This fall I decided not to make Bonnie Hunter's winter mystery quilt. Instead, I'm making a Bonnie Hunter quilt "by the book!" I saw a "Bricks in the Barnyard" quilt posted on Facebook and fell in love with it!

This pattern is Bonnie Hunter's book, Scraps & Shirttails II--Continuing the Art of Quilting Green. Here is a link to a trunk show of the quilts in this book which Bonnie posted on her blog. The "Bricks in the Barnyard" quilt is at the top of this post, on the left side.

I'm using a jelly roll, Moda's "Grand Finale", designed by Sandy Gervais, which has been in my stash for several years. I wanted to use a yellow fabric as the accent in the half square triangles but it wasn't bold enough as an accent. Red, the same color used in the quilt in the book, was the best choice for the fall fabrics in the jelly roll.

Here are my fabrics, cut and ready for sewing.

Quilt Brick in the Barnyard-bricks cut.jpg

I'll keep you posted on my progress!