Sunday, January 1, 2012

Mystery Revealed! It's a Scrappy Wonder!!

 Bonnie of Quiltville revealed the layout and  completed Mystery quilt this morning and I was super-surprised. Click on the link above to see the quilt Orca Bay. It is totally awesome! I couldn't figure it out beforehand at all.  I did think that maybe the star blocks would be on point so I love how Bonnie has designed them to look as if they are on point.  I also could not figure where the two - 3 1/2" quarter square triangles would go so I was surprised to see that they went in the border.  The border is wonderful.  
A great big thank-you to Bonnie for sharing this wonderful pattern and for walking us all through it step by step.  Very generous. 
My colours are different than Bonnie's so my quilt will look a lot different. I have dark/medium blues where she has black and I have yellow where she has blue.  My goal was to use what scraps I had and not to buy anything new.  Did that. I still have hardly made a dent in my scraps though.

I sewed a few of the rows together to see how everything fits and so far I don't have any problems.  So, I must get off the computer now and get some power sewing done, there is still a ton of work to do. 
Happy New Year!

12 comments:

  1. Wow!! Just gorgeous, love your colors, especially the yellow - really makes it sparkle! Happy New Year.

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  2. It's beautiful! I think I prefer your color combination. Bonnie's quilt is lovely, but I find it makes my eyes a little crazy. The yellow was the perfect touch. It adds a bit of calm to the design!

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  3. Wow, what a gorgeous quilt you've made! I have enjoyed watching your progress, it felt like i was seing along with you. I love your colour choices, and can't wait to see it all together. This is exciting!

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  4. Really nice. It looks great. I hope to join one of these this coming year.

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  5. It is gorgeous! Your colour combo turned out wonderfully. I am only on step 6 but I plan on sewing a lot today,

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  6. Love your quilt! We have selected the same colors and I was wondering how the yellow would look! Beatiful! I have to keep plugging along!

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  7. Your quilt looks great! I love the primary colors you have chosen, so pretty!

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  8. Gorgeous! I love the blue and the yellow - great choices! I also decided to just use my stash but I didn't make a dent! - Jeanne

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  9. A scrappy wonder! I love the yellow! It really looks like the Orca Bay inpiration picture.

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  10. Your blocks look fabulous together...great colour choice!

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  11. I love your colors, I think the yellow is awesome. Can't wait to finish myself and to see pictures of everyone's finished quilts when they post them.

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  12. It's beautiful and the colours work really well.

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