Allietare! - Bonnie Hunter's 2015 Mystery Quilt
01-07-2016, 05:43 PM
#1451
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Jeanne, your top looks gorgeous! Your fabrics are really beautiful. I dread the thought of quilting this big thing. I've never sent one to a long-armer, quilting all my quilts on my home machine. It's my least favorite part of the process.
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01-07-2016, 06:53 PM
#1452
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Interestingly, I posted a photo of my top on my Facebook page and immediately got a call from a good friend who is begging me to sell it to her when it is done! I have never sold a quilt before, but think I will let her have it for the cost of materials and the LA fee if she wants to pay that. I could always make another......
01-07-2016, 10:41 PM
#1453
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Location: East Scotland
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FINALLY!! The blocks are sewn together! Still need to trim, add borders and send to the long armer. Much to big for me to tackle the quilting myself. I worry about mistakes on this one--they are SO EASY to do and hard to spot with all the little pieces. I like it, but think I need to take a break from it before I start to hate it!! Don't want it to become a UFO, but this was the biggest project I have ever done.
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01-08-2016, 05:32 AM
#1454
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I am finished with the top and borders. Like some other people, I too had some seam problems and I just sewed over the ones that I got frustrated with. I will quilt it myself so will probably be talking to myself about why I did that while quilting it. I made my gold border an inch wider than it called for. Just glad to have done it and I had a lot of fun seeing everyone else's too.
01-08-2016, 08:46 AM
#1456
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Here's my progress so far. It's not as much as I would have liked, but I'm getting there 
. My guess at 60% of each unit was pretty close, but I will have to cut 2 more star blocks and 6 more setting units.
I must have miscounted somewhere tho cos I only had half enough of the 4-patches, and had to cut more. The bonus there was that by then I knew the reveal, so I could control the colour placements. I sorted it out so that the gold in the 4-patch closest to the middle would all match the middle, giving the illusion of a larger centre square.
I was away for a few days when the reveal came out, but a couple of sessions had the blocks sewn. I still have to play around with the placement before sewing the rows, and it'll be sunday before I can get to that.
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btw, SandraP, those double-headed pins you sent me have been marvellous for pinning the nesting seams - a real time saver
. My guess at 60% of each unit was pretty close, but I will have to cut 2 more star blocks and 6 more setting units.I must have miscounted somewhere tho cos I only had half enough of the 4-patches, and had to cut more. The bonus there was that by then I knew the reveal, so I could control the colour placements. I sorted it out so that the gold in the 4-patch closest to the middle would all match the middle, giving the illusion of a larger centre square.
I was away for a few days when the reveal came out, but a couple of sessions had the blocks sewn. I still have to play around with the placement before sewing the rows, and it'll be sunday before I can get to that.
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btw, SandraP, those double-headed pins you sent me have been marvellous for pinning the nesting seams - a real time saver
01-08-2016, 12:12 PM
#1459
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Wisconsin
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Siodoch, I love yours with the green! Everyone's are turning out great!
I have finished clue 1 and 3. Hoping to work on 2 this weekend. I showed my little hst's to my DD and now she wants the quilt for her guest room. She is not a red person so looks like I will be using blue. Luckily I have a large enough piece so I don't need to buy anything.
Took my machine in to have it looked at. There are 2 circuit boards and both need replaced. Lucky for me there is a 5 year warranty on the electrical and I brought it in just under the wire. It has been acting up since the fall. Good thing I brought it in when I did! Also good that I have another machine I can use.
I have finished clue 1 and 3. Hoping to work on 2 this weekend. I showed my little hst's to my DD and now she wants the quilt for her guest room. She is not a red person so looks like I will be using blue. Luckily I have a large enough piece so I don't need to buy anything.
Took my machine in to have it looked at. There are 2 circuit boards and both need replaced. Lucky for me there is a 5 year warranty on the electrical and I brought it in just under the wire. It has been acting up since the fall. Good thing I brought it in when I did! Also good that I have another machine I can use.
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