Quilting ideas
 

I am soooooo glad to be finished! Now I need ideas for quilting this thing. I will use my Tiara mid-arm and want a quick overall pattern. Would stippleing be ok?

Yay Terry! I'm at a complete loss for how to quilt mine, but that's always the hard part for me. I'm quite likely to have this one quilted by someone else and go with the done is better than not done however it ends up.

Some of our board members (and some in this thread even) do such wonderful things with their quilting. I'd love to hear/see some options.

When you say stippling, is that the same as a meander? If you're going with an overall design, I think a meander is as nice as anything and gives a traditional look.

Quilting Vagabond- your finish is lovely!!!!

Okay I need help. I got frustrated with this quilt. It is my first Bonnie Hunter. I put it in a box. I pulled it out today because I have three days off. Who's 6 I have 12 sets dark and I can't find my directions for Clue 6 I have 7 8 and 9 and I have them all color coded but I am assuming I'm going to need 25 blocks. So do I need 13 of the light blue in green that's all I need I hope somebody still here. Kathryn

Going back, it looks like Clue 6 was 12/31, New Year's Eve. Discussion starts around page 74. I didn't print out or keep the PDFs because I was following in real time. You can still buy the project but that seems sort of silly for one step.

My notes show my flying geese units with the Parakeet color along with what I'm calling "blue QST" which looks to have been made in step 4. My notes say it is 41 sets -- I believe that this is where we start separating out our block subunits from our border subunits.

kathryn7887, I'm not clear on what you mean by '12 sets dark.' As you're probably aware, we're not permitted to share specific numerical information on the pattern. However, if you have the later clues, you can count the number of blocks and half blocks as shown in the finished quilt top diagram.

Clue 6 was the making of flying geese, using the blue (not aqua) QST from the clue 4 sets, and green wings.

These Frolic clues were unusually challenging because of putting so many pieces aside and then having to sort them out in later clues. I hope it won't discourage you from trying another Bonnie mystery, because the clues are normally more straightforward than they were for this mystery.

I'm thinking that I need to do 13 sets of 4 in the parrot or green and light blue. Thank goodness I kept everything in bags. And marked with the clue numbers and how many I made of each set. I didn't. Want to be unethical about anyting. I have the dark blue and the parrot flying geese I have 12 sets of 4 done that's why I'm thinking I just need 13 sets of four flying geese with the green and the light and then we'll be Off to the Races I'm going to get this thing done

I'm not sure if by 'light blue' you are meaning the aqua, or the lighter of the two blues. I'm going to refer to the blues as medium and dark blue, and to the aqua as aqua.

If you are meaning that you've made a certain number of geese with green and dark blue and you now need to make a certain number of geese with green and your medium blue, that is right -- the blue and green geese could be made with either the dark or the medium blue, as long as there is good contrast between your chosen blue and the aqua. We do not make any aqua geese with green wings. But you will need more (sets of 4) than the total number of full blocks, because you will also need two blue/green geese for each half block (for setting) and one blue/green goose for each quarter block (for the quilt corners). Looking at the finished quilt top diagram is a big help.

I am so pleased with my finish. I did 1/3 size and got myself crazy trying to use spare parts into borders. So I set it aside. :)
Since then I've been rediagonosed with lung cancer, so I decided to keep it smallish for cuddling in, and try something new for the reverse side, working in strips rather than blocks. It was fun, I'm going to try it again.
I intend to get it quilted this week, and will bind in the black. All 30's reproductions fabrics.

Oh dear, I'm so sorry about the diagnosis but thank you so much for sharing your top. I do love your use of the 30s repos and just love the back!

I finished Unity. I did the first two parts and called it quits.

I like the colors you used for your Unity. I’m still working on my Unity top, part 4 & 5 are almost ready to put on.

love those plaids with the lighter florals OnebyOne. I didn't do that one but have enjoyed all the different versions I've seen.

thank you Iceblossom, I expect I'll survive if present leadership doesn't get rid of the Affordable Care Act, my insurance would be $2700 a month if insurers could ramp up rates for preexisting conditions. That is what I was quoted prior to ACA's inception anyway.

Thanks. I seldom ask anyone's opinion on my fabric choices but when I showed the three fabrics I was going to use to my sew group they all went uh okay..... and gave each other an eyebrow raise. LOL They are all in the matchy stuff. I go by color value. They all wanted me to finish because they love the combo now. I am just not a small piecer. Nothing matches up but at least I got a nice ottoman quilt.

KalamaQuilts: My heart goes out to you on your diagnosis. Sending a prayer your way for great treatment and continued affordable insurance. I love your top and back.


Onebyone: Very pretty. I think I stopped after round 5. It went into the church quilting box for them to sandwich, etc.

KalamaQ, I'm very sorry for your news. Your frolic is lovely!

Sync, I'm still working on Unity, too; there is a thread for Unity, if you care to post your progress there.

I love your version of Frolic - you are very creative with colors and the backing is great. I am so sorry to hear of the diagnosis and pray for total healing and for the medical staff to have wisdom in the treatment plan.

