Sunday 20 December 2015

Allietare Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2015 - Part 4

Allietare Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2015 - Part 4 Suzi the cat
Allietare Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2015 - Part 4, Suzi the cat
This is Suzi the cat, my Mystery Quilt assistant.  She can't believe how much time I spent just cutting out this week!  IMHO Part 4 is a bit tricky and I needed to spread it out over three days and take great care in stitching each set as a batch.  It was made all the more tricky for me because I have switched my colours around.  I read the instructions many, many times to make sure I had the right combination of fabrics.
Allietare Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2015 - Part 4
Allietare Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2015 - Part 4
Many, many 2" strips later I had cut about 720 pieces in total.  Again, if Bonnie told us this up front, the rotary cutter would probably not come out of its box.
Allietare Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2015 - Part 4
Allietare Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2015 - Part 4

With more trapezoids, I decided to take advantage of the bonus triangles you can get from the stitch and flip method.  This meant an extra 480 lines of stitching for me, but also 480 bonus triangles to play with at a later date. 
Allietare Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2015 - Part 4
Allietare Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2015 - Part 4


With the others from Part 2, I think I could make quite a substantial quilt from these half square triangles which will finish up 1" square.

Allietare Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2015 - Part 4
Allietare Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2015 - Part 4
So here are all 30 sets done and they make a good dent into the total quilt and we are way past the half way mark.  The whole 'set' thing has completely thrown me this year.  With no more clips to keep these together I will just keep them laid out for the next two weeks  until they are made into a quilt.  They should be safe ...


Allietare Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2015 - Part 4, Suzi the cat
Allietare Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2015 - Part 4, Suzi the cat
Bonnie is giving us Christmas Day off and plans to release Part 5 on Boxing Day.  Joining up with all the other Mystery quilters for Week 4 at the Quiltville blog!
 

19 comments:

  1. I had better make a start or I will have nothing for the link up tomorrow...

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  2. Love the colors you've choosen and your extra effort to make those extra hst's. It's like getting two quilts while sewing one. Nice to have Suzi as a helper.

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  3. Very pretty units, and your helper is sure a cutie.

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  4. I like your green fabbrics. This is gonna be a great quilt. I have cut all pieces but no sewing so far. Christmas preparation takes my time this week

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  5. I like your green fabbrics. This is gonna be a great quilt. I have cut all pieces but no sewing so far. Christmas preparation takes my time this week

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  6. I love your very subtle colour choices!! it is going to be very pretty!!

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  7. great job - don;t think Suzi is going to let those lay out for two weeks though! Hhahaha. (I too made the 480 bonus HSTs :D - so fun!)

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  8. Hmmm, this is now very intriguing. So glad you have a helper when it gets confusing.

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  9. Your piles "might" be ok.
    Be on your best behavior Suzi - Santa is watching!!!

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  10. I wonder how many people who sew have that same Ikea mat? I do, and I see it on blogs a lot!

    I hope your piles of units are safe!

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  11. Your blocks with green are great

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  12. Hi Vireya,
    when you calculated the area did you subtract the seam allowance. I get that this part is 18% of total area and we are only two-thirds through the quilt. But then again maybe my calcs are out. Regards Deb L.

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  13. Such a sweet helper! And I love your colours, your quilt will be gorgeous!

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  14. Your units and fabrics look beautiful...but Suzi wins the "super cutie" award!! :)

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  15. What a difference to all the other colour ways I've seen so far. I'm looking forward to seeing it come together, it will be a great quilt

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