Jo & Nell Bonnie Challenge Link-up

Another week has passed and I still don't have the borders on my "MIDNIGHT FLIGHT".
This morning when Bonnie says QuiltCAM @ 2pm EST (11 AM PST)- I thought  that gives me time to get my fabrics ready to CUT out the Border parts and get some made.  Lets see what I got done?

I think I like using the "Eternal Swirl" as Bonnie so lovingly called this Moda Swirl fabric.

 I had a few 4-patches left so I want to use them in the borders. The lLt Blue has good contrast.

What do you think?  Pink inside or outside?

#1

 #2

I thought that the Inner Black border was needed to contain the center of the quilt before adding the border.
I have leftover Black strips I can use scrappy for that.

And I gathered some Greens and Blues for the NEW Mystery

 When I went to Lowe's for the Paint cards I picked these colors out to tone down the brightness of the Blues and Greens. I like them much better than the YELLOW and ORANGES.

Linking up with the Jo & Nell Bonnie Challenge HERE

Design Wall Monday- November 4,2013

There is so much going on at my house that I can NOT show on the BLOG...

I am excited to be ahead on the planning of my Family Christmas Gifts. 

NOW to just work on them steadily until December and get them all done.  

I didn't link up to the Jo and Nell's Challenge on Saturday. I can add my Link HERE today.

 I haven't worked much on my "Midnight Flight" quilt.  I am having different visions of the borders to go on this quilt.  I keep thinking that this Ziplock Bag of Bonus Triangle Squares NEEDS to be used.

The choosing HOW??? is the hard part. Please help me decide.
Should I sew them into
A-Pinwheels
B- Ribbons
C- Flying geese
D- Sawtooth  strips

I worked on my Block of the Week for Guild next week, and sewed the binding on my Faithful Quilt.

It's ready to stitch down on a road trip.

It's been a week of keeping secrets, saying goodbye to some good  friends and now that the NEW Bishop has been called and sustained, I can breathe a BIG sigh of relief.  

6+ years of his Faithful Service to the members of our Ward is over.

Paul and I wore our Walla Walla SWEETS t-Shirts for our costumes for Halloween.  

Linking up with Judy L HERE

Design Wall Monday- October 28, 2013

The Month is flying by and I'm trying to get Christmas gifts made so they can be delivered before the BIG day and save shipping. You know that THOSE Projects won't show up on HERE until after the Holidays. Of course that cuts into my SEWING/QUILTING time.

As Promised I have made my choice for which Bonnie Hunter project I will try and finish before the new Mystery starts on Black Friday.

Midnight Flight is the easy choice since it hasn't been put away totally to become a UFO for next year.

That UFO BH Project from 2005 just had WAY TOO MANY parts left to sew.

I am taking the comments into consideration on what color to use here for my Borders.

Remember I am NOT using the Borders like Bonnie did.  

It will be fun to use the border pieces that I'm making as leader/enders for my LUS Blocks.

Some liked the Pink and some liked the blue so I'm using BOTH!  

Watch and see what "materializes" in the next 4 weeks. This will be my MAIN November GOAL.

AND I am in the process of choosing my colors for the new Celtic Solstice Bonnie Hunter Mystery.

There were/are a lot of Easy Street in my same colorway in Blogland so...

 I am NOT making another one with her same colors.

On the left are the colors similar to hers from my Ace Hardware store (we don't have a Lowe's).

And on the right are the Blue and green, like hers, but with two alternate colors.

I just can't see me using the BRIGHTEST Yellow and Oranges in my Quilt.

Solstice to me should be a Peaceful time. Even if the days get shorter.

Definition: The solstice occurs twice in each circuit of the earth around the sun. A circuit of the sun is how we define a year, so there are two solstices a year, winter and summer. The winter solstice is in late December and the summer solstice in late June in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemispheres, the solstices are reversed. The word solstice is formed from two Latin words; one for sun sol and one for stand sistere. The summer solstice is when the sun appears to be at its greatest and the day is at its longest. The winter solstice is when there is the least amount of sun. The other two seasons, fall and spring, are marked by the equinoxes when day and night are roughly equal.

I picked up some of the Eternal Swirl by Moda (as Bonnie HUnter calls it) in Green to use in my Mystery and had to buy the Purple leaves from Jennifer Chiaverini's Cross Country Quilters line to back my "FAITHFUL" Mini quilt.  That Link-up will be later today in a separate post.  Using the Color catcher and pre-washing I am always amazed at the offending fabric.  I think that GREEN wins this time. 

 SO GLAD I PRE_WASH!

Linked up HERE for this Fall Day in Blogland...

Jo & Nell's Bonnie Challenge

OK, When two or more of my Blogging Buddies have the same Posting, (well different, but the same title) I have to take NOTE!   I missed the Jo and Nell Challenge on Wednesday HERE.

And I see there is a Saturday LINKY for the Challenge HERE.

So How many Bonnie Projects Do I have in Process?

I already have a few of  them in My Goals and on my UFO Parade Tab at the top of my BLOG.

Oops there are more than I thought I had...

The oldest one being my Double Delight- Mystery from 2005-
way back before I was a True Bonnie FAN!

This one hasn't seen the Light for a LONG, LONG Time...

Looks like I didn't even print off all the pages.

I saw a finished one HERE and I really want to finish this one.

Then there is Pineapple Blossom that I did with the BLOCK Lotto BLOG- They are addictive.  

I couldn't get them to turn right kind of like my Log Cabins but I have enough made for a small quilt top.

3rd is my Leader/ Ender Bow Ties from 2011

A Picture of them ALL on Lynn's Design Wall- ICK!

I had to put them into 9's, like she did,

 and they are in a pile ready for the sashing, when I find that darn fabric again.

Because I finally MET her in March at QM Block Party ---what did I start??  MIDNIGHT FLIGHT!

88 Pieces in each 12" Block-- times 30 Blocks= A LOT!!!

CRAZY, but not as Crazy as the ladies who took ALL 3 days of her classes.

 This is the one on my October Goals and I DID get the last 3 Blocks I'm making finished and the center is sewn together- FINALLY

I can happily say I have TWO of Bonnie Patterns that are completed projects.

 Katie's Choice- from her Sister's Choice Pattern  for one of the two new Grand-daughters born this year. 

Notice, I didn't make the whole quilt...

 And My Easy, Busy Street is missing a few blocks too.  BUT, it's DONE!!!

OK, So I need to Link- up HERE now.
Click over and see all the Bonnie projects, if you need some Inspiration.  

Then, you know,  it is Saturday, so there is Laundry to do and
 Shopping at the final Farmer's Market of the year Downtown.

Come back for Design Wall Monday to see which Bonnie Quilt I chose.
  

CLICK the highlighted links for the Blogger's Quilt Festival going on.
I have quilts entered  HERE, and HERE too.