Good Fortune, parts #3 and #4

I've been steadily sewing on Bonnie Hunter's mystery, trying to keep up, and just finished Part #4 today!  I'm struggling to fit sewing into my day...it's my "reward" for doing other boring, but essential, chores.

Part #3 involved making half-chevrons, and stitching the bonus triangle in such a way to get a 2" square.  This left a very small seam, a bit over 1/8" wide!  Bonnie wrote that it's sufficient, though, and she lugs her quilts all over and they seem to stay together!

Here are the resulting half-chevron and bonus triangle.  I'm using purple instead of Bonnie's green.

Part #4 are 96 of these little strip-pieced rectangles.  I used gold instead of Bonnie's orange.  I got to use up tiny scraps with these cuties!

Here are all my parts put together randomly, just to see how they play together. So far, I like it!

 Now, I get to peek at Part #5 which came out today!        Louise

Good Fortune mystery quilt, parts #1 and #2

A new mystery...and a new start.

It's been quite some time (years!) since I posted here, but I intend to use this blog to document my projects, and my progress.  It's mainly for my own benefit, but if someone randomly stumbles across my posts, welcome to my world!

I'm keeping up on Bonnie Hunter's newest mystery, Good Fortune.  You can check out this free quilt pattern here.  Bonnie's colors are light neutral, red, orange, green and blue.  I'm replacing her orange with gold, her green with purple, and her blue with green.  I hope these translate into Christmas colors.

I'm trying to use up the tiniest scraps, then expand to larger scraps and yardage. The cutting takes some time, but I'm enjoying the process!

Part #1 are small four-patches, 2.5 inches square.  There are 240 of these.

Part #2 are squares made up of triangles. These are 2.5 inches, and there are 252 of these.  I'm using green instead of Bonnie's blue.

This is Part #1 and #2 together.  Of course, this probably isn't the way it will eventually be put together. It's still a mystery, after all!

Next post...Part #3, which I'm well into.       Louise