No offense taken! Tastes vary. I daresay this isn't the first time this has happened in the history of mystery quilts. It's the chance we take when we sign on.

WhitePine ... I had that idea too, switch the "new" aqua cornerstone to a green cornerstone and really get a nice secondary spin of greens. Your's looks great, I used scrappy greens so I'm going to have to try a few blocks out to see if works as well as yours does. Some of my greens might be too dark to get the same effect, and I really (REALLY) don't want to do any more ripping to swap them out.

Sorry to hear so many don't like the pattern as everyone has worked so hard. I'm fortunate, I do like it - but it's not a pattern I would have picked (or at least not in these colors). I like it for it's cleverness ... the secondary pattern of two on-point blocks is brilliant (which not everyone is seeing, mores the pity). The reveal wasn't totally unexpected as I know from looking at some of her past MQ's that Bonnie likes "busy" and she is VERY clever at designing secondary patterns. I am turned off by the colors, and I knew that going in when I looked at the palette, but I still chose to keep the MQ colors. The quilt will be finished, and it will probably just be an "extra" quilt for a cold night in the guest room. If they don't like the quilt, there's a Motel 6 somewhere they can sleep.

Keep the alternates coming, I'm still following and I might take my blocks out to play tomorrow. Today was devoted to Dear Jane. Made my first block (yeah!) then totally screwed it up when I trimmed it to 4.5". Can you say STOOPID??

I really liked this pattern, my fabrics are more subdued than Bonnies and I think it will turn out wonderful. I don't think I'll have it finished anytime soon. Still in the cutout stage.

So glad I was not able to start this quilt. I had fabrics all picked but due to unforeseen problems was putting it off til after Christmas. I am in the "do not like" camp. Love the colors, never used them together in a quilt before but the "spinning" is too much, makes me dizzy.

Now I love that paper pieced block.

Me too! My fabrics were all pulled and in a separate tote and I printed off all of the instructions, pictures, etc. We had two deaths in the family, and I wasn't able to start. Now, I will be putting all of my fabric back. Just don't like it.

Thanks so much for posting your pictures...enjoyed them so very much!! I am in a holding pattern because I have to get three memory quilts finished this month. I look forward to seeing more pictures each day. Great job :thumbup:
I love making BH mystery quilts. The reveal is so exciting!! I plan on finishing this for my niece that lives in California.

LOL judging by your avatar that isn't surprising. lol (which is beautiful by the way)

I have so much enjoyed watching everyone's progress on this quilt, and some of them are turning out very nice. I love the mysteries, and the excitement, and chatter, and I really love Bonnie Hunter. However I never got this one started because of family stuff and the holidays, and now, I don't think I will. after seeing the reveal, I think I will choose to spend my time doing a different Bonnie quilt, I have had several on my bucket list that I would prefer to do, but I so admire Bonnie for doing this for everyone, what a wonderful way to bring quilters from all over the world together!

Those of you who are distressed by the pattern, if you flip the broken dishes at the outside corners of the blocks, so that the black squares are at the outside corners, it settles the whole thing down, with an effect similar to the added sashing some of you are trying, but much less obtrusive. You also lose the on point black secondary pattern. It is all more quiet and settled this way.

PamH, that is a beautiful quilt. It is one of the mystery trains that I missed and plan to go back and do. I love your colors.

Well I have put my first block together and the more I look at it the more I like it, Bonnie's patterns are always busy IMO so those who say it is busy should have really looked at her previous MQs and then would have had an idea what they were in for.

Knowing this I didn't go too scrappy use a white on white on the diagonals and kept the black tone on tone for them as well, I thought I was being a bit plain but now I am pleased I did, I also fortunately found a nice tone-n-tone Aqua for the cornerstones and am quite pleased with the effect.

I will carry on and most likely finish a nice double size quilt and then go to bed with sunglasses on :)

I am trying so hard not to be negative about this quilt!!! But it is really stressful, no matter what I do to it on the design wall, it still looks like scrambled eggs "bright scrambled eggs"!! I'm going to finish it to be just like Bonnie's, if I put it away, it will never get finished! Maybe one of the GDs will want it!!!

Anita...that was my initial reaction. I know that with my particular scrappiness factor that I have in my blocks, no pattern is showing much at all. Not even from afar. I'm working on a "variation of the theme" as I had the blocks made. However, it's taking quite a while as I have a big variation going. But, I'm loving what's happening. Will post here.

