Allietare! - Bonnie Hunter's 2015 Mystery Quilt
11-08-2015, 06:13 AM
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I've got mine put in a tote and I have to stop looking at all the pretty fabric so I don't want to find more!
I had to go to the fabric store to find a purple, and I kept looking at the blacks, reds and golds.
I'm excited to get started on this - and I'm working hard to get my current project done before it starts. Guess I better get off the computer and back to the sewing machine.
I had to go to the fabric store to find a purple, and I kept looking at the blacks, reds and golds.
I'm excited to get started on this - and I'm working hard to get my current project done before it starts. Guess I better get off the computer and back to the sewing machine.
11-08-2015, 09:43 AM
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each fabric group I think "ooo, I like this group best" 
Because I only work from stash in the past I've pulled my own colors, but Bonnie's choices this year are spot on for what I have.
Except gray, I have a 1/3 yard of gray with black spiderweb on it. I'll have to alternate or pick up a little of that.
I've seen alternates in green, blue, purple...
First I'm going to look in my cotton shirts stash, I'd love to have enough of those to do this years colors. I doubt it though.
MacyBaby, will you be using a people powered machine?
I think I'll be using in Singer 404. Not people powered but fun to use!
Because I only work from stash in the past I've pulled my own colors, but Bonnie's choices this year are spot on for what I have. Except gray, I have a 1/3 yard of gray with black spiderweb on it. I'll have to alternate or pick up a little of that.
I've seen alternates in green, blue, purple...
First I'm going to look in my cotton shirts stash, I'd love to have enough of those to do this years colors. I doubt it though.
MacyBaby, will you be using a people powered machine?
I think I'll be using in Singer 404. Not people powered but fun to use!
11-08-2015, 03:25 PM
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quiltsRfun - the purple is for another project, so I had to keep reminding myself that is what I was looking for, and not colors for the mystery quilt.
Kalamaquilts, I won't be using a treadle for piecing, at least not to start. Once the new building is done and the longarm moved, I plan on setting up the Davis Vertical feed and see how that works for binding. I also want to get the two spool up and running.
Kalamaquilts, I won't be using a treadle for piecing, at least not to start. Once the new building is done and the longarm moved, I plan on setting up the Davis Vertical feed and see how that works for binding. I also want to get the two spool up and running.
11-09-2015, 05:21 AM
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there are lots of finished photos in this thread http://www.quiltingboard.com/quiltin...55071-216.html, but there's over 200 pages to look through (i suggest starting at the end)
11-10-2015, 10:12 AM
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I HATE the original color combination - it just doesn't seem to have enough color, and the 5-1/2 yards of neutral....makes me wonder what the final product will look like, so I'm going to wait to see the final product then decide if I want to invest in the fabric. I still haven't finished half of Grand Illusion!
11-10-2015, 12:12 PM
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quiltsRfun - the purple is for another project, so I had to keep reminding myself that is what I was looking for, and not colors for the mystery quilt.
Kalamaquilts, I won't be using a treadle for piecing, at least not to start. Once the new building is done and the longarm moved, I plan on setting up the Davis Vertical feed and see how that works for binding. I also want to get the two spool up and running.
Kalamaquilts, I won't be using a treadle for piecing, at least not to start. Once the new building is done and the longarm moved, I plan on setting up the Davis Vertical feed and see how that works for binding. I also want to get the two spool up and running.
11-10-2015, 01:41 PM
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I'm still on the fence about jumping in on this years mystery. Doing a mystery quilt is still on my "to do" list. The colors are ones I could work with... I might mellow out the golds to more of an ochre and possibly changing the red to the shade of green that copper oxidizes to or the color of eggplant. The greys might need to be lighter, but still something that would stand on it's own against the neutrals. How can you choose without knowing what you are making?
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