sewbizgirl

I got an email from Whittle's Fabrics today, and was I surprised to find they are offering fat quarter bundles for the Allietaire quilt! For those who don't have enough stash fabric:
http://www.whittlesfabrics.com/shop/...-yard-bundles/

sewbizgirl

Playswithcolor, that's the mystery! Last year there was much moaning and gnashing of teeth once the quilt layout was revealed. So, if you aren't up for a mystery you may want to wait and see what it's going to look like first.

Right now, all we have to go on is the paint chips.

AngeliaNR

I wondered if shops were doing that!

I'll pull my fabrics Thanksgiving week when I'm off work. I'm doing Bonnie's colors, but I think I'll go with a constant grey and a constant black. I believe I have everything i need in my stash.

SunlitenSmiles

My stash has yardage (that I love) of a black on black, white on cool white, and steel grey with a fine charcoal crackle, going to use these with an assortment of (+/- 8 each) reds and yellows.....that is my plan...unless.....like in some of the other mysteries there is strip piecing on papers to 'make fabric' then i'll need to dig deeper into scraps.

pennycandy

Finally I was able to check out the paint chips at Lowe's. They were very low on half of the colors and out of the grey. Now that I've seen them in person, this won't be the right project for the quilt I have in mind. I enjoyed seeing everyone's choices and will follow along to see how the mystery unfolds. Have fun and happy sewing to everyone who will be making the quilt! Please post lots of pictures!!!

Kassaundra

I'm thinking about doing this one this year instead of just lurking. I am not overly fond of scrappy if I do, I'll use one fabric for each color. I've looked through the stash and these are the fabrics I would do it in. The dark blue I was trying to decide between the "intended or not intended" side of the fabric. I also am thinking about either getting a different black or maybe making this black different before it starts. I would be doing a modified color scheme

ibex94

[QUOTE=JeanieG;7369163]Here you go ibex - this site has photos of a lot of Bonnie's quilts.

https://www.pinterest.com/bonniekhun...om-my-designs/[/QUOT

What an amazing bunch of quilts that BH helped inspire. I better try this mystery quilt adventure. Thank you for this link!

sewbizgirl

Here's what I pulled from stash that matched the paint chips... Plus I have plenty of blacks and neutrals. Looks like I'm only going to need to shop for a gray, and maybe a couple more golds just to have more variety.

So excited to get clue 1!

ibex94

So when the BH instructions say, "My range goes from 7006-8 Divine Cream (with some whites included) to 7005-10 Italian Ice just because it sounded good!" that means all the numbers between those two chips are included, right?

QuiltingVagabond

Yes and no, I think Bonnie just means that most neutrals will work except for the "antiquey" ones that don't have enough contrast with the golds. Sometimes she chooses colors with names that reference the mystery quilt theme just for fun, not because it is the one and only best color. Hence Italian Ice... Look at the fabrics in her samples, you can see the range she has in mind.