAxe. I don't have much luck with flippy corners to begin with. So I want my larger units to be correctable. To obtain usable HST's my seams have to be about 1/8 inch. Just don't feel like that's a good compromise for a large quilt. So, I'm making my HST's separate also.

Thank you for the link, QuiltingVagabond! I was thinking of those half-chevrons, and avoiding drawing lines by using the Simple Folded Corners ruler. I suspect that I will then have to make the little HSTs separately, which I don't mind. I don't like the idea of guesswork and scant seams to make the other method work.

I wonder if those making the separate HSTs will need extra green yardage, if Bonnie calculated the yardage with her bonus buddy method in mind.

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I don't really get what the Bonus Buddy Ruler is for; not really understanding her photos and text this time. I'll try reading it again.

I always have trouble with those half chevrons. Bonnie uses them a lot and they’re a big part of what makes her designs so beautiful.