One Monthly Goal :: March 2018

March is really coming in like a lion here in Ohio. After temps in the 60s early this week, we woke up to about 4 inches of snow this morning. Perfect day for staying inside to quilt!

On my radar this month is my One Monthly Goal for Elm Street Quilts.  My overall goal for 2018 is to finish all the quilt alongs and social quilting projects I participated in last year. This month, my goal is to finish my On Ringo Lake mystery quilt by Bonnie Hunter. 

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Last year was my first year participating in Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt. Bonnie is a master of scrappy and since my scrap bins are overflowing, I now look forward to participating each year. 

Last year's quilt was called En Provence. Here is my finished quilt. 

Last year I followed Bonnie's color suggestions, but I loved seeing other participant's variations. This year I decided to venture on my own.

So hopefully this stack of blocks will be turned into a finished top by the end of the month!

February 2018 - Grandma's Kitchen complete!
January 2018 - Project Linus complete!

December 2017 - Cards 'n' Cowboys quilts complete!

November 2017 - Cancer Can Kiss My Donkey quilt complete!

October 2017 - Stella's Memory quilt complete!

September 2017 - Texas Strong quilts complete!

August 2017 - quilt shops in Europe visited!

July 2017 - Lainey's Ladybug quilt complete!

June 2017 - no goal

May 2017 - why I gave up on Brutus

April 2017 - not finished with Lainey's Ladybug

March 2017 - Nana's Last Quilt quilts finished

February 2017 - En Provence quilt finished!

January 2017 - Zeke's first year quilt complete!

December 2016 - Falling for Alex quilt finished!

Linked to:
Elm Street Quilts

On Ringo Lake: Clue 3

I've completed the third clue for Bonnie Hunter's On Ringo Lake mystery quilt. One of the things I really like about her mystery quilts is that she encourages participants to use their scraps.  I haven't used a lot of coral so I don't have any scraps in her suggested color. But since her inspiration this year is a lake in Minnesota, I swapped the coral for Minnesota Viking purple. Purple is my favorite color so I have a lot of scraps! 

Fun fact: the 2018 Pantone color of the year is Ultra Violet. 

It's my very favorite shade of purple! I guess I've been a trendsetter all these years!

Now it's back to finishing up some other projects while I wait for Friday and clue 4. 

Linked to:

Mystery Monday Link Up @ Quiltville

On Ringo Lake: Clue 2

Clue 2 of Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt was a gaggle of flying geese. It may be because I have multiple projects going on, but it feels like it is taking me longer to complete each clue this year. But at least I'm not dealing with a sliced off finger like I was a year ago when Bonnie revealed the second clue!

I'm also grateful I picked up a flying geese ruler from Creative Grids this year. Making geese four at a time is a real time saver and with the ruler, none of my geese go to waste. 

I'm lovin gthe blue and teal together. This is going to be a beautiful quilt. 

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On Ringo Lake: Clue 1

A year ago I joined my very first mystery quilt. It was Bonnie Hunter's En Provence quilt and it ended up being my 76th quilt, A Team En Provence.

This week I started my second Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt. Here's a look at my week 1 clue. I'm changing up the color scheme a little bit, but I'm loving the aqua and gray.

Linked to:

BOMs Away @ What a Hoot Quilts
Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts & Doll Quilts
Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts
Linky Tuesday @ Freemotion by the River
Main Crush Monday @ Cooking Up Quilts
Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication
Moving it Forward @ Em's Scrap Bag
Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter
WIP Link @ Silly Mama Quilts
WIPs Wednesday @ Esther's Blog