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quilting · December 2, 2013

DWM: Quiltville Mystery

Many, many quilters will probably have this mystery quilt on their design walls this week.  It is Celtic Solstice by Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville.  It’s not too late to start and you can find out all about it here.

I went back and forth over whether to start this or not, then decided what the heck, what’s one more project.  Bonnie is using orange, blue, green and gold with a neutral background and I knew those colors would be hard to find in my stash so I went with what I have.  I haven’t pulled all the fabrics, but will find them as the clues progress.  The first clue called for 3.5” strips so I went through my bin of 3.5” strips and found what I needed for the neutrals and red that I’m using in place of the orange.  There weren’t enough black strips so I cut some strips from fat quarters.  I’m using black instead of blue.

Celtic Solstice-strips

This clue uses the Tri-Recs ruler which is one of my favorites.  I love these units and it was a big part of why I joined in.  I’ve cut all of the “Tri’s” and a good part of the “Rec’s”—340 sets of them for the large size (!) so I started sewing.  This is what I have so far:

Reds and black:

Red-Black Tri

and neutral and black:

Neutral Black Tri

Unfortunately, I probably won’t be able to keep up with this mystery and finish each step before the next one is posted but I’m going to try to sew on it a little bit every day.  Yesterday I made a list of projects that need to be finished this month and it was quite lengthy.  Guess I will be spending a lot of time at my machine—oh darn!!!

Take a look at other color choices for the Celtic Solstice mystery here and other design wall projects on the Patchwork Times link-up here.

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Comments

  1. Diana says

    December 2, 2013 at 6:46 am

    Love you colors! Look forward to seeing your next steps.

  2. Ramona says

    December 2, 2013 at 6:58 am

    I like your blocks for the mystery. Looking forward to seeing your progress. And you have to spend more time sewing?? That really is too bad. 😀

  3. Lea Anne says

    December 2, 2013 at 7:05 am

    Oh love the color change! Very rich!

  4. Kate says

    December 2, 2013 at 7:17 am

    Beautiful choice of colors. I’m already behind, so I’ll be right there with you on not getting each step done.

  5. Debra Crumbaker says

    December 2, 2013 at 7:35 am

    Love your fabrics! You must have the perfect stash! My fabrics are more clear colors, but yours are just what I would love to have in a stash. Can’t wait to see what the entire quilt looks like when it is finished.

  6. Nann says

    December 2, 2013 at 8:22 am

    I add my cheers to your colorway! And, you’re right: what’s another project? Especially when you get caught up in all the Quiltville excitement!

  7. Susan Torrens says

    December 2, 2013 at 8:50 am

    Great start! Just remember that quilting is a process, and “keeping up” doesn’t always have to happen. I work at my own pace, and when new “sew-along” projects are listed, I get to them when I can!

  8. Melanie at 1000Needles dot com says

    December 2, 2013 at 9:27 am

    Great color choice! I love how you can go through your stash and modify the colorways. I am working on getting that brave. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

  9. Cathie D says

    December 2, 2013 at 10:13 am

    Great choice to start from what you have…looking good so far

  10. Andee in aZ says

    December 2, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    What is one more project..lol yours is off to a great start!

  11. Susan Nixon says

    December 2, 2013 at 3:36 pm

    Rhonda, your beginning looks great. I love the fabrics and colors you are using.

  12. Mary C in WA says

    December 2, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    I did the Easy Street last year and when she promised nothing smaller than 2″ I was in again! Hoping for no Strings this year too. I had to go with fabrics I had in stash too. Yellow and Orange are not among the favorite stash colors.

  13. Julianne says

    December 2, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    Mystery projects are fun.
    I love your colors

  14. Quilter Kathy says

    December 2, 2013 at 6:20 pm

    Great looking blocks!

  15. Pat in Appleton says

    December 3, 2013 at 11:40 am

    I love your color choice! In fact, it *almost* tempted me to do this mystery project. Almost, but not quite … I have waaay too many projects going! I’m looking forward to seeing your finished quilt!

  16. Nancy Huffaker says

    December 5, 2013 at 10:21 pm

    Rhonda,
    Your colors are wonderful.
    Am also doing the mystery and so look forward to seeing how all of our quilts emerge as the clues are posted.

    Nancy in SC

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