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    Old 10-31-2014, 06:43 PM
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    I am in with this one. I just finished one with Judy. A Mystery train ride .lol It was so much fun. I will pick out my fabrics tomorrow and then be antsy till we start. lol. I will just have to go to the LQS....sigh.... I dont have any yellow left in my stash.Oh well I will just bite the bullet and go!!!!. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaa. I dont use much black either so will have to get some. Will try to post pics of my fabric when I get it all collected.
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    Old 10-31-2014, 07:24 PM
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    Where do you get the paint chips?
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    Old 10-31-2014, 07:35 PM
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    Originally Posted by ctmhjenn
    Where do you get the paint chips?
    Lowes Home Improvement Stores
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    Old 11-01-2014, 02:56 AM
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    I have mailed out the extra paint chips I had but have 1 set with only 3 in it but I can easily get more if anyone needs them. I live within 5 miles of 2 Lowes.
    Just PM me if you need any.
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    Old 11-01-2014, 04:50 AM
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    Originally Posted by NikkiLu
    Yes, I just got home from Lowe's and I only found two - the greens and the aqua paint chips and when I took them out of my purse and threw them on my table in the light - they looked very similar.
    There are three "values" of each color on the chips. Bonnie said to use the darkest value on the green, and the mid and lighter value on the aquas. If you do this, the colors are not so similar. She actually stated NOT to use the dark aqua, as it was too close to the green.
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    Old 11-01-2014, 05:26 AM
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    I ordered from the computer pictures which are not very close. My turquoise is way darker than the card but my green is also way darker than the card. Everything was in stock! My yellow and pink are close and the black and white are fine!
    When I see the first clues I may change my mind.
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    Old 11-01-2014, 06:20 AM
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    Judging from the intro photos, Bonnie seems to interpret the color cards with quite a bit of leeway with respect to value and intensity when picking her fabrics. The hue seems to be the thing that she keeps constant (i.e., blues with a certain amount of green in them, greens that aren't too blue). Since I want a scrappy look for my quilt, I'm pulling some pretty questionable blue and pink multi prints from my stash. I guess whether they work or not will depend on how we're going to cut them. Once we get started, I hope I'll be able to tell what's working and what's not! I don't quite get how I'll know without having a picture of the whole quilt to work from.

    I wonder what the illusion is, in 'Grand Illusion'?
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    Old 11-01-2014, 06:36 AM
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    I wonder what the illusion is, in 'Grand Illusion'?[/QUOTE]
    I'm sure that will be a big part of the mystery!
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    Old 11-01-2014, 06:58 AM
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    I am going to do this one too. I did the Celtic Soltice last time.
    I have all her colors, some already gathered up and some need to get put into my project box.
    When her first clue comes out, I will be ready.
    I decided since I don't have enough pinks and turquoises, I bought a few yards of a few colors that will make due. Bonnie says using one color for each one will work good in her quilt too . SO shopping for the rest in my stash.
    And since i do so many of her quilts, I am loaded up on neutrals.
    Love her work.
    Took a workshop with her in GRanbury last November and hooked for sure.
    The second picture is one posted of her FB. Love their choices.
    And it's all about scrappy.....
    Attached Thumbnails some-pink-turquoise-i-picked-up-green-black-neutral.jpg   someone-posted-her-stack-fb.jpg  

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    Old 11-01-2014, 10:09 AM
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    All caught up again on everyone's comments. Looking more and more exciting as everyone posts their comments and fabrics. I have got to go up and start pulling what I do have. I haven't seen any colors that don't look good to me.
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