Nancy, Thanks for inspiring us! I've been trying to decide whether to jump in...

Geneva

Yes, join me!!! I still need to send an email to Sharon to see if I can guilt her into coming along....

I was thinking of starting this quilt, thanks for showing the photos, I was unsure about the colors.
You have done great work already. WOW JANET

Great layout, Nancy. I was planning to save the pattern and pick colors after I see the final Grand Illusion--but now your are tempting me!

I got my pictures uploaded. The first step was to make 280 half-square triangles:



Then we had to use 200 of those in these 4-square blocks:



(I laid them out on the floor to see how I like the colors together.) So, I'm right on track for now.....

Carole that is gorgeous, I love the colours.
Anne

Yes, Sue, this Celtic Solstice quilt I will keep. It really works well in the guest bedroom. I'm going to start cutting the strips for Grand Illusion this morning. I will still have to finish a couple of other time-sensitive sewing projects before I really start putting the Broken Dishes blocks together, though!

Beautiful, Carole!

I took a break from making Christmas presents this weekend and made the first set of blocks for Grand Illusion. I'll post pictures once I download them from the camera.

Love your quilt Carole. That one is on my to do list - honest. so is Grand Illusion too....eventually

It's a beauty ! Hope to make it one day ! I've started the Grand.

Carole, I'm glad your quilt showed up here! Lovely quilt, great colors and dramatic pattern. Do you get to keep it?

I did Celtcic Solstice last year and have plans to start on Grand Illusion later this week. I have the fabric, but don't have the time yet to start cutting. I've also made some of the quilts on the free patterns tab on Bonnie's website.

Like others, I'm having a hard time getting the photo to post, so it may or may not show up here.

You can find the colors on Bonnie's Web site - quiltville.com. She actually provides paint chip numbers for the colors that she used, in case you want to do the same. Her colors are lovely! This year she was inspired by a hotel she taught at in Michigan's upper peninsula. They are yellow, green, teal and pink, along with black and neutrals. The colors look caribbean to me.

Miss Rita, thanks for the lovely compliment. I made BRB several years ago, and I VERY bad about labels. Yes, its been quilted for quite a while and I just did an all over on my Janome. I quilt them pretty quickly after the top is made. Its probably been 5 - 10 years ago, I would need to find the magazine it was in.