Bonnie Hunter 2023-24 Mystery -- Indigo Way
09-09-2024, 10:05 PM
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My take on the mystery. Just finished the quilting, now on to the binding. Different color way, I used a half yard bundle that I’ve had for a while. On point settings are not my friend so I did a straight set. This will be a late graduation gift for my great niece.
09-10-2024, 03:48 AM
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Nice finish! Thanks for sharing the picture. O really like seeing the color variations different people come up with.
I get sort of a sense of blue butterflies around yellow flowers.
I get sort of a sense of blue butterflies around yellow flowers.
09-10-2024, 06:04 AM
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09-10-2024, 01:07 PM
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Gemm, Bonnie Hunter uses the term 'neutral' when referring to background fabric. She has a very expansive idea of what can be used as background fabric. I think the term 'low volume' actually describes these fabrics better, meaning a small print where the ratio of background color to print is very high -- so, a widely spaced small print. Having seen countless photos of Bonnie Hunter mystery quilts, my conclusion is that if you use scrappy low volume prints (or, 'conspicuous neutrals' 
) as your background, it looks similar from a distance to a quilt that has used a constant tonal neutral as a background, but close-up, the low volume background makes for a very busy, interesting quilt (which is not everyone's cup of tea but is definitely Bonnie's). Bonnie Hunter's mysteries are so buy anyway, that I think it's probably questionable whether using these fabrics I have in mind for background would amount to visual overload in a Bonnie mystery.
) as your background, it looks similar from a distance to a quilt that has used a constant tonal neutral as a background, but close-up, the low volume background makes for a very busy, interesting quilt (which is not everyone's cup of tea but is definitely Bonnie's). Bonnie Hunter's mysteries are so buy anyway, that I think it's probably questionable whether using these fabrics I have in mind for background would amount to visual overload in a Bonnie mystery.
10-19-2024, 09:56 AM
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So thinking about the coming mystery, I've come up with a plan (if I can stick to it). I'll continue to work on my Indigo Way, but I'll choose fabric for the new mystery, and then plan to make about a dozen of each clue, so as to be acquainted with the techniques and pitfalls. It seems like that might satisfy my desire to be part of the fun and action.
10-27-2024, 09:56 AM
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I just finished a couple of UFOs and I'm back to working on my Indigo Way. So far I have 16 A blocks and 16 B blocks done. I thought I was running out of my red fabric so I bought more of it. Of course, after I got home from my LQS I did find that red fabric in another project box ............. lol ....... good thing I really like this red.
