Stash Buster Scrappy MYSTERY QUILT Mini-train Ride
01-07-2013, 11:26 AM
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nine patch blocks and the start of clue 2
Thanks for the super mystery trip Judy!! I am having a blast, this is only my second mystery quilt. The first was in a magazine and I swore I'd never do a mystery again, it was so not my cup of tea. All the blocks were the same, boring. I love scrappy so this is just perfect for me!
I saw that another passenger is making her quilt as a grad gift for a GS. Me too! We have 3 grandsons graduating this year and I always give the hs grads a quilt. I set a goal at the end of December to make one grad quilt a month during Jan Feb and Mar, so this couldn't have come along at a more perfect time.
My nine patches were cut mostly from backing trimmings, I usually make pieced backings so the trimmings are pretty scrappy.
I decided to make the turquoise " flying geese" as folded triangles rather than stitched and flipped. I used this technique on a quilt I make last year as was happy with it. It relieves the guilt of not saving the trimmings for the scrap pile and also allows for placing the points a bit higher on the sashing so that the center of the "geese" doesn't disappear when the cornerstone is added to the sashing.
I decided on the pieced scrappy cornerstone because I didn't have enough of the turquoise mottle fabric. I barely had enough to make the points, in fact the last 6 don't quite measure 2 1/2", but because of the folded technique I can easily fudge it.
Sorry to ramble on so, I've really enjoying this ride and I am just amazed by everyone else's colors and pictures too. Can't wait for clue 3!
I saw that another passenger is making her quilt as a grad gift for a GS. Me too! We have 3 grandsons graduating this year and I always give the hs grads a quilt. I set a goal at the end of December to make one grad quilt a month during Jan Feb and Mar, so this couldn't have come along at a more perfect time.
My nine patches were cut mostly from backing trimmings, I usually make pieced backings so the trimmings are pretty scrappy.
I decided to make the turquoise " flying geese" as folded triangles rather than stitched and flipped. I used this technique on a quilt I make last year as was happy with it. It relieves the guilt of not saving the trimmings for the scrap pile and also allows for placing the points a bit higher on the sashing so that the center of the "geese" doesn't disappear when the cornerstone is added to the sashing.
I decided on the pieced scrappy cornerstone because I didn't have enough of the turquoise mottle fabric. I barely had enough to make the points, in fact the last 6 don't quite measure 2 1/2", but because of the folded technique I can easily fudge it.
Sorry to ramble on so, I've really enjoying this ride and I am just amazed by everyone else's colors and pictures too. Can't wait for clue 3!
01-07-2013, 11:48 AM
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Cathy -- I am quilting on every seam, so it is at 4" apart. My serpentine is a #4 stitch on my Bernina 430, shown in the picture. All the rows one way are done, need to go back the other way.
I really like it, it holds down the seams and you don't have to be so precise with stitching exactly in the ditch, which is great especially when moving such a huge quilt around. I use this stitch with all my charity quilting.
I really like it, it holds down the seams and you don't have to be so precise with stitching exactly in the ditch, which is great especially when moving such a huge quilt around. I use this stitch with all my charity quilting.
01-07-2013, 12:05 PM
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01-07-2013, 12:10 PM
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Oh my! How lovely these are! Well my train is a bit derailed at the moment. ugh! I was going for the scrapy stars in different colors. WELL... dummy me failed to read destructions carefully and didnt plan to change color os star points on each large rectangle. SO out comes the seam ripper! And I was on Such a roll sewing everying together last night. The old saying.... if it to good to be true it usually is....! oh well no biggie I'll get back on the right tracks tonight!
01-07-2013, 01:32 PM
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I'm running ahead to the next station - will use up the 2.5 by 4.5 rectangles in the way I think they are planned - let's see if I'm right. I need to get back to a quilt that is in process of quilting and need it finished by end of the month, so if I'm wrong, well, I came up with my own design - see, Judy, artistic license! I designed it that way!
01-07-2013, 01:41 PM
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