McCalls Quilting Jan/Feb 2012 / 3 month mystery quilt along
01-31-2012, 05:35 PM
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McCalls 3-Part Mystery Quilt
fab a, fab b & fab c or fab b(b3), fab c & fab d look great together but there is something about fabric d that seems not as complementary to fabric a. as i look at it again i think the prints of fab a & fab d may be competing with each other as they can both be focus fabrics. but you color groupings are great in terms of mediums and darks.
say if you choose fab a, fab b(b3), fab c, you may want to chose as your fab d something in a red (red-orange) or green tonal print or a multi-print that complements the shadings in your fab a because you have already picked up the brown and yellow. this is just as an example and i hope it makes sense. whichever fabric you choose as your focus fabric, you would want the other three to complement it and pick up the colors from it.
say if you choose fab a, fab b(b3), fab c, you may want to chose as your fab d something in a red (red-orange) or green tonal print or a multi-print that complements the shadings in your fab a because you have already picked up the brown and yellow. this is just as an example and i hope it makes sense. whichever fabric you choose as your focus fabric, you would want the other three to complement it and pick up the colors from it.
01-31-2012, 11:43 PM
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dahlshouse--remember how i was asking about your leaves feature fabric? wait till you see mine! i nearly fell over laughing! it's called birch leaves and the only real difference is it has birch branches! told you i liked it ! LOL !
02-01-2012, 07:07 AM
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02-01-2012, 08:13 PM
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oops! sewze-- i meant to address you! instead i put dahlshouse! silly me. anyway, my fabric is very much like yours. i'm not happy with my d fabric- it's a nothing green. but until i know how important it is, i'm just going to leave it be. it's so much fun to see everyone's choices of fabrics and see how different (and similar) we are. can't wait to see how these turn out!!
02-04-2012, 06:11 PM
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Mine came in the mail today!! Was on my list to get at walmart and had to cross that off! LOL Easy peesy next step, more time cutting than sewing on this step. Makes me wonder what step 3 will have us doing if this is all that we are doing now???
Oh well, off to read in the soaking room
See you all at the Super Bowl Mystery thread tomorrow.
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Oh well, off to read in the soaking room
See you all at the Super Bowl Mystery thread tomorrow.Click here to go to that thread.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...t-t175584.html
02-06-2012, 04:43 AM
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Is anyone else disappointed in this second clue? I still have more than half my fabric left, and clue 3 has to include additional blocks, sashing, borders and assembly. I was hoping completion of this quilt would be more evenly spaced between the clues.
02-06-2012, 08:46 AM
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yep it does seem that all or most of the work will be done with part 3. we still have a long way to go.
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