Grand Illusion - Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt 2014
10-31-2014, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Pam H
You ladies have gotten me so excited about this MQ! I have never done one of Bonnie's but I am so addicted to MQ's. I printed out the first set of instructions the day she posted them. I just found this thread this evening and read through all the posts. I just pulled all this from my stash. Hopefully I can get the paint chips to make sure my colors are close. My nearest Lowes is 90 miles away. I don't have much for pinks so I substituted the orangey red. I'm thinking poppies instead of geraniums or whatever BH was thinking of with her pinks.
10-31-2014, 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by joe'smom
Michelle, I love that dot! I keep going back to look at it. (All the other fabrics are beautiful, too.)
That's what happened with me, Pam. I read the thread and was swept up in the excitement. I had never thought about doing a mystery quilt before.
That's what happened with me, Pam. I read the thread and was swept up in the excitement. I had never thought about doing a mystery quilt before.
I've abandoned the Kaffe idea but it dawned on me her colors are similar to a baby quilt I just finished and I can 'hotten' them up with similar tiny-prints
here's a pic of the quilt - no purple allowed, alas
But I wonder if that would fly instead of black....) (and yes I wish I had trapuntoed the squares to puff them out )
10-31-2014, 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
Call your local Ace Hardware store and see if they carry Valspar paint. Ours does. Maybe you won't have to go so far to get those paint chips, after all.
That said just print off the first part of the mystery we have, and go by those color cards she showed.
10-31-2014, 09:31 AM
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I'm thinking of about 60 x 72 so will work with half and see what I need.
Since Bonnies is a square quilt I will have to make it work if I can. Sometimes you can't just leave off a row or add a row and keep the pattern as it is intended.
Question? What color thread would you use for piecing this?
Black? White? Grey? off white? does it matter?
Since Bonnies is a square quilt I will have to make it work if I can. Sometimes you can't just leave off a row or add a row and keep the pattern as it is intended.
Question? What color thread would you use for piecing this?
Black? White? Grey? off white? does it matter?
10-31-2014, 09:53 AM
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SueSew, what a lovely quilt! That narrow sashing adds so much!
What did you mean about purple not being allowed? It certainly worked well in your baby quilt. The 13th picture in Bonnie's intro shows the green wall, the pink couch, the black and white floor and there's a painting on the wall with blue and purple. If you cover up the floor, you can imagine how the palette would look with purple instead of black.
susiequilt, I would avoid using a thread dark enough to be conspicuous with the whites, so will probably use my go-to neutral, which I would call a warm beige.
What did you mean about purple not being allowed? It certainly worked well in your baby quilt. The 13th picture in Bonnie's intro shows the green wall, the pink couch, the black and white floor and there's a painting on the wall with blue and purple. If you cover up the floor, you can imagine how the palette would look with purple instead of black.
susiequilt, I would avoid using a thread dark enough to be conspicuous with the whites, so will probably use my go-to neutral, which I would call a warm beige.
10-31-2014, 09:55 AM
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Joes' mom wrote - What did you mean about purple not being allowed? It certainly worked well in your baby quilt. The 13th picture in Bonnie's intro shows the green wall, the pink couch, the black and white floor and there's a painting on the wall with blue and purple. If you cover up the floor, you can imagine how the palette would look with purple instead of black.
Good idea! I thought we were supposed to use black...I will check the photos of that area again and print them and play with the colors. Another good clue here!
Good idea! I thought we were supposed to use black...I will check the photos of that area again and print them and play with the colors. Another good clue here!
10-31-2014, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by KalamaQuilts
Lots of places carry Valspar (or any other brand) but they won't have the same stock numbers. The big stores have their own stock numbers on paint and carpet, etc, so if you are comparison shopping you get a little stymied
That said just print off the first part of the mystery we have, and go by those color cards she showed.
That said just print off the first part of the mystery we have, and go by those color cards she showed.
10-31-2014, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
Really? I did not know that. I thought they were Valspar's numbers.
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