Allietare! - Bonnie Hunter's 2015 Mystery Quilt
12-12-2015, 03:43 AM
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I'm in a quandary over my clue#2 neutrals. The ones I really like with my reds are pretty dark. I'm wondering if I can get away with using these darker neutrals for clue#2 and go with the lighter ones everywhere else? I suppose I could hold off sewing the neutrals on in the hope of learning more. I saw a block layout posted on the Quiltville page that seemed like a good possibility. But maybe that's a sure sign it isn't the one, lol.
12-12-2015, 06:26 AM
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I'm too excited about using my cheddars. Here are my first 1/3 FourPatches. I'm in heaven!
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Girl!!! Looking fabulous!!! I was shy about using some of my yellows, but seeing yours! I am jumping out of my box!!
12-12-2015, 07:41 AM
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Those 4 patches are great, SheriR! I was debating whether to use all cream or all white background fabric but with your mixture it looks like the white ones have a glow and makes your little layout there light up in places. Now I will have much more variety.
I haven't been able to start on the mq yet but should be able to start this week. Now I don't know if I should start with clue 1 or jump onto 3 to be doing what everyone else is doing.
I haven't been able to start on the mq yet but should be able to start this week. Now I don't know if I should start with clue 1 or jump onto 3 to be doing what everyone else is doing.
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12-12-2015, 07:50 AM
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I needed to make 120 4-patches for Bonnie Hunter's Allietare mystery, from 2" strips. Simple enough. I did some quick math and decided I get 20 2" squares from each strip of fabric, so I need 6 strips of each colour. Some of you already know where I'm going here ...
I carefully packed up my strips for a sewing day and headed off to a friend's house. Merrily sewed strips together, cut segments from them to make 4-patches, and half-way through the first pair of strips I stopped dead. A 4-patch does not need *1* square of each colour. Of course it needs 2. So my carefully cut 6 strips of faabric is only half of what I need to make 120 4-patches. Sigh.
So here are my 60 4-patches, patiently waiting for their friends
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I carefully packed up my strips for a sewing day and headed off to a friend's house. Merrily sewed strips together, cut segments from them to make 4-patches, and half-way through the first pair of strips I stopped dead. A 4-patch does not need *1* square of each colour. Of course it needs 2. So my carefully cut 6 strips of faabric is only half of what I need to make 120 4-patches. Sigh.
So here are my 60 4-patches, patiently waiting for their friends
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12-12-2015, 08:02 AM
#779
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Those 4 patches are great, SheriR! I was debating whether to use all cream or all white background fabric but with your mixture it looks like the white ones have a glow and makes your little layout there light up in places. Now I will have much more variety.
I haven't been able to start on the mq yet but should be able to start this week. Now I don't know if I should start with clue 1 or jump onto 3 to be doing what everyone else is doing.
I had been working on things to sell at a craft fair. I sold 1 thing. Such a disappointment and waste of my time.
I haven't been able to start on the mq yet but should be able to start this week. Now I don't know if I should start with clue 1 or jump onto 3 to be doing what everyone else is doing.
I had been working on things to sell at a craft fair. I sold 1 thing. Such a disappointment and waste of my time.
I think clue #1 is more of a chore, so maybe get that over with first, and then you'll have the reward of two clues that are more fun?
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