Quiltville Mystery Quilts!

In order of when Bonnie offered them, here are my previous mystery quilts:
**some of these quilt patterns are still free online at Quiltville, others are in Bonnie's books**

1. Carolina Crossroads was the first mystery quilt Bonnie offered online in 2007.  I joined the quiltvillechat yahoo group after it had started so I decided to join in on the next mystery.  Finally in June of 2010 I started working on it and after about a year I finished it!  I loved Bonnie's colors so I didn't change anything and I gave it to my brother Sam and his wife Tiffany.

2. Orange Crush was the second mystery, but was actually my first!  Made in Spring of 2008--in the beginning there was more than one mystery per year. I didn't change up any colors for this one either.  This is the quilt that made me fall in love with scrappy!  I gave it to Kathy's niece Megan and have been wanting it back ever since!

3. Tobacco Road was the August 2008 mystery.  I didn't make this one at the time either.  I was teaching and had WAY too much prep to do since I was using a different curriculum than I had always used.  Kathy and I later went back and tag teamed on this one. It doesn't have a home yet.

4. Double Delight was the January 2009 mystery.  This one is on my bed and is the first time I used cheddar.  Cheddar is now an absolute favorite of mine!

5. Christmas Lights was a Quiltmaker mystery that Bonnie designed starting in the July/August 2009 issue. It is our Christmas Quilt.  It was much easier than the previous mysteries since it was only three parts.  It is still a great design and was really fun to make!

6. Carolina Christmas was the next online mystery in 2009.  This is the first one that I decided to mess with the colors!  I had just done a Christmas quilt and wanted something with purple in it for my daughter Hannah.  Here is the result.  

7. Roll, Roll, Cotton Boll was the 2010 mystery.  This was my first time making string blocks.  I didn't like them--then suddenly I LOVED them.  This one is still at my house--I have a hard time parting with Bonnie's quilts!

8. Orca Bay/Green Bay was the 2011 mystery.  I didn't have the colors Bonnie suggested  in the right quantities and so I decided to use two fat quarter stacks of greens and golds.  Near the end I suddenly realized I had a PACKER quilt!  I gave it to Randy--it was so hard to part with!

9. Easy Street was the 2013 mystery. This quilt was given to my god-daughter Kelsey for her high school graduation.  

10. Lazy Sunday was a four part mystery in Quiltmaker magazine starting in March/April of 2013.  I was inspired by a Better Homes and Gardens palette and changed up Bonnie's colors.  It doesn't have a home yet either--and in fact just came off Ros' longarm a day or two ago.  I will get it on Saturday and will get it bound soon. 

11.  Celtic Solstice is going to be number I have changed up the colors and am hoping that it will be another Packer colored quilt.  


12. Grand Illusion 




13. Allietare!

14. En Provence




15. On Ringo Lake/On Green Bay 



 16.  Good Fortune 2018





This is Limbania's Good Fortune.  She passed away the year of this mystery and she had most of the parts completed and three blocks.  I finished piecing it and my friend Andi quilted it and we gifted it to Limbania's husband Mark for their daughter.  He was thrilled to get it and it helped us heal a bit from the loss of a fabulous lady.

Frolic is done, quilted and on my bed, but I need to find a picture of it quilted.
Unity.  


Grassy Creek 2020/2021.  

Rhododendron Trail from 2021/2022

Chilhowie in Packer colors from 2022/2023


For Indigo Way in 2023, here are my fabrics and my first clue!







I have enjoyed making each and every one of these quilts and my understanding of quilting, color, quarter inch seams, etc. has really grown with each quilt Bonnie offers.  Step by step (and with awesome pictures) I can sew anything. 

How many Bonnie mysteries have you made?
P.S. If you want to see all the Bonnie quilts (not just the mysteries) check out my Quiltvile Parade page.  
Thanks to Kathy for inspiring me to create my own parade of Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilts!  



10 comments:

Unknown said...

Angela, this was exactly what I was looking for with the additional bonus of dates and descriptions. I realized that I wasn't even sure whether I had made five or six of Bonnie's mysteries. When I was trying to remember I realized that last years was the twelfth and I didn't know what even half even were. Thank you so much for compiling this list. Emma Strangio

Andee Neff said...

Awesome! These mystery quilts are my favorite thing to sew all year!

Nancy said...

Andee, how did you make the paint chip graphic from the photograph? The colors are so on-point! Thanks

Josie said...

What a great tradition

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Kathi Cappellini said...

Your quilts are beautiful, thank you for posting them in chronological order.

Vivian said...

Came across your post right after looking at the intro to this year's 2023 mystery. Okay, you are the Quiltville Mystery Queen!! I've followed Bonnie since the beginning but only got the courage (and organization) to try one starting in 2016 with "En Provence". I've only made four (tops only) and just finished the center for "Cotton Boll" a few days ago. Had planned to try to work on quilting them all during this season but having seen this year's colorway (RWB, my favorite!), I may have to make this year's too and quilt them all NEXT year, LOL!!

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