Quiltville Mystery Season Starts TODAY!

It's that time of year again:  It's time for Bonnie Hunter's annual Quiltville mystery quilt!  This year's project is called "Old Town".

It is inspired by the sights and sounds of Krakow, Poland that Bonnie visited last year.   Even though the colors were inspired by her trip, as always you do not have to make your version in only those colors.  I always look forward to seeing how creative people get with their mystery color choices.  You can follow what other mystery quilters are doing on the Facebook page for the mystery here.

Bonnie will be leaving to travel to England on the Friday after Thanksgiving which is when the mystery season usually starts so she is posting the first part of it today.  If you haven't already done so, also pick up the Introduction post with the fabric requirements here.  

As Bonnie notes, be sure to pick up and download the mystery parts each week and save them to your computer or phone.  Once the mystery is completed in January, she will remove the instructions from her blog.  After the mystery is over, you can still get the full pattern by purchasing it in her Quiltville store when she releases it.  

As for me, my mystery season will be just like last year's:  I will be trying to finish up one of the tops I still have to quilt.  I've settled on finishing "En Provence".  I completed this top back in 2018.

Top

Prepped Backing

I had made up the backing back in January of last year so all that's left to do now is to layer it and do the "quilt whispering" to decide how to quilt it.  Not always an easy task for me, LOL!  However, I really want to be quilting my quilts more frequently in the coming year as I have a lot of accumulated tops and want to make space for all of the accumulated project kits I have set up.  Which brings to mind this hilarious "Bonnie-ism" I saw on Instagram:

Or at least I hope so!

I had originally planned to quilt up my "On Ringo Lake" mystery during this period because the colors of it are similar to what is being used for "Old Town".  

Top and Scrappy Backing

However, it has a scrappy back and I have some new quilt hangers that should arrive soon that I want to  try using.  I am trying to fix up my younger son's former bedroom into more of guest room rather than the junk depository storage space it's functioning as right now.  The hangers are made to be used with a hanging sleeve, something I don't typically add to my quilts.  It will be easier to blend a sleeve into the back of "En Provence" hence why it tops the finishing list this round!   

Are you participating in this year's mystery?  Have you done one of Bonnie's mysteries before?  They are a lot of fun and there is no pressure to get it done by the end of the mystery period.  Check it out as well as what everyone else is doing and consider joining in on the fun!