Earlier this week, Bonnie Hunter announced her next mystery,
Celtic Solstice. I've been trying to decide whether I should follow her color scheme this year or go off on my own again.
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| Bonnie's inspiration--Ireland! |
You may remember my disaster last year when I chose my own color scheme and ended up with low contrast on the important star points (
revisit that adventure here).
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This is from Bonnie's site-she is using the colors across the bottoms of the paint chip cards.
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I like Bonnie's choice of colors, but I have no brights in my stash. Well, maybe a few, but not enough to meet Bonnie's suggested fabric requirements.
My retro fabrics may work out for Celtic Solstice--I guess I will start pulling fabrics and see how I like the way they play together.
In the meantime, more retreat photos!
These are some of the projects that were in progress:
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| Pretty in Pink! |
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| Awesome design from Primitive Quilts magazine. |
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| It was fun watching this come together. |
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| Gorgeous Primitive Gatherings block of the week. |
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| Sharyn picked this kit up at Colorz in the Cherrywood Shop. |
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| Love this scrappy one! |
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| This is my cousin Barb's fabulous Mrs. Billings done with Kaffe Fassett fabrics. |
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| I had to show a closeup of the hexi flowers that will go on Mrs. Billings' next round. |
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| Aren't they awesome??? |
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| These are so cute--Art to Heart designs, I believe. |
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| Another Art to Heart design! |
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My birthday happened to take place during the retreat.
I woke up to find my sewing machine having a party!
It was a fun surprise.
Coming soon....retreat show and tell! |
What a great retreat. The circular block is fascinating. The Mrs. Billings is such an ambitious project, it's turning out beautiful. It's a hard decision about the colors for the new mystery quilt. Good luck picking out the retro colors, I would probably do the same. I have only done one mystery and because I was determined to just use my scraps I ended up with not enough contrast. No regrets though, it was a great experience and the finished quilt was still fun and interesting. Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteKaren looks like retreat was very productive ! I'm not a solids person so I'm afraid I can't give you any advice on Bonnie's quilt. Do what your heart says ;) Have a great weekend and Happy Belated Birthday.
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The quilts are all beautiful! Must be quite the retreat! I've always wanted to make one of Bonnie Hunter's quilts but they're always huge! Might make a smaller one if she ever offers that. Happy Birthday, too!
ReplyDeleteI have loved your projects from Connie's Game and I see you're a big Bonnie Hunter fan too! Love your projects!
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