Sunday, November 27, 2016

Bonnie Hunter's latest Mystery quilt has begun!

Wow, I didn't realize how long it's been since I have blogged.  It's been a busy year and I have been sewing, just not much time for writing!  More about what I have been up to later.

Today is about sharing my progress on Bonnie's newest mystery quilt project, En Provence. Last year, I only made a few pieces and then never got back to it, so this year I'm in, full force.


These photos above are Bonnie's inspiration photos.  Although I love the colours, I have pretty much depleted my purples, greens and yellows with her Easy Street and Celtic Solstice patterns, so I went to my stash to see what I had a lot of.  Apparently, I like to buy turquoise and aqua so I went to the internet and found some images when I googled "sea glass". Trying to find sources for these images is like getting into the endless loop on the phone, so I listed the best one I could find.


(image: postris.com - links back to pinterest)


(image: sealevel320.com)


(image: lighthousememories.ca)


(image: blog.frankiefoto.com)

I've also been inspired to set up a new board on my Pinterest account - I'll be filling it up soon! So many great ideas. Thanks to the photos, I was able to pull these colours from my stash:


It will definitely be a softer look than if I used Bonnie's colours, but I already love it. I'm not sure how they will be used yet, I'm going to wait and select them as the various clues come out.

I also choose to use a sand colour for my constant, so off to Hamels I went.  I found this in their warehouse sale section, just $8/metre:


It's from the Little House on the Prairie line, with clouds and grass and "dunes" that will work perfectly for a beach theme. I'll just have to make sure I don't have the wagon, sod house or Laura Ingalls in her prairie dress showing up!


Because of my sand-coloured constant, I have chosen to only use white and light off-whites for my neutrals. There might be a little grey that shows up as well ;o). They look darker in the picture because our rainy, gloomy winter season has begun!


7 comments:

  1. I love your color choices! Sea glass is beautiful inspiration. I'm excited to see how your quilt comes together with the softer colors. I'm sure it will be lovely!

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  2. I'm also doing beach colors for my mystery quilt. Your sea glass is wonderful.

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  3. I was thinking of doing Autumn or Patriotic colors, but I absolutely LOVE sea glass inspired fabrics!! Hmm... I wonder what the stash would provide? I nice soft, summery quilt sounds wonderful. Looking forward to seeing how your quilt progresses!!

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  4. Beautiful colours. Should make a lovely peaceful quilt.

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