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It's been a long time coming, but I'm very pleased to advise that my Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt from 2018 is finally finished.  It's called Good Fortune. 

I like it, but I wouldn't say that I'm in love with it.  I did learn some useful lessons along the way though; 

- beware of mystery quilts.  This isn't the first time I've said this, but I think I started this quilt before I really learnt my lesson on Jen Kingwell's Marshal mystery quilt. 

- if you're going to change the colours or layout, be ...

In the never-ending quest to go through the boxes and bins in my sewing room, I came across two boxes that held parts of a mystery quilt. This project was a mystery in more ways than one. I have no recollection of making this quilt. Since there are a million pieces in it I figured it must have been a Quiltville-Bonnie Hunter winter mystery from a few years ago.

I searched the Quiltville website and sure enough, it is the Good Fortune pattern. Bonnie started this mystery in November 2018 and finished in January 2019. By my standards, this is ...

Remember that Good Fortune quilt that I started in the Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt sew along last year? Well, I've finally started hand quilting it.

I like to use lots of colours of thread in my hand quilting