Wow, Teen - look at you go!!
I didn't do much yesterday. Not quilting and not much of anything -- I did roast some vegetables! I did put together my sub-units into block parts for the full blocks. Today I will make the few extra pieces and work on the setting/half triangle blocks. And I did do some thinking.
One of the things I really like about Bonnie's designs is how the alternating blocks go together. I consider myself pretty good at being able to look at a quilt and see the blocks or organization, but they... lose their edges?? in her designs. I figured the focus fabrics would be the center of blocks and that we would be trimming down some setting triangles -- but I guessed wrong (again) on the direction of the triangles.
My assorted reds will be somewhat noticeable in the final construction, but maybe I will do something with them in a path or area, or maybe I'll just be random. Either way, I'm happy that the reds don't actually meet. Been nervous the whole time on how my decision would work in the final project. Part of me was about using up pieces and part of me wanted to just buy more.
In my initial purchase of the fat eighths there were a couple of very low contrast white on whites. I know... WoW is supposed to be low contrast anyway but in the bad lighting downstairs I couldn't even and tell which side was up, I did use the more obvious ones. I'll bring the pieces up and mark the strips with safety pins on which side is up -- they will be fine for the neutral inner border. It will use up the pieces and make the WoW in the quilt look less like holes among the busy neutrals. Still making decisions about the dark border -- think I will be using a single dark I pulled but ended up not using.
Usually I slow down quite a bit after the reveal, with my goal of getting the top put together by Valentine's Day -- quilting remains open. I still haven't quilted Rhododendron Trail and I'm still hoping/planing on getting a long arm.
This thread, support, and pictures stay open. Even after next year's mystery begins! Me, I'm hoping to see a bunch of finishes by 4th of July if not before.
One more reminder that the mystery clues are usually taken down by Valentine's Day or so -- but the paid non-mystery directions will be available at that point.