Sandra-P

Here are mine! Ready for the next clue.

ibex94

Just out of curiosity, how many of you are striving to have completely different fabrics for each of the HST sets? I have only seen a couple posts where one fabric of each color was the preferred choice vs scrappy.

Sandra-P

One year I stuck to as unscrappy as I could and was not happy with the end result. It looked boring to me so now I try to get as many different fabrics in there as I can.

SuzSLO

I try for scrappy because I love scrappy. I probably won’t be able to achieve a different fabric for each set even doing only half the sets. I have less than a dozen garnet fabrics, and will likely do repeats when the clues call for that color.

SusieQOH

Suz and Sandra- love your blocks!
Suz- I've been quilting for years and still manage to make mistakes all the time!!

Iceblossom

For this step, I made no more than 2 of each fabric, I have fabrics that I haven't used yet in both purple and pink. Usually in my scrap quilts I have a limit of around no more than 4 of any given fabric.

I am using all solid white for my neutral. If there is string piecing with some of it, I do have a limited supply of white on white fabrics, and a few white/light prints, especially with pink flowers and such.

I think I will be ok with the 4 Garnets, even though that will be a lot of repeats... I can always ask my Tuesday group ladies for contributions, but I try to stay really true to my goal of "all out of stash".

Stitches23

I am one who is not going all scrappy - although I am using several fabrics in the same color way. As much as I love seeing all the fabrics others are using and I love the look of past mysteries with the use of a variety of fabrics, I know I am too ocd to try this myself. This is only my second BH mystery (as a group effort) and I loved last years' mystery - so looking forward to this one and being part of this group.

Iceblossom

Part 2 -- bring out the geese!
https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2021...-part-two.html

Terry in the ADK

If any of you have advice as to what dies you might use, please Pm me
For those of you who use the 4 at once method, is it accurate or is there lots of trimming to do?
FYI: BH has again reminded us to not post units on gridded mats or near rulers.

tallchick

I prefer the 4 at a time method, and yes there is trimming down. I use the Deb Tucker wing clipper and I can’t imagine making geese any other way. However, if you have Bonnie’s essential triangle tool I have found that to be accurate as well provided your seam allowance is good. I find making one at a time tedious, and I am not a huge fan if chain piecing, so the 4 at a time is my preferred method.