Grand Illusion - Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt 2014
12-06-2014, 11:55 AM
#882
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In between other things I got one set of chevrons done except for sewing them in pairs.
I got 10 individual ones from a strip set to make 5 pairs. Not as many as I expected. There is waste but I expected that and the other method #3 was so tedious and I expect has just as much waste.
This is super easy. The hard part is making your first cuts! Had to look at the computer 10 times before I was comfortable doing that. Next few sets will go super fast now that I know what I am doing. I'm super happy with the method! http://roseprairiequilts.blogspot.co...-illusion.html
I'll have this clue done tomorrow and be able to catch up on clue 1.
I got 10 individual ones from a strip set to make 5 pairs. Not as many as I expected. There is waste but I expected that and the other method #3 was so tedious and I expect has just as much waste.
This is super easy. The hard part is making your first cuts! Had to look at the computer 10 times before I was comfortable doing that. Next few sets will go super fast now that I know what I am doing. I'm super happy with the method! http://roseprairiequilts.blogspot.co...-illusion.html
I'll have this clue done tomorrow and be able to catch up on clue 1.
12-06-2014, 12:01 PM
#883
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: SW Florida
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I really really like seeing everyone's progress. I'm behind. I made around 140 triangle units. Whew. These were my first EVER triangles. Well the wall hanging in my avatar has two little ones but I don't think that counts. I really like the easy angle ruler. I'm so glad I bought that baby!!! Of course last night when I was trying to figure it out I wasn't so crazy about it. I watched Bonnie's video a hundred times before I felt like I wasdling it right. I'm a lefty to boot. It was the whole go back to step one in the cutting that threw me off.
I Made only the first block but have all week ones components cut and ready to assemble. I hope to do some sewing tonight. After my daughter football game we're going to. She's 14 and a cheerleader. She has two other girls sleeping over and has cheer all day tomorrow. I dropped her off at 7:30 this morning. This quilt will go on her new full sized bed. I have the headboard and footboard. just need the mattress and box spring. Haha. [ATTACH=CONFIG]501373[/ATTACH]
I Made only the first block but have all week ones components cut and ready to assemble. I hope to do some sewing tonight. After my daughter football game we're going to. She's 14 and a cheerleader. She has two other girls sleeping over and has cheer all day tomorrow. I dropped her off at 7:30 this morning. This quilt will go on her new full sized bed. I have the headboard and footboard. just need the mattress and box spring. Haha. [ATTACH=CONFIG]501373[/ATTACH]
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12-06-2014, 12:26 PM
#887
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Location: Southern California
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LOL, ok did not mean for it to show twice......and I see...forgot to put the reserved Aqua/Geranium HST in the picture.
well you get the idea, I have followed the paint chips as near as I had in stash.
well you get the idea, I have followed the paint chips as near as I had in stash.
12-06-2014, 01:22 PM
#889
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Originally Posted by Joy Higdon
Well, I haven't been posting but thought I would jump in. My first BH and MQ. I am sooo out of my comfort zone doing triangles and diamonds and now I know why. I've got this, fellow quilters. I am shooting for the grand prize of the ugliest and most wonky quilt of them all, hands down. I don't want to post any pictures as someone might figure out how to copy me, no chance. Mine won't look like an illusion but a nightmare. Maybe if my wooden mallet holds together I might get them all scrunched together, forget about quilting, is tying allowed? It is fun though. I think Bonnie is an angel or a glutton for punishment for doing this for us. I can't imagine her doing it more than once. Hang in there everyone!!!
i share your sentiment.
12-06-2014, 01:51 PM
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I go away for awhile, and come back to talk of nightmares! LOL.
SusanSusan33, I'm behind, too. I have all my HST strips cut, and have been sewing a single one of each pairing. I have them arranged into blocks with the black and yellow, and am now going to sew those into the broken dishes blocks. Once those are done, I will move on to clue #2, and once I figure out my neutrals and a method, I'll go back and finish clue #1. Once again with clue #2, seeing finished units is really helping me understand what sorts of effects I want and don't want.
SunlitenSmiles, your blocks really fit your screen name! So pretty and cheerful.
SusanSusan33, I'm behind, too. I have all my HST strips cut, and have been sewing a single one of each pairing. I have them arranged into blocks with the black and yellow, and am now going to sew those into the broken dishes blocks. Once those are done, I will move on to clue #2, and once I figure out my neutrals and a method, I'll go back and finish clue #1. Once again with clue #2, seeing finished units is really helping me understand what sorts of effects I want and don't want.
SunlitenSmiles, your blocks really fit your screen name! So pretty and cheerful.
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