Quiltville Mystery, Grand Illusion - Clue 3

Another great clue and great instructions at http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-3.html. I'm sewing along with an online group that is meeting in Central Florida. It has been great fun and I've gotten tons of quilty info....shops I didn't know about...hints in tools...a travel iron someone brought that is terrific and much more. We've had chocolate too. So here's what I've done so far. The photo is a little blurred due to compression but you get the idea. I have my copy of Bonnie Hunter's mystery instructions handy at all times.  She gives us fantastic tips and ways to get the units done accurately.

Can't wait for Bonnie's clue 4. In the meantime I'll be working on finishing 1, 2 and 3.

 Happy Quilting!

Yay, Grand Illusion is begun...

I'm determined this time to keep up.  clue 1:  cut strips, use EZ Angle to cut 280 pairs of teal/pink, sew pairs to yellow and black...yep, check!  Well, I've completed the cutting and sewn 20 block units.  I'll be finished before Clue 2.  The Facebook frenzy is a bit much to keep up with though.  Soooo many newbies doing Bonnie's annual mystery.

My neighbor and I decided to join a meetup in Central Florida where about ten of us are doing the mystery.  It was a fun sewing day.  Happy sewing all....whatever you are working on.

meanwhile...2 years later...

After I dug around in my 3 boxes of pieces and parts from Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville Easy Street mystery which became a UFO in 2012 I assessed the situation.  I thought I was in fair shape.  I remembered doing the four patches and cutting a lot of triangles.  I had photos of clues complete.  Ok, I can do this...  I went clue by clue to check my progress and to find out where to begin.  So here's where I restarted.  

Everything organized and labeled

And this is clue #3.

And, I am almost finished with recreating the list four patches.  Yay!

Colors on photos for Easy Street Clues

It is getting ready to rain here in sunny Florida and my photos are looking a little weird.  I tried to adjust the color in my photo software but the blues look green.  In "real" life they look more like the paint chip samples Bonnie suggested for Easy Street Mystery.  I'm pretty sure the actual quilt will look just fine...I hope.

Slip....slipping away...time that is.

I have too many projects in the works.  I'm getting behind and I need to focus on Christmas sewing.  I did cut all the parts for Easy Street, Clue 3.  I put the pieces together to see what I thought about the colors...well, my turquoise seems a bit "jade" to my eye so I'm  going to put a few together soon.  I might need a different turquoise options.  These two are from my stash and I have another two that are slightly different but probably not enough to complete this mystery.

Here's a pic of my Clue 3 cut fabric.

I have high hopes for getting caught up before the next clue but we head north to PA for Christmas and I won't have a moment to sew until the end of the month.  Ahhh, I'll be itching to sew when we return.

Here is a link to Easy Street Mystery by Bonnie Hunter (Quiltville Blog), Clue 3.  There's still time to begin.  Quiltville Blog, Bonnie Hunter, Easy Street Mystery, Clue 3

Four and more...Easy Street Clue 2

I  have completed about 30 of the flying geese.  I'm using the Companion and Easy rulers.  I can see why some say it is a little tricky to get a goose that doesn't need a little trim.  Practice will help me with that but I could also try one of Bonnie's other methods (shown on her blog today)  I hope to upload a photo of more geese showing the colors as they really are.  This small group is a bit distorted.  Ok, now I can finish up this step and be ready for Clue 3.  What a fun mystery!   

Quiltville Easy Street Mystery Monday Link up

Easy Street mystery Monday Link Up

Next step!

Bonnie posted Clue 2 on Friday and I started right in on more black on white and purple strips.  No matter that I was supposed to be cleaning my sewing area and other household stuff.  I have now cut the sub pieces and have sewn a few flying geese.  I doubt I'll have all done by monday linky..I must get to that aforementioned cleaning.  Picture coming.