Bonnie Hunter Winter Mystery 2021/2022 - Rhododendron Trail
12-31-2021, 05:15 AM
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Here's the yellow I was expecting last week and we see the blocks emerge!
https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2021...-part-six.html
https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2021...-part-six.html
12-31-2021, 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Iceblossom
Here's the yellow I was expecting last week and we see the blocks emerge!
https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2021...-part-six.html
https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2021...-part-six.html
Also, we are cutting way more squares in garnet than we are using this week.
I love that we are “coasting” towards the reveal.
12-31-2021, 09:02 AM
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That's such a pretty block today!
Do you think calling this 'block A' implies there will be a block B? Or could the QSTs and geese be for an elaborate sashing? And what about that aqua? Bonnie is so good at making this exciting.
I pressed my burgundys yesterday and plan to do my pinks today. Still up in the air on the neutral.
Do you think calling this 'block A' implies there will be a block B? Or could the QSTs and geese be for an elaborate sashing? And what about that aqua? Bonnie is so good at making this exciting.
I pressed my burgundys yesterday and plan to do my pinks today. Still up in the air on the neutral.
12-31-2021, 09:16 AM
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Coffee break! I've gotten my neutrals and yellows cut and counted. On something like this, I'm usually suitably accurate so am cutting/sewing as directed. I'll wait until after sewing and subcuts to cut the garnet.
Before I started cutting this clue, I was putting away all those extras I made of the garnet sections. Put the various sets of HST into sandwich bags with count/size notes, and all of them in a gallon bag and returned the big clips to their proper place. I am tempted to cut down the overcut squares I made for this step. It would be easy enough and I have enough for the ones used in the blocks here. However, I also have enough yardage of each of them to cut a fresh strip, leaving those to be used with the ones already turned into HSTs and I'll need more than what I already have. So, for now at least, I'm just going to cut fresh strips.
Then I will start taking my stack of trimmings and packing them into the box for my crumb quilter. For a number of these yellows, it was the last of a FQ. I took one strip off for this clue, one 6.5" strip for my box of strips, and the remainder, usually around 2-4 inches goes to the crumb quilter. A lot of those are ragged ends from badly cut yardage, so many taper and are not so much WoF. If I have to dive back into the box for a few more yellow bits, they'll be right on top.
Before I started cutting this clue, I was putting away all those extras I made of the garnet sections. Put the various sets of HST into sandwich bags with count/size notes, and all of them in a gallon bag and returned the big clips to their proper place. I am tempted to cut down the overcut squares I made for this step. It would be easy enough and I have enough for the ones used in the blocks here. However, I also have enough yardage of each of them to cut a fresh strip, leaving those to be used with the ones already turned into HSTs and I'll need more than what I already have. So, for now at least, I'm just going to cut fresh strips.
Then I will start taking my stack of trimmings and packing them into the box for my crumb quilter. For a number of these yellows, it was the last of a FQ. I took one strip off for this clue, one 6.5" strip for my box of strips, and the remainder, usually around 2-4 inches goes to the crumb quilter. A lot of those are ragged ends from badly cut yardage, so many taper and are not so much WoF. If I have to dive back into the box for a few more yellow bits, they'll be right on top.