Terry, bonnie's patterns are so busy, about anything goes. I got mine basted this morning, even stitched leftover battings together, hurrah for an empty shelf. I'm going to use my fall-back, serpentine stitch down all the cross seams. Makes it easy to avoid busy intersections, just hand guiding a little bigger serp :) Finished will be good! October and yardage for the 2020/2021 mystery will be here before we know it!

Kalama, my heart goes out to you. I wish you great results with your treatments. Here's hoping that your insurance will be able to take care of your costs. That's one headache nobody needs.
Your frolic is wonderful. I still haven't put my borders on yet. I've been so occupied with making masks.
Again, best wishes to you.

Leslie

Thanks joe’smom, I’ll go and join you all.

Just because I'm so glad it's bound and finished!
double sided, serpentine Janome stitch 40 weight variegated thread top and bottom.

KalamaQuilts: Beautiful! Congratulations on the finish.

KalamaQuilts, congrats on your finish.

Thank you for sharing your finishes, Kalama, front and back and quilted down -- way to go.

My own top is still sitting right where it was when I finished it, I still don't have quilting planned for it but I do agree whatever I choose will most likely disappear so an all over design of some sort will be just fine.

I have accepted a Frolic UFO from a board member and figured out where I need to start to get it done. I found where things went wrong and just have to make a few extra pieces from what was sent before I start assembly on the bits and parts. The instructions were so confusing in places just to keep the mystery, but the good news is while I need to make some additional bits, I don't have to make all the extra ones that didn't get used anyway.

If anyone else is about to work on this again, I could use some company!

Iceblossom, I am out here, still working on my Frolic! Since this was my first mystery, I started out planning to do 1/3 the blooks. So long story, I made most of the "clues" at my own pace.Mixed in finishing another quilt or two. Then came back to Frolic and decided I liked it and wanted to do the whole thing. Back to finding a little more fabric. Next came mask making. So now back to Frolic, finally working on the borders. Yay! That's ok with me. I am not on any time line. Just wanted to let you know that you are not alone working on Frolic for a friend. That is so nice of you.

I am slowly trying to get the borders on my Frolic! This time of year my yard and gardens keep me busy. I also have been sewing/piecing other things...
Kirsten

Nice to hear from fellow frolickers! I haven't made any progress since I figured out what went wrong and when, but I'm going to start making some more pinwheels probably next week.

As my husband says "things take as long as they take". He's the easy going one, but I'm learning from him and am now a much more patient person -- although as I say, it's not one of my stronger skill sets.

Once I started working on this again, all of the clues had been given. I was able to kind of work backwards and put together one block at a time which was much easier for me. I even ended up cutting the fabric for each block as I went. So today I added the the third border and started pinning the fourth. Should finish the top tomorrow. Really like how it is turning out.
Iceblossom, I remember how much work you put into preparing your special fabric for Frolic and it turned out beautifully. I can't imagine adding that degree of difficulty for your first Bonnie mystery. I see that you are thinking of doing the mystery this year and I think I will, too.

I am still working on my frolic! Got sidelined by covid panic at work, a broken computer, and gardening season. I have a goal to finish the top this month--I am really close to finishing it. My last day I off I finished the border strips with the HSTs, just have to sew them onto the quilt center. I am still debating if I want to add another thin neutral border around that so I can use a flanged binding without cutting off points.

Thanks for the kind words, Suern3. I thought those hand dyes would be easier to work with than they were -- asides from the problems of getting the dyes fixed, I never would have thought I would care so much on which side was "right". I was wrong!

Bonnie has a distinctive style, I also have a bit of a style and the two don't quite mesh... but I really loved her directions other than the keeping it a mystery part. I think I can learn a lot of I do it again this year and use it as a good way to press my seams to the side, instead of my usual open. I will choose safer and easier fabrics to work with, or at least ones with definite fronts and backs.

All through this year with Covid lock downs I've had a hard time getting my own projects started -- but I can react and respond to something like this.

And good going, Origamigoldfish -- as I recall, you have some origami or at least goldfish fabrics in your project??

I’m still slowly enjoying working on Folic. Steps #4 & #6 slowed me down. I finally marked all the pieces so I can make the flying geese and 1/2 hst. I do like the colors and pattern. That is my motivation to finish before end of October. I’m making a king size refigured to fit my bed. So that means making more blocks.

Have fun sewing everyone.

Looks beautiful, so soft..I have mine sandwiched just waiting. Been thinking about the serpentine stitch too,I want something easy for domestic janome.

Wow it just pops gorgeous vagabond.

One of my dark blues has origami birds on it, yes. I'm surprised you remember!

I finished my top today five minutes before I had to run out the door to work, hopefully pictures tomorrow. I think I have decided against adding another border, but I will think about it for a few days first. Now I just have to decide how to quilt it!

So my Frolic top is finished! I ordered backing fabric a few days ago and it may take a couple of weeks to get here. That's fine with me. I have a couple of quilts waiting to be quilted and I will work on those. Frolic will just have to get in line!

Here's a couple of pictures of my finished top:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eHr...ew?usp=sharing

I just looked through the finishes and partial finishes and they look so nice!
I don't know why I dislike mine so much. It's in a heap in a spare bedroom. I need to get it out and do something with it.
I'm thinking maybe if I have it longarmed I may like it better. I definitely won't tackle it myself.
But just maybe that will help?

I'm still glad I made it though. I had some much fun with all of you :)