SunlitenSmiles

piecing the red and black "trapezoids w/ wings" or little red sportscar driving on a moonless night...... giggle....
anyway using Aurifil red in the bobbin and Aurifil black on the spool pin...... usually I use Aurifil variegated pale to very pale gray for all piecing but this time the red and the black pleaded for a turn (play me coach, play me ..... team is winning ...put me in the quilt).....will change to neutral variegated in the bobbin when I piece the little white sportscars driving, etc.
Probably both threads will be black for the joining...as my black is a constant, black on black.

...First I did two complete blocks to check out what I recalled from Clue #2 and when they were fine I choose to do the remainder in fast forward.....hoping for the best. Really glad we had Clue #3 with the reminder about the seam position and the advantage of the presser foot helping to mesh the seams together.....it helps!

ok, played on the computer long enough time to cut some neutrals!

joe'smom

I've been piecing thus far with a light beige thread. The spool just ran out, and I'll switch to gray for clue #4, since we're bringing in the black.

KalamaQuilts

If the thread color shows on top after the block is pressed you just need to make the stitch length a little shorter.
I use taupe, sage, and gray. Not because I like to match (how on earth can you match two completely different colors of fabric? ) but because I think all three colors are pretty on my thread stand. I've used 6 bobbins now, but I assembled my tumbler quilt this past week also.

I have my neutral 2" x 4.5" cut. Looking forward to a big stack of progress this week.
Before I started doing Bonnie's mysteries I abhorred the cutting process in making a quilt.
I think maybe it was because book patterns are printed differently? and all that cutting overwhelmed me.
I'm sure that is one of the reasons I quit making other peoples patterns so long ago.
When I build out a quilt on the design wall there is no telling what I'll need to cut next

Our differences are what make us interesting.

baronreads

Thanks for all of the votes of confidence! I will keep chugging along, just don't know when I'll get back to it. I feel like all of the clues are swimming around in my head right now and all of the fabric is swimming around in my sewing room! I need a little head clearing and room clearing first! If anyone has extra time, feel free to pop on over to my sewing room!

I love seeing what you've all been up to. I would LOVE it if the quilt was one big square like a Swoon Quilt! Only time will tell!

SunlitenSmiles

well, Julie could send my DDIL over to help, She is fabulous at organization, but they are leaving in just a few hours to Chicago, O'Hare, to fly here ! I am so excited, have not actually seen DS,DDIL or their youngest (15) in two long years!!! I am so jazzed, would be spinning in circles if I did not have this piecing to do to keep me grounded.

Bluebonnets

Oh wow, Sunliten! Have a wonderful time!

JeanieG

I use Picasa to edit and resize my photos for this site. Picasa is a free program and easy to use. Open your photo and edit if you choose. Then you can use the "export" feature on the bottom right. I resize to 640 pixels. Watch where it "saves" the exported photo, as I use to have trouble finding it again to post. Once you post it, Quilting Board will remember where the last one came from, so it will find future resized photos.

Jeanne S

Clue 4 cutting is about 3/4 done. Have sewn together and trimmed 4 sets of the 30. I like the way they look, but this sure is a lot of work. I think this quilt will have more pieces than all the other quilts I made this year combined!!

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ShirlR

Thank you, JeanieG, for the size of 640 pixels; this is a great help! I've looked at the "resize" in my photo program, but then, didn't know what size I should use for this Board so that it is not too big, but yet shows enough detail.

ShirlR

[QUOTE=Jeanne S;7408144]Clue 4 cutting is about 3/4 done. Have sewn together and trimmed 4 sets of the 30. I like the way they look, but this sure is a lot of work. I think this quilt will have more pieces than all the other quilts I made this year combined!!

Oh, My Goodness, Jeanne S, I am blown away by your red, black and white blocks, they are just beautiful; I especially like the black fabric with the white lines! And look at all those wonderful greys! I am just loving the colors in this quilt, and I usually am not drawn to reds.