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You must be the queen of tiny pices!

Rosyhf

I didn't do a color map, I never do. I can see it in my mind. What I do is pull a color palette of fabrics, between three to seven colorways. This way, anything I do, will be fine. I use my color wheel a lot.

Depending on the design, I will eighter pick a palette or just do light and dark. In the light and dark palette, I use anything and don't worry about color at all. My Kaleidoscope is a good example (my blog).

The curves are not as difficult as they look and are not really tight. As long as that 1/4 inch seam is added. Curves are sewed up to a point of 1 or 2 (instructions) and every piece is maked and numbered. She did an excellent job with the pattern.

I don't bother with the markings as I refer to the map and place the next piece on it and mark with a pin and sew away. It has not given me one bit of trouble yet. Except!!!

Yesterday I was working on the C section and got ahead of the instructions (I thought I was so smart) and had to rip, hahahahah. My advice for this pattern, is to read the instruction line by line as you are working and before going to the next step.

Rosyhf

That is the only part I don't have patience for, tracing the pattern. I just can't do it. It kills me, unless it is a small piece like the wedges on the star. I bought Karen's software. You have to have EQ to use it. I printed out the patterns on 11x17 paper, the cheapest kind, and sewed on it. The Cinco is like the New York beauty with more spikes and rings and I did a work up on it on my blog when I did it too...it went together like butter but a lot of work too. It took me 400 hours because I was very anal about it hahahahah

Rosyhf

As long as the tiny pieces are Paper pieced....lol

Sheree from Chicago

Fireworkslover - Hi! Could you please post a pic of your Cinco De Mayo? I have that book with pattern and would like to give it a try but........... it looks like a stinker as I'm not totally comfortable with applique yet. All I've done is needle turn for Dear Jane. I've done several of Karen Stones quilts but not Cinco yet. Hugs

fireworkslover

There's no applique in this one. It's a New York Beauty type. Mine took me 6 months to piece together, another month to decide the final placement of the blocks, tearing some blocks apart and remaking them w/ different fabric in the arcs. Then a couple weeks to fmq and sitd. I made it in 2 sections, then sewed them together by hand on the back. I'll see if I have a photo of it somewhere.

Sheree from Chicago

Thanks so much for posting a pic and your reply. It is gorgeous! I bet you had a gas picking fabrics to put together! Love your fabric choices. You have inspired me to dig the book out a re-assess! LOL Hugs

KathyAire

Just looking at the map of this quilt scares me to death.
You are going a great job.

Sheree from Chicago

You're too funny! However, it scares me too. I have been agonizing over whether or not to order it (it's expensive and I have so many "to do") but finding out the pattern doesn't include the 1/4 inch scares me to death! The map I can handle but I've never done a PP quilt that 1/4 was not included, and I think I would forget at different times and would really have a mess on my hands! This quilt, and the Cinco De Mayo our other quilting friend posted blows me away. They are so talented! I am inspired! LOL

Rosyhf

Taking a break, almost finished with section c.....