Grand Illusion - Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt 2014
11-13-2014, 09:54 AM
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On the question of neutrals, do you think if you aren't using a large variety of neutrals, you should stick to just one? I'm currently looking for a neutral to use throughout the quilt, to replace my numerous black and white prints, something that would add a little more interest than my current neutrals that read as white. Suppose I find two I like, or three. Would it look strange to use a small number like two or three, rather than sticking with just one? I hope my question is clear. If you're going with a variety of neutrals, how big a variety do you think it needs to be?
11-13-2014, 09:58 AM
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I am not phased by 3 1/2" squares but would prefer NOT to do it in bits and pieces. Once I get my head around a block construction visually and I can make the blocks accurately, I prefer to do it all at once, or my consistency drops dramatically. I have a terrible time doing something the same way twice!!! LOL This is going to be a lot of fun!!!
)The trick is to not get scared when Bonnie says 'cut 200 2.5" squares'. This is why I do half-size quilts LOL
11-13-2014, 10:09 AM
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Ah, but that's the beauty of Bonnie's mystery. You will do ALL of one block part at once. So, for example in the Celtic Solstice quilt that someone posted a photo of, all of the those green/yellow pieces were made in the same step. And then you never needed to make another chevron (thank goodness! )
The trick is to not get scared when Bonnie says 'cut 200 2.5" squares'. This is why I do half-size quilts LOL
)The trick is to not get scared when Bonnie says 'cut 200 2.5" squares'. This is why I do half-size quilts LOL
11-13-2014, 10:10 AM
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You can google the Valspar paint company and find all these colour chips on line. We don't have Lowe's here and I didn't feel like driving an hour to a shop that carries that paint brand. Just in case anyone else is interested in looking at them this way.
11-13-2014, 10:31 AM
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This is always my dilema with scrappy quilts. In my opinion, you need more than 2-3 to make it scrappy and not risk it looking unbalanced. Personally I'd want 5-10. I did my first BH mystery (Orca Bay) scrappy. But I only had I think 5 (maybe 6) black/white prints. And I felt stuck - it was difficult to spread the fabrics out so I didn't have a clump all the same together. Rather than 2-3, I'd stick with one if you don't want to go all-out scrappy.
11-13-2014, 12:10 PM
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Take it with you. Gives you something to do in your hotel room. I take projects all the time on travel but usually by myself.
11-13-2014, 03:07 PM
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I'm afraid the number will be more like 200 than 20. Bonnie likes to work with lots of small pieces. But as Kristakz suggests, you can always do a half or quarter size quilt.
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