Indigo Way from my group

Blog reader Nancy wrote a comment that she would like to see the quilts/projects that the group made during the Bonnie Hunter Indigo Way mystery that ran from October 2023-January 2024. There were about 32 people from my guild who participated. Fifteen people sent me photos of their progress.

First top--Anne

Second top--Anne

Anne stitched two tops that she donated to the Liberty Belles which is a small group that makes and donates quilts to veterans in the Vancouver, Washington area. She chose not to make the triangles that Bonnie used in her final border.

Kinda Sorta Bonnie Hunter

Pat made fewer blocks and in her own color way. She called it Kinda Sorta Bonnie Hunter and she donated her top to Linus. A kid will love this as a finished quilt!

First top--Duane

Second top--Duane

Third top--Daune

Daune made three tops that she donated to the Clark County Quilters Comfort Quilt group. She used fabrics that she had on hand. It is fun to find Bonnie's clues in a different arrangement!

Close up of Jeff's center

Almost each Friday night since the mystery project began, Jeff joined the guild Sit and Sew group to work on his project. This past week, his plan was to spend more time on the project to make more progress toward the finish line. 

He ran out of the dark red fabric and was concerned the red he found was too bright. Now, however, he likes the sparkle it gives the project. He is a beginner quilter and was concerned about his points!

Jeff's layout with more blocks to stitch

Friday, he shared that he had completed all the "B" blocks and half blocks. Then he shared a photo his layout which looks great. 

He has even begun sewing rows together! He shared a photo of his points. . .all intact!

Corrie's clues ready for assembly

Corrie completed all the clues and is working on assembling the parts.

Eileen's blue fabrics from her stash

A sampling of Eileen's red fabrics

One more view of Eileen's blue fabrics

Eileen combed her stash for all of her fabrics. Her son became ill during the project. Unfortunately, she lost him. She is beginning to pull out this project again to work on it.

Linda might make an alternate layout

Then again, Linda might do what Bonnie did

Linda is considering to make an alternate layout; but, then again, she might end up choosing the layout that Bonnie gave us. 

Kathy's project quilted and ready for binding

Kathy has a finish. She has made a number of Bonnie quilts and said she used fabrics from past projects in this mystery.

Sharleen's beginning

From the beginning, Sharleen planned to use cheddar instead of the red in her project. She had some indigo fabrics in her stash but, collected a few more.

Alvera's combination of Judy and Bonnie

From the beginning, Alvera planned to fold the parts of Bonnie's mystery around a center she had made earlier that was a Judy Niemeyer pattern. The "center" was the size of a wall hanging which wasn't useable for Alvera. She chose her fabrics based on the fabrics she used in the center. It grew large enough to fit beautifully on a king size bed.

Sue's top with polka dot border

This was the first mystery that Sue had participated. She had the polka dot fabric in her stash. She was glad that for her first time, she was glad she went with half of the blocks.

Sharon's first mystery top results

Sharon appreciated the different methods of creating the units. She gained so much knowledge in organization and persistence!

Nancy's fabric pull from stash

Nancy's progress on the clues

Nancy continues to make progress on her project too. She said it was hard to pull so many fabrics together to begin the project.

Terry's center

Terry--Me, the writer of this post. . .I'm planning to make progress on this project this month. I have the center pieced.

First top--Shannon

Second top--Shannon

Third top--Shannon

Shannon completed three tops. The top one she plans to finish for herself and the other two she plans to gift. 

There will be a class for people to enter their finished quilts in the quilt show next spring. I shared many times with the group that while I had a goal of getting this one finished before the next mystery started, if I didn't, I'd still keep it where I could see it so I could continue working on it. 

In the end, people learned something while participating. They liked that it is still okay that they are working on their project even though the mystery ended in January. I'm linking to Alycia at Finished Friday or Not; Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilting and Cynthia at Oh Scrap.

Documenting my group's progress was goal number 14 on my July list.