Good Fortune Finished

Quilting pattern--Growing Things

Goal number two on my June list was to finish Good Fortune. This was the Bonnie Hunter mystery in 2018. It was the first of her mystery sew alongs that I actually started.

 I had watched Bonnie's mystery for at least three years prior before I decided I could try! When I didn't get it to the finish, I knew that while I liked doing the mystery, I needed a village closer to me to support me to the finish. I saw many Facebook posts about groups doing the mystery together. They seemed to have a blast!

Label

In the fall of 2019, I started a small group to have fun and to get our Bonnie projects to the finish! We are called the Mystery Mavens. There are about twenty active members. We work on Bonnie's mystery. Sometimes it is the current one and sometimes it isn't. Bonnie's patterns have a lot of pieces! Sometimes, we work on one of her patterns and sometimes, we work on a different project all together. It is a personal choice each one makes.

With their support, I have now finished all the mystery quilts I've started. Good Fortune 2018, Frolic 2019, Grassy Creek 2020, Rhododendron Trail 2021, Chilhowie 2022, Indigo Way 2023, Old Town 2024 and Lupine and Laughter 2025. Additionally, I finished Unity 2020. You can see those finishes on this page.

Pieced back

Quilting texture on the front

I've a couple weeks to decide which Bonnie Hunter project I will move toward the finish next. I have blocks started for three leader/enders:Triple Treat, Four Patch Fun and one I can't remember the name! I also have started three projects: string geese, complimentary block exchange and Smith Mountain Morning. I plan to work on one of those projects when our Mastery Mavens meets until it is finished or until the next mystery begins.

Good Fortune returned from the longarmer at the end of May. I chose a swirl pattern with a flower shape. The pattern was called Growing Things. I like the texture it provided. I chose a tan thread. 

The label came from the guild free table. That dark green background, even using a Lightbox, was difficult to see where I wanted to write! 

The binding was a piece of solid fabric that I had in my stash as I didn't have enough of one of the leftover red fabrics to cut a binding.

I thought that I would use a piece of orange fabric for the sleeve; but, a scrap that remained from the backing was large enough so I used it instead. It blends with the backing so you don't know that it is there! I do like the interest that piecing the back created. It could be a two sided quilt.

Finished Front

I used 21 yards of fabric for this project. That brings my total of stash used for the month at 21 yards. It brings my net stash used for the year at 83.25 yards! 

This is my seventh finish for the year. Gertie and I already pieced together the leftover batting chunks and sorted the remaining fabric scraps into my scrap saving system.