"Grassy Creek" - Bonnie Hunter Mystery Coming Together

Friday was the day Bonnie revealed to her fans, this year's completed mystery quilt - Grassy Creek.

Today was the day I revealed that I had finished the 5th of 7 clues - progress!  Bonnie's quilts are challenging and complex, but she provides detailed instructions and with patience and persistence, it is possible to replicate her design.

Having completed part five, I started with one of the grey string piece blocks of part six and moved to part seven to try assembling the main blocks.  Have you ever struggled with colours?  I'm trying a technique a friend once shared with me - use your phone/camera and take a black and white picture - you will clearly see the light to medium to dark tones of your fabric.  Here is an example of taking scraps of my fabric, laying them out in the order I could possibly piece them, then taking their picture.

 

As of writing this, I have two blocks assembled, and I'm so proud of myself.  This is the first time I altered Bonnie's colour selections, and this was to challenge myself with the creative use of colour.  I think when this quilt is complete, it will definitely have some fantastic patterns emerging.

My thanks to Ms. Hunter for her time and energy in creating these projects.  This is my third Bonnie Hunter Mystery and I think they are amazing!