It's March and BOTH Old Town Mysteries are FINISED!

 After spending February dealing w/Family Flu, injuries and weather - complete with an Electric Heat Pump that kept quitting every time the temps dropped Below Zero - was FINALLY able to get back to sewing on these Old Town Mysteries to FINISH!

Bonnie 'Classic Colorway':

Old Town Mystery - Bonnie 'Classic Version'

Patriotic Version:

Old Town Mystery - Patriotic Version

Rows ready for assembly:

Old Town Patriotic Version - ready for Assembly

Attaching the FINAL Border!

Attaching the FINAL Border!

This Old Town Mystery always will hold a very special place in my heart - especially while doing TWO of them!  I'm not sure I'll ever try and attempt to do TWO Bonnie Hunter Mysteries again but...I'm grateful for the experience and I dearly LOVE Both of them... especially how well the Patriotic Version turned out...Thank YOU, Bonnie!

Later, 

~Deb

Please Note:  this Old Town Mystery was conducted by Bonnie Hunter/Mystery Quilt Designer beginning October 31, 2024 until early February, 2025.  The Old Town .pdf pattern booklet is now available for purchase at this direct online web link:  https://quiltville.com/shop.html#!/Old-Town-PDF-Pattern-Booklet/p/724141183

Please Note II:  I 'chose' to go SCRAPPY w/Both Old Town Mysteries - using my stash for 'most' of the fabrics chosen.  Still, there was a need for a delish Cranberry Fat Quarter from Connecting Threads, on Clearance SALE during Thanksgiving/Christmas!

Clue #9 of Old Town Mystery - Building those MULTIPLE Units ;-)

 Yep, there are MORE than a few parts to Clue #9, in fact I was joking w/one of my Quilty friends that Clue #9 of Old Town Mystery could actually be FIVE (5) Clues ALL rolled up into ONE!  No Worries - we'll take it one piece at a time...kinda like eating an elephant...right?

After reading through ALL the instructions a couple of times, decided to construct ALL the sashings for BOTH Versions - Classic Bonnie & Patriotic, FIRST.  I knew IF I didn't, I'd start putting blocks together and once complete, I'd take another look at those sashing instructions and put EVERYTHING away for 'another day'...which would not come for several YEARS, lol!

I must admit - once assembled CORRECTLY, these sashings are GORGEOUS, aren't they?

Sashings - Classic Bonnie version

Sashings - Patriotic version

Once the sashings were complete and I celebrated w/coffee and chocolate, it was time to move on to the Flying Geese units - these were a Piece 'O Cake after those UNFORGETTABLE Sashings...Bonus!

Flying Geese units - Classic Bonnie

Flying Geese Units - Patriotic

...and Finally - those cute lil corner units - again Easy/Peasy 'after' the other parts of this Clue!

Corner Units - Classic

Corner Units - Patriotic

A few pics of assembly:

Snowballing the corners of Sashing unit

Chain piecing HSTs for corner units - my differential feed came in handy
for this unit and especially for assembling the sashings and corner units

Probly would've been done 'building' these units a day or so sooner BUT, we had a snowstorm show up right when I was trying to cut/piece...darn it!  Had to do some scooping in between cutting/piecing/pressing/pruning:

6"+ of that White Stuff!

Snow pile - freshly scooped

The first day got to scoop the sidewalks & driveway.  The second day was the deck and 37 steps to quilting studio...it's time for coffee and chocolate...again ;-).

Later,

~Deb

Ringing in the NEW Year w/Clue #8 of Old Town Mystery!

 What a way to start off a Brand-NEW Year, than w/sewing ALL day on a Mystery Clue...Clue #8 of our Old Town Mystery!

Clue #8 of Old Town Mystery = Classic Bonnie version ;-)

Those following along will remember that I've chosen to not only go ALL scrappy w/my version of Old Town Mystery BUT, I've opted to 'also' do a Patriotic version by swapping out the Corals for GOLDS and the Aquas for Sapphire Blue!

LOTS of wings to assemble!

