Grand Illusion, Week Two

Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville dot com sent out the second clue of her Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt (GIMQ) this morning.  It's a challenging one!

These were the units that we were instructed to make:

Joy's version:

She used these neutral strips...

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And these black and "pink" squares...

Combined to form these units.

Britt's off to NY for work. She'll post her progress upon her return.

Here's a single unit:

Have patience.  You will have to wait for the Mystery Monday Link-up to see how we assembled these (challenging) units into blocks.

Anyway...

Bonnie, being Bonnie, gave us 3 different methods to create these units.  Britt found a link to roseprairiequilts.blogspot.com.  The industrious quilter there came up with a strip-pieced technique to arrive at the desired unit.  (Don't look until the Mystery Monday Link-up or you'll spoil the surprise!)  Joy found an alternate way to create the units.  It was recommended on Bonnie's FaceBook page by a woman who created the units using only HSTs.  This leaves you with an extra seam, but cuts out the bulk of the stress associated with this portion of the quilt.  Might be worth a try!


Monday's coming...

Until then,
Happy Quilting!!!