Twirl Around, Part 1

Bonnie Hunter's newest book, Addicted to Scraps, has several amazing quilts in it. I remember at one point, either on her blog or Quiltcam, she was working on a block called Twirl Around that I loved--it is in the new book!

You can click on the image to go to the ordering site.

This blog post gives you a look inside the book.

Here is Twirl Around:

No question in my mind, I knew what my first project from the book would be. Being me, though, you know I have to change things! Instead of pink HSTs, I'm going with green, and where Bonnie uses green, I plan to use a golden-rust (I think--still mulling it over).


First step, 7,000,000,000 HSTs. (Well maybe not quite that many!)

They still need to be trimmed, so I have my work cut out (literally) for me.


To be continued . . .

En Provence--Part 5

 This week's clue was HSTs.

I used a couple of fun fabrics in these:

Baby News Stories

Kitty Cats

I love that the mystery this year has been  in smaller steps than last year. I think more people are keeping up, and I think they are enjoying it more. Thanks to Bonnie Hunter for doing this for us.


 
My previous posts about the mystery are here: En Provence--Part 1,  En Provence--Part 2, En Provence--Part 3, and En Provence--Part 4.


I will be linking to Bonnie's Mystery Monday post.

Happy Holidays to all!

En Provence--Part 4

Another week of forward progress on Bonnie Hunter's mystery En Provence!

This week, we did purple  and neutral triangles in a square.

My previous posts about the mystery are here: En Provence--Part 1,  En Provence--Part 2, and En Provence--Part 3.


I'm linking with Bonnie's Mystery Monday post and Fiber Tuesday 91 at The Quilting Room with Mel.


I'm looking forward to next week's clue.

Christmas Carolina Chain

I made this from Bonnie Hunter's Carolina Chain pattern which, at the time, I found in her "Addicted to Scraps" column in Quiltmaker magazine. The pattern is now available in her newest book, Addicted to Scraps.

Christmas Carolina Chain 75" x 88"

I used a constant red print and a constant white print to form the chains and add some cohesiveness to the very scrappy top.

Christmas Carolina Chain (detail)

I set off the scrappy foundation-pieced border with a narrow black border.

Christmas Carolina Chain (border detail)

Black binding and a snowflake-type print for the back completes the quilt.

Christmas Carolina Chain (detail)

This is a Christmas gift for my Mom. I had her open it early, so she could use it this holiday season, instead of having to wait until next year.

Happy Holidays!

I'm linking with The Quilting Room with Mel for Fiber Tuesday 90 and Jo's Country Junction UFO Progress.

En Provence--Part 3

Another week of forward progress on Bonnie Hunter's mystery En Provence!

This week, we did purple four-patches.

This is only a few of mine--as usual, I made way too many (about 100 extra!). Many of these were cut from leftover bits and pieces from other quilts, so I wasn't able to estimate how many strips I would need--that's my story, and I'm sticking to it!


My previous posts about the mystery are here: En Provence--Part 1 and En Provence--Part 2.


I'm linking with Bonnie's Mystery Monday post.


I'm looking forward to next week's clue.

En Provence--Part 2

I had been apprehensive about the triangle-in-a-square unit that I assumed would be a part of this quilt--Bonnie had written that we would be using the Tri-Recs ruler set.


I pulled out a bunch of neutrals--they were still handy from last week--and chose my magenta (I had two contenders!).

Bonnie's instructions and videos were very clear, and I'm happy to say that these went together quite easily!

The introduction to the mystery can be found HERE
Clue 1 is HERE
Clue 2 is HERE

My previous post on this quilt is HERE 

I will be linking to Bonnie's Mystery Monday post. 

I'm looking forward to Clue 3 next week.