Wings for BOTH Clue #8's

Chain piecing is the ONLY way to assemble ALL these wings:

Chain piecing the 'second' set of wings

Once I got into the 'groove' of chain piecing these wings, things went fairly quickly.  I assembled the geese for BOTH clues on one side of each goose triangle, pressed and assemble the second wing, then gave EVERYTHING a final press/pruning:

Clue #8 = BOTH versions for Old Town Mystery

After those were complete, decided to finish quilting up some of my potato chip pot holders - these are such FUN to create...can't make just one!

Potato chip pot holder getting quilted
(I use 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" logs for these - SCRAPPY!)

Hope 2025 is a Wonderful Year for Us ALL - Happy New Year, Everyone!

Time to bind those pot holders...

Later,

~Deb

Old Town Mystery - Clues #7, #6, #5, #4!

Been soooo busy the past couple weeks - just like EVERYONE else, haven't had time to blog, but I'll try and cram a bunch of it into this post!

Clue #7 of Old Town Mystery - BOTH versions = Patriotic & Classic Bonnie:

Clue #7 - Patriotic version.
Aren't these the cutest?

Chain piecing Clue #7:

Getting those hour glass units sewn

Clue #7 - Classic Bonnie version:

Clue #7 - Classic Bonnie version

Took a bit of cutting/sewing for this clue - but it was so worth it!

Chain piecing the flying geese

Chain piecing the hour glass units to the flying geese

Clue #6 a Surprise Clue on December 23, 2024 - took a lil hustle to get this one finished up prior to Christmas Eve:

Classic Version - Clue #6
LOVE the Cranberry REDs in this Clue

Patriotic Version - Clue #6

and then onto Clue #5:

Patriotic Version of Clue #5 - I swapped out the Corals for Golds
and the Aqua for Sapphire Blue 

Classic Bonnie version of Clue #5

...and finally - Clue #4 where we left off:

Classic Bonnie version of Clue #4

All cut and ready to sew!

Chain piecing Clue #4

BOTH versions - looking good!

All ready for our next clue!  

In between clues and Holiday festivities, been quilting ;-)

One of 'Our Doris's  Patriotic Strip Quilts' - coming off the frame

'Liberty' digital quilting design in Glide Silver

Front/back of quilting - I love turning a quilt over to see the back ;-)

Time to bind!

Later,

~Deb

Clue #3 of Old Town Mystery in the Bag!

That means BOTH the Classic 'BH' Old Town Mystery and my Patriotic version of Clue #3 are Complete...Whew!

Patriotic Clue #3

Had a couple of 'Helpers' to get things moving along - first, while chain piecing:

Chain piecing Clue #3

using this 'Clip-it' Tool is Fast & FUN!

Clip-it tool uses 'old' rotary cutter blades!

Clip-it...Clip-it GOOD ;-)

...and this little 'Strip Stick' pressing tool is da Bomb!  Was able to make quick work of pressing my center seams open:

Pressing center seam is Quick & DONE w/Strip Stick!

Clue #3 - Lookin' Good!

Clue #3 - ALL Pressed & Finished!

Ready for Clue #4...Bring it ON!

~Deb

It's HERE! The Annual BH 2024 Mystery is HERE!

 ...and I'm waaay behind in posting about this year's annual Bonnie Hunter 2024 'Old Town' Mystery - been so busy creating/quilting/Awarding quilts for Our Beloved Vets, making a Thanksgiving dinner for family, gotten a bit behind ;-)

Caught up...for now w/Clue #1 & Clue #2 - in fact, I got so caught up I decided to create a second Old Town Mystery out of Patriotic fabrics, keeping the REDs & Neutrals, swapping out the Turquoise/Aqua for Sapphire BLUE and the Coral for GOLD!

Patriotic Version fabrics:

Patriotic Fabrics for BH 2024 Old Town Mystery -
ALL cut and ready for assembly!

Clue(s) #1:

Clue #1 - Patriotic Version

Clue #1 - 'Bonnie' colorway

Clue(s) #2:

Clue #2 - Patriotic Version

Clue #2 - 'Bonnie' Colorway

Don't forget to Twist & SHOUT those seams!

Twist & SHOUT those Center Seams!

Thank Goodness for LEFTOVERS - Thanksgiving Leftovers RULE!

Turkey TOM

Pumpkin Pie

Happy Quilting!

~Deb