Bonnie Hunter Winter Mystery 2021/2022 - Rhododendron Trail
11-27-2021, 07:18 AM
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I'm mostly done with this week's clue. Got the cutting and sewing done yesterday. Today I still have to press a couple and then since I do my cut large/trim down stuff, the trimming. I used about 2/3rds pink and 1/3 my added purples and am pretty happy all in all. Sorry if I jinxed anyone but I was hoping for a lot of triangles out of the neutral!
I know the future weeks keep me busier (and I'm going to reread the directions to make sure I didn't miss anything), but for now I am going to have to figure out a couple days of sewing.
I know the future weeks keep me busier (and I'm going to reread the directions to make sure I didn't miss anything), but for now I am going to have to figure out a couple days of sewing.
11-27-2021, 09:22 AM
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11-27-2021, 02:05 PM
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I am going to use Thangles for the units in part 1, my current project is made of pinwheels using the exact same size and I bought a couple of extra packs just in case. I love how the paper stabilizes that seam when sewing and pressing, I don't have nearly the warping issues I have had in past quilts with lots of HST. As much as I love Bonnie's Triangle tool, it is much faster to cut them out using the paper, too.
Thanks for the reminder! Dug out some Thangles and it was quick.
11-28-2021, 06:28 AM
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Ooooo -- pinkflowers, I love your fabrics!
Here's a representative shot of mine (pre-trimmimg), one of the purples got in there twice and I think I got all the piinks... In addition to cutting large, I press my seams open but the dog ears get trimmed off anyway.
Here's a representative shot of mine (pre-trimmimg), one of the purples got in there twice and I think I got all the piinks... In addition to cutting large, I press my seams open but the dog ears get trimmed off anyway.
11-28-2021, 08:30 AM
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As I'm not a fan of pink, I swapped it out with orange. I didn't realize how much fabric I have until I started on this. I figure by the end, the mystery quilt is not even going to make a dent. But as I tend not to do scrappy quilts, this is certainly allowing me to spread by wings.
