Good Fortune--post 7

Sharing a birthday coffee

Yesterday was my birthday. Our oldest daughter brought over a birthday coffee. The youngest daughter and youngest granddaughter called and serenaded me with Happy Birthday. 

Gift from my small group

The day's mail held a package from one of my small groups. What fun contents it held! I had a great birthday!

Good Fortune auditioning binding

Goal number seven on my May list was to figure out what to do with Good Fortune which was the Bonnie Hunter mystery in 2018. This was the first of her mystery quilts that I actually started. I removed the project from its container. The last post I wrote about it was when I had finished piecing the top in October 2019. Then, I thought it was too small at about 73 inches square. Now, I decided it was big enough! Since this top is full of orange, I'll be linking to Angela at ScrapHappy. (Go visit Angela because there are so many wonderful blocks of orange being constructed!)

Binding prepared

I looked through the scraps for binding options and didn't find any that were large enough or a color that would work. I did pull a solid red from my stash that will work. I cut and pieced the binding so it will be ready to add once the quilt is quilted.

Piecing the back

I pulled the larger scraps to see if I could piece a backing. With a little effort, the answer was yes, I could. It took me about three hours to piece the back. The colors in the photo aren't true. The print stripe fabric is really red, orange and green on a navy background. 

Fabric for the sleeve cut

In the container,there was even an orange chunk large enough to construct the sleeve.

Leftover strings from Good Fortune

I did do a little scrap sorting. Because this project called for orange string piecing, I was excited to add a bigger variety of orange strings to my scrap bag. This month, Angela chose orange as the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color. I'll be string piecing my blocks next!

Container ready for the 2026 Bonnie Hunter Mystery

Earlier this week, I took the top and backing to the longarmer. I sorted the remaining fabrics in the container back into my stash. I am excited about having an empty container which I will fill next October when Bonnie releases the fabrics for the 2026 mystery! 

Linking to: Scrap Happy, Oh Scrap and Sew & Tell.