old town bonnie hunter mystery quilt

Old Town Part 4 ~ Finished! from Podunk Pretties

Hello Quilting Friends! Come on in and join me in a little celebratory finishing dance! Had it not been for all your well wishes and prayers for speedy wrist healing, I don't think I would have been able to accomplish these half square triangles this week. It means the world to me to have such a great community, thank you!

They still need the dog ears trimmed off but as far as I'm concerned, they are done. The trimming should only take about 30 minutes, give or take.

Working a little at a time and taking rest breaks ...

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Little by Little ~ Old Town Mystery Part 4 from Podunk Pretties

Hi Quilty Friends! Today's quilting update is small, but there's still progress. The fabric for part four of the Old Town Mystery quilt is finally ready for cutting. My scrap bins lacked pieces large enough for the necessary matching sets, so I resorted to cutting some strips from my yardage stash. Naturally, most of these strips came from my cherished Lakehouse Drygoods collection, which always sets my heart aflutter.

I managed to cut four matching sets of half square triangles with Bonnie's Essential Triangle ruler, which was the most my injured wrist and hand could handle. A ...

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Old Town Mystery Quilt~ Clue 3 Finished from Podunk Pretties

Hello Quilty Friends! Having a sprained wrist made piecing this small batch of quarter square triangles a bit of a challenge. It took about 8 hours of sewing for a bit and resting for a longer bit.

Typically, I prefer to oversize quarter square triangles (QSTs) and trim them to perfection. However, for these, I pieced them together carefully and slowly, ensuring that only the dog ears required trimming. I was able to trim them using my right hand and a pair of scissors. I must admit, I was quite pleased with the precision of my sewing when it was ...

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Pretty In Purple? from Podunk Pretties

Well, isn't this pretty? PURPLE! Y'all know how much I dislike purple...HAHA! I definitely don't look good in purple.

It may seem bad, but I bet I'll be fit as a fiddle in no time. Bet you're itching to know the scoop – well, I took a tumble over my furry sidekick during our daily stroll. Good news is, my knees played the hero, cushioning the fall for my hands and wrists. Bad news? My wrist wasn't quite the superhero needed to save my face from kissing the road.

Fortunately, I had already cut ...

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Old Town Quiltville Mystery `~ Part 2 from Podunk Pretties

Hey Quilty Friends! This past weekend every spare minute was spent working on the second clue of the Quiltville Mystery quilt called Old Town.

It took me a bit longer than some to make these units because I chose not to follow the cutting and piecing instructions. She suggested cutting and sewing strips of fabric, then subcutting into units.

Strip piecing and cutting makes things faster but I don't really care for the results. Often there will be large pieces of sewn strips leftover, the strips sets are harder to press accurately, and the top reason is I had ...

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Quiltville Old Town Mystery ~ Clue One from Podunk Pretties

Hello Scrap Happy Quilters! I did it! The first clue of the Old Town Quiltville Mystery is finished.

I started cutting fabrics late afternoon on Monday using Bonnie's ruler that I bought a couple of weeks ago. One set of test blocks shown below. Normally when making flying geese I use the four at a time method which requires larger pieces of fabric. Using this ruler and sewing small pieces reminded me of my earlier years in quilting before discovering the rotary cutter, acrylic templates, rulers and quick piecing techniques. One of these days I'll time Bonnie's ...

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Fabric Pull ~ Old Town Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt from Podunk Pretties

Hello Happy Quilters! Come along with me as I play around with choosing fabrics for a mystery quilt.

The Bonnie Hunter Mystery quilt along is an annual event. Yes, it's an event like no other in quilting! Quilters from all over the world follow Bonnie all year, waiting for end of the year quilt along. The fabric requirements are released on or around Halloween. The first cutting clue is released around Thanksgiving. Click here to go to her blog where you can find the fabric requirements.

Over the last week hundreds, possibly thousands of quilters have been posting their ...

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