Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2017 - En Provence
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Siodach, the block works beautifully in monochrome! I've been working with those clue #7 QSTs also, trying to come up with something I prefer. I saw the 4-patch as an attempt to connect the blocks, so I've been thinking in terms of making a smoother connection, but maybe I should be trying to separate them.
I concluded that the 3-D dagger effect relies on an indistinct block center. When a darker color surrounds the inner square, it defines the center and becomes the focus. A blended effect there helps pop the daggers. I wonder how it would look if your QST colors were reversed, with the star points being in your 'lavender' solid and the lighter color surrounding the center.
I concluded that the 3-D dagger effect relies on an indistinct block center. When a darker color surrounds the inner square, it defines the center and becomes the focus. A blended effect there helps pop the daggers. I wonder how it would look if your QST colors were reversed, with the star points being in your 'lavender' solid and the lighter color surrounding the center.
#1335
[QUOTE=NZquilter;7733079][QUOTE=Carol in WI;7733024]NZQuilter I love your design...can I copy you?
If I hadn't already gotten the yellow QSTs done, I'd probably follow your example also. But I hate to waste 40 blocks that I have no other use for.
Of course you can It's Bonnie's design really; I just replaced the clue 7 for some tri-rec triangles.
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These are the best options I've been able to come up with for the QST unit in clue #7, which I wasn't loving. The first (left) keeps the purple 4-patch and changes the QST colors to purple/lavender, for a joining of the blocks. The second uses the constant and yellow in the QST, along with a yellow square to separate the blocks. I'm leaning toward the first option, as I think the yellow separation might detract from the blocks themselves and interrupt the flow of the quilt.
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Unfortunately, it doesn't work, because the blocks look too hulking when they are done in a row like that. So once again, after spending a day experimenting, I end up back where I started. I could have been done with clues 6 and 7 by now, LOL.
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