03/11/2015

Allietare

Bonnie Hunter's 2015 Mystery Quilt is here!

I'm itching to get started! My fabric choices so far:




Clue #1: http://quiltville.blogspot.com.es/2015/11/allietare-part-1.html
Link-up: http://quiltville.blogspot.com.es/2015/11/mystery-monday-link-up-allietare-part-1.html

I  bought the grey on purpose for this project, but all my neutrals have different stories. Upper left, bough in my last trip to Barcelona. Upper right, a curtain of my bedroom as I was a kid. Down left, ugly fabric I want to get rid off (cut small enough). Down right, from a M* scrap bag.

Clue #2: http://quiltville.blogspot.com.es/2015/12/allietare-part-2.html
Link-up: http://quiltville.blogspot.com.es/2015/12/allietare-mystery-monday-link-up-part-2.html

I'm caught up with all the cutting (including black and grey squares). I'm also going scrappy with the reds. First row: my last Portuguese purchase plus several Christmas fabrics. Second row: tone-on-tone FQs  bought in Barcelona plus Ikea Ditte solid red. Third row: florals, paisleys and plaid from my favorite fabric outlet.

Clue #3: http://quiltville.blogspot.com.es/2015/12/allietare-part-3.html
Link-up: http://quiltville.blogspot.com.es/2015/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-3.html

I've gone extremely scrappy with yellow/golds, pulling out from my 2 1/2" strip box. A couple of fabrics are lighter than Bonnie's suggestion, but my neutrals are also lighter and contrast well. 

Too many blanks still...


My usual tea boxes were too small... I had to store this clue in a pizza box! I got quite a variety of reds and neutrals, but only 6 different blacks (one of them pirate themed).




I've been sewing all this first day of 2016 and I've completed all my blocks. Now the problem is, what to use for the borders. Bonnie Hunter suggests an inner yellow border and an outer black border. But I was mostly working from scraps and FQs, and the only fabrics I have enough yardage left in this color scheme are these:

From both reds and yellow, I have slightly above 1/2 yd, enough for the inner border. From grey and black, slightly 1 1/4 yd each, eligible for outer border. I'm auditionning different options:


Finally added red and black borders, it is HUUUUUGE!!! Sadly this means this top is goingo to wait with his sibling Grand Illusion at the bottom of my closet until I am fully equiped to deal with quilting it. I don't even have room enough in this house to display it and take a pic, so this is just a corner (about 1/4 of it) of the now rebaptized as the "Pirate Quilt":

Thanks again to Bonnie Hunter for this wonderful pattern and fun experience!

37 comentários:

TheEclecticAbuela disse...

I, too, am looking forward to the next clue!

Andee disse...

Looking good so far!

Feathers in my Nest disse...

so pretty..and neatly organized too!

nankc disse...

LOVE your gray!! Beautiful!

Saged Crone disse...

Love the box! The graphic at the top of the page showing 'sewing' and how the bobbin and top thread work together is GREAT! Material is LOVELY! Happy Quilting!

The Joyful Quilter disse...

LOVE that your neutrals have stories to tell!! That makes the resulting quilt even more special. Enjoy!

TheEclecticAbuela disse...

Another successful clue! I love your reds.

Art by Rhoda Forbes disse...

Lovely units for Clue 2, the reds are so pretty.

Vireya disse...

Pretty fabrics!

Karabeta disse...

Yay for extremely scrappy - it will be a very happy quilt

Sharyn Mallow Woerz disse...

wonderful scrappy choices! Thank you for sharing your progress, Sharyn in Kalama

TheEclecticAbuela disse...

Your golds look beautiful!

gayle disse...

All your fabrics look beautiful together! Scrappy quilts always have the best stories to tell.

gayle disse...

All your fabrics look beautiful together! Scrappy quilts always have the best stories to tell.

Bente Antonsen disse...

Good progress and lots of great fabrics.

Andee disse...

Looking great so far!

Vireya disse...

It will be fun to see how these pieces all go together!

AfterMath Quilting disse...

Thanks for sharing. It just gets more exciting as we get near the finish line.

lourixe disse...

Thanks to all of you for visiting my blog. I'm really enjoying this sewing along together Bonnie's Mystery Quilt. It's a lot of fun discovering everybody's fabric choices and layout theories.

Denise disse...

I love your fabrics and your layout idea!
Thanks for your kind comment on my blog.

Art by Rhoda Forbes disse...

Love the little four patches, so happy and bright. Lot's of lovely colors.

Sandra Kaye disse...

Looks awesome!!!

Monica disse...

Yes, I think the contrast is the main thing, and your yellows will be lovely. Looking good!

Mary Ellen disse...

Lookin' good. You are way ahead of me. Where did you find the stitch animation?

Vireya disse...

Everything looks good! We are all puzzling how these units will go together.

Vireya disse...

Everything looks good! We are all puzzling how these units will go together.

Kate disse...

Beautiful fabrics in your blocks. You've done such a great job of keeping up.

verpa disse...

Your blocks are great, I love the scrapy ones.

TheEclecticAbuela disse...

Clue four looks great--I see skulls! :)

Quilter Kathy disse...

Looks terrific... fun layout ideas!

Kerry disse...

Love your fabrics.

Bente Antonsen disse...

I like your layout ideas. Looking very good.

Lisa disse...

Your fabrics are coming together beautifully. Isn't it fun playing along with the mystery?

TheEclecticAbuela disse...

Pretty layout. Happy New Year!

Vireya disse...

Great result! Your pirate quilt looks fantastic. Hope you can get it quilted some time soon - it deserves to be seen rather than being away in a cupboard.

Andee disse...

Love that border fabric, nice job!

Mary Ellen disse...

Your border has skulls, too! Good job. I am slowly getting there!