Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2017 - En Provence
03-20-2017, 06:00 AM
#1813
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Catskills, New York
Posts: 262
Carol, the whole quilt is beautiful, but I'm especially impressed with your backing strategy. The back perfectly complements the front, but you were able to repurpose those extra 4 patches you many have made.
03-21-2017, 05:06 PM
#1816
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,111
Apparently I missed this entire thread 
But I did Bonnie's quilt again this year. In the end, I decided, for 2 reasons, to split my blocks and make 2 smaller quilts. 1) I don't need another King size quilt in my house and 2) I didn't like the way I used my 2 neutrals for the HSTs (1/2 of each neutral), so I'm splitting those half-square triangle blocks and each quilt gets one of the neutrals.
The colour difference in the neutrals doesn't really show in the photos. I refused to make any extra units (except 2 HSTs for the first quilt), so I altered the border on the second quilt to work with what I had.
The first one is for me - a nice lap size about 70-some inches square. And the other is just right to donate to Victoria's Quilts. Neither is quilted yet, but the tops are done.
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But I did Bonnie's quilt again this year. In the end, I decided, for 2 reasons, to split my blocks and make 2 smaller quilts. 1) I don't need another King size quilt in my house and 2) I didn't like the way I used my 2 neutrals for the HSTs (1/2 of each neutral), so I'm splitting those half-square triangle blocks and each quilt gets one of the neutrals.The colour difference in the neutrals doesn't really show in the photos. I refused to make any extra units (except 2 HSTs for the first quilt), so I altered the border on the second quilt to work with what I had.
The first one is for me - a nice lap size about 70-some inches square. And the other is just right to donate to Victoria's Quilts. Neither is quilted yet, but the tops are done.
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03-22-2017, 01:24 PM
#1820
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Northeastern Indiana
Posts: 2,800
I don't know how to tell you all how disappointed I am in my work. Mine looks like a clown quilt. It is way too busy and some of the colors are sooooo wrong. They are strong and fighting with each other. I think I tried to make it too scrappy. Then I look at Krista's and I have about the same gold. My greens are a little different but my purples and lavenders are the same. I don't have mine sewed together, just on the design wall. My magenta is a fire engine red. My neutrals are very scrappy and pushed toward yellow.
The only redeeming quality is that I refined my quilting skills which were real bad. Here my corners are nice, my measurements and good, my quarter inch seam is for the most part a scant quarter inch.
I'm taking the computer and the phone to Verizon tomorrow to get the thing to work right.
Marcia
The only redeeming quality is that I refined my quilting skills which were real bad. Here my corners are nice, my measurements and good, my quarter inch seam is for the most part a scant quarter inch.
I'm taking the computer and the phone to Verizon tomorrow to get the thing to work right.
Marcia
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