I like many of BH's patterns, but I do like also to see a pattern and not have to search hard for it. Some people's colors work better than others. I love pink, yellow, aqua and green--all of these colors are so me. That pink is probably my all time favorite. I have headphones in that color, a camera, a wallet and am currently wearing a turtleneck that color. I wanted more to show up. So, I'm making it work. Will post when I finish. I will still have an illusion. The only thing is, I have 25 finished blocks, Will use 16 in my remake and maybe go ahead and use the other 9 and make a 3x3 "original" as well just to contrast the two. Maybe the spinning will show up, but I'm noticing that the scrappier they are, the less obvious the spinning. The brighter or lighter the greens, the better the look IMO, and my greens are definitely more of a grass green, mostly. So, we'll see. I knew when I started a mystery that there was a danger in this. I have so many ideas floating in my head that I want to do, that previously, doing a mystery wasn't my thing--I was hoping for something so impressive--like her Smith Mountain Morning-- But it's okay...use the elements for something else or work them into a different scrappy. However, I bought these pinks and yellow and aquas for this, so I'm trying to make something fantastic!

Has anyone tried the neutral as a cornerstone instead of the aqua? I'm not far enough along to try it myself but would love to see it if someone has.

QuiltingaddictUK, I think that's looking wonderful! I think you'll be especially pleased with the effect your brighter block neutral has. I was wishing after the reveal that I'd used a gray (which I loved) in my clue #3 units, to set them apart from the block, but I didn't have the courage to mix white and non-white neutrals, not knowing how they'd be used.

mawluv, I think that's a good attitude. Might as well finish it and end up with something useful that someone else might like!

Pam: That is so beautiful. Judy's designs are always amazing. The way you quilted it did really nice things to the design!
Sadie: Love hat last one.hank you for sharing.

Thanks for your comments, I have now put 3 blocks together and am liking it more and more. I noticed later that I had got the centre blocks going alternate ways so I will continue to do so I really cannot bother doing some froggy sewing.

I'm thinking about redoing my diagonal blocks with white on white. I didn't get many of those made anyway. But before I do that I want to lay out 3 or 4 blocks to see if the pattern shows up.

I definitely wouldn't worry about the block centers. I think I will alternate mine, as well.

I noticed that Bonnie didn't line them up on her quilt.

Looking QA-UK.

Kassaundra - Your quilt will be stunning and will have a very Modern look!! Great colour combos!

I would like to post picture of my rendition of the quilt ,but I don't have the tree. Can any one help?

char7439, I'm not sure what the tree is.

Here is how I post photos. Just below this box, there are some blue tabs; one says 'Go Advanced'. Click on that. Now you're on a different screen. If you scroll down, there's a section labeled 'Additional Options'. A little way down is a blue tab 'Manage Attachments'. When you click on 'Manage Attachments', a separate box comes up. At the top there's a 'Browse' tab, that will allow you to select your photos. Once you've selected a photo, click 'upload' and you'll see the info appear in the area below. Then come back to this screen and click 'preview changes', and you'll see your post. If the photo is huge, you'll have to re-size it in whatever photo editing software program you use, and then try downloading it again. I hope it works for you, I'd love to see your version of the quilt!

At the top of the reply area , there should be a tree in a square. you click on it to add a pic to you reply.

char, I edited my last post to explain how I add photos. You don't need the tree.

Thanks Joe's mom. You are really helpful. I get it now.

This is my rendition of the quilt. Put my white as the center square , tuned my angled pieces so the blacks faced the center and scraped my green.I hope this comes through.

Just have to finish it!!!!

I love how this one looks!

Char, I really like your rendition with the pinks forming ZigZags, and that B&W fabric is really a focal point.

Kassundra, Thanks for bringing all those different ideas from Facebook. Fun.

I don't do Bonnie Hunter, her instructions are to confusing to me especially if you start in the middle.

That's probably true of anything that's started in the middle. :)

Char, I really like the idea of dropping a color. My gut level feeling on it would be to drop the aqua but now I've seen your no-green I really like it.
Once I got used to staring at the B/W/P flying nun-chucks or whatever they are, I could see that there is a little path vertically down the quilt, but I still don't see a secondary pattern.

I started in the upper left corner. I still have 21 squares to go. You will notice there is an aqua star around the yellow.

When I referred to a secondary pattern (may be using the incorrect term), I was referring to that black on-point grid that is formed all over the quilt. The blocks themselves are not on point, but this grid gives the illusion that the quilt is done on point.

As white pine circled above, there is the primary block we construct, and the illusion of a second block created by the sashing and cornerstones.

char, that is really unique and interesting! I just love the colors you chose; beautiful fabrics!

Char, I think your example is giving this quilt what it needs. A place for the eye to rest. The yellow square that is made and the white squares that you added are stopping the vibration effect I see when I look at this quilt. Great job, I may copy you.

Char, I love the option of flipping the diamonds. Definitely gives it a different look. In going to have to think hard on how I want to do my second throw. So many different options.

I'm just curious as this is my first Mystery Quilt.

Is there usually such a high number of people who dislike the reveal? Not just here on QB, but on the FB page as well. I don't see people saying they don't like the pattern on FB, but the number of people showing variations certainly gives that impression.

Not dissing anyone for not liking the reveal, and really feel for those who dislike it so much they're concerned about how/if to continue. I'm just curious if this is typical or if this quilt in particular is ruffling feathers.