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07-17-2015, 10:26 AM

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[QUOTE=AngeliaNR;7258754]Lovely quilt--I've seen the pattern and have wondered, is it hard to put together?[/QUOTE

Hope it is OK to jump in. It is not hard to put together but I found pressing the seams open, when sewing the strips, is very helpful.

07-17-2015, 10:28 AM

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I finished quilting Bonnie Hunter's Scrappy Mountain Majesties a couple of weeks ago and delivered it to my friend last weekend. She was simply overwhelmed. She said it reminded her of pine trees. I may have to make another of these for myself. Thirty-three green fabrics and 31 neutrals - most of them fat quarter gifts from another friend who was cleaning out her stash. It was really fun using fabrics that I would never have chosen for myself, some of them really ugly, to make this beautiful pattern. Sorry if the photo is sideways. I have a new MAC and sometimes the photos turn out rotated.

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This is a very pretty quilt. You did a great job!

07-17-2015, 10:53 AM

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I love this in the greens!

07-17-2015, 11:32 AM

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such beautiful work!!

07-17-2015, 02:14 PM

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That is so pretty! I hope you will make yourself one to enjoy also.

07-17-2015, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by AngeliaNR

Lovely quilt--I've seen the pattern and have wondered, is it hard to put together?

Angelina, it's not hard at all to piece. It's really quite fun. Although I did not buy specific fabric for the quilt and just used what I had, I was careful to put together a green and a neutral that looked good together. I'm way too OCD to just put any two fabrics together. Then when I was assembling the blocks, I made sure that one combination of each two colors was in each half of the quilt so it would look balanced. (One piece of green and one neutral makes two blocks, one uphill and one downhill).

After I had decided on the layout of the blocks, I pressed the seams to the left in the odd numbered rows and to the right on the even numbers. This helped the blocks nest together at the seams. I was going to work on this quilt in the odd times when I didn't feel like anything too difficult or when I had only a half hour or so to quilt. But once I got going on it, I just couldn't stop. I hope you try it.

Anna, I'm sure pressing the seams open works well too. I'm just a little lazier than you are. Thanks, everyone, for your kind comments.