Friday, May 21, 2010

Quilt Festival Fun

 Have you heard about the Quilt Festival?  Since I for one loooovvvee a quilt show, this will be so much fun!  I'll tell you about the quilt that I decided to enter, then take a look at others here.          Several years ago, right after I first discovered quilting blogs, I came upon a blog by the name of Quiltville.  You may be familiar with Bonnie Hunter and her great ideas for using your stash to make scrap quilts.  Her blog features many free patterns to try as well as ideas for stash management. At one point, one pattern turned into an online "mystery quilt" series.  I was hooked right from the start.


  Over the next couple of years I participated in four of Bonnie's quilt mysteries. She gave us the rough fabric requirements, urging us to try to use what we had in our stash.  Then, over the next days, and sometimes weeks, she led us through the steps to make a pieced jewel of a quilt.  All along, we never knew what the finished quilt would look like until the final "reveal". 


 Such excitement, I'm telling you!  Bonnie set up a special site for mystery quilters to post pictures of their progress.  I loved looking at what fabrics everyone was using. The quilt I am showing you today is the last mystery quilt that I created with Bonnie.
    It is probably my favorite of the four that I participated in.  Bonnie called the pattern Double Delight. My rendition is called Peppermint Delight because the colors remind me of peppermint candy somehow.







Bonnie loves small pieces in her quilts and is especially partial to using 1.5 inch strips to piece little 9 patches. 
























For now, I am thinking that my career as a mystery quilt maker is probably over , but it sure was fun and I have four lovelies made with scraps from my stash.  That means room for more fabric. ......Right?!
                    Have fun feasting on the eye candy at the Quilt Festival!
                                                                      



28 comments:

  1. That is SO pretty! I especially like the binding... it does look like peppermint candy.

    Jennifer :)

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  2. What a fun quilt. Love the polka dots.

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  3. Peppermint Delight is the perfect name! Peppermint candy was my first thought when I saw the photo :) It's lovely!

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  4. Beautiful quilt. I love the blue with the pink and green.

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  5. This is by far my favorite quilt of yours I've ever seen. You must post pictures of your backing. It makes the quilt!

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  6. Such a fresh and pretty quilt! Very appealing!

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  7. it looks very sweet, nice job

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  8. thanks for sharing! I have done a few of Bonnie's mysteries, YES she does like her small pieces!
    Great quilt - love your colors :)
    Beth in Dallas

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  9. Very pretty quilt. I like this design.

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  10. Bonnie's quilts have lots of little pieces in them so I say congrats to you for finishing those 4 mystery quilts. I have to agree that your quilt does look like Peppermint :^)

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  11. Gorgeous version. Love the color combination.

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  12. Wonderful! And I love your blog colors, too!

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  13. this is beautiful!!! i love the colors and the pattern is so fun

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  14. wow! I just love it! It DOES look like peppermint candy! So beautiful!

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  15. What a pretty quilt! It reminds me of watermelon.

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  16. that is one awesome stashbusting quilt.

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  17. Lovely quilt...and awfully well coordinated to be a scrap quilt!

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  18. Your double delight is fabulous- I love Bonnie's site and have made her trip around the world quilt pattern. I have often considered making one of her mystery quilts but just have not managed to have time. I do like this particular pattern.
    The festival has been such fun- I have loved reading all the interesting stories about the quilts.
    Regards from a Western Canadian Quilter,
    Anna
    http://quiltmomsjourney.blogspot.com/

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  19. I love your version of the pattern.

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  20. What a beautiful, happy quilt!

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  21. It is lovely - looks so different from Bonnie's version. It is so fun to see these great "mystery" quilts made up in different color-ways. I love her site. The only "pattern" I have tried yet is the Bargello. And the Maverick star, of course...
    ; )
    You make me want to revisit the mysteries again...

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  22. All of a sudden I smell mint in the air...
    Really lovely and your photos are perfect..nothing like having quilts outdoors to capture their true beauty and that you have..

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  23. I love your quilt,it's absolutely beautiful. It looks great on the Stash Manicure banner.

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  24. Wow, absolutely love it! (found you through Stash Manicure, congrats on making the banner!). Your binding definitely reminds me of candy canes. :) This is just gorgeous.

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  25. Beautiful! Such tiny little pieces and you're right, it does remind me of peppermint candy. :) blessings, marlene

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