Grand Illusion - Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt 2014
12-07-2014, 12:12 PM
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Here's another post from Bonnie....
Dear Quilters,I had to delete a photo tutorial for an alternate strip piecing method of doing the Part 2 unit written by Anna Brown because in her method there was NO SEAM ALLOWANCE on the edges of the unit. When these units are sewn together all points will be lost. This is not what we want, and a short cut you should not be taking.Please note that I have done everything I can to present you correct directions that will give you success in the finished quilt.Sometimes there are NO short cuts worth taking.
Sew On!
Sew On!
12-07-2014, 12:51 PM
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I'm not sure who Anna Brown is. There were strip piecing directions on a blog (no reference at all to Anna Brown) posted yesterday that are still up and her photos seem to indicate an adequate seam allowance on the edges so I'm going to assume that her method is successful. I haven't tried it out yet. Has anyone else successfully used this strip method?
12-07-2014, 01:00 PM
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12-07-2014, 01:00 PM
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I'm not sure who Anna Brown is. There were strip piecing directions on a blog (no reference at all to Anna Brown) posted yesterday that are still up and her photos seem to indicate an adequate seam allowance on the edges so I'm going to assume that her method is successful. I haven't tried it out yet. Has anyone else successfully used this strip method?
12-07-2014, 01:08 PM
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I'm not sure who Anna Brown is. There were strip piecing directions on a blog (no reference at all to Anna Brown) posted yesterday that are still up and her photos seem to indicate an adequate seam allowance on the edges so I'm going to assume that her method is successful. I haven't tried it out yet. Has anyone else successfully used this strip method?
12-07-2014, 01:29 PM
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I have a Christmas gift quilt for my sister that I need to fmq. It's all sandwiches and ready to go. But i just want to play with these mq clues. My mom came over and asked when the mq news to be finished by. She was hinting that I needed to quilt my sisters quilt. Lol. Times like this I wish I had one machine to piece and another to quilt. Different threads different feet different bobbin cases. Such a pain to switch over.
I would call it Dizzy! since if you put them together it kind of spins. Plus I went pingponging back to Joanns and grabbed printier-fabrics because mine were so dull compared to everyone elses...and then I spent the weekend figuring out how to PP ( I'd be done by now if I just stopped whining and cut them all out!)...and then doing the PP paper template backwards, then sewing the fabric on inside out...I must have been in a 'teen daze' (haha I don't want to have have senior moments!)
I finally redid the PP template so I could be brain-dead and get it right! Possibly even if sewing after 8PM, my twilight zone. Check this
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Hey whatever works, right? Now I just have to cut the pieces and get to work.
Happy quilting All!
I finally redid the PP template so I could be brain-dead and get it right! Possibly even if sewing after 8PM, my twilight zone. Check this
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Hey whatever works, right? Now I just have to cut the pieces and get to work.
Happy quilting All!
12-07-2014, 01:29 PM
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Love seeing all of the pictures! Such pretty fabrics and everyone is doing so well.
We were away when the first clue came out, and didn't return home until last Sunday evening. I work full-time, and was away most of the day yesterday. My first clue is all cut out and, being the rebel that I am, I will probably do the "alternative" strip piecing method for the second clue. If I had time, I'd do the 3rd method that Bonnie offered, as I love getting those bonus triangles, but time is too valuable right now. I will have several days over Christmas that should allow me to get caught up, if I'm not by then.
While I understand that this is Bonnie Hunter's design, and I'm a huge fan of hers, I really don't understand what all of the hoopla is about using a method, other than hers, as long as your units are correct. It's a lot like Common Core in education - trying to force everyone to do things the exact same way when we are all different.
Off my soap box and moving on to the sewing machine. The old one, not the 530 that I covet...
We were away when the first clue came out, and didn't return home until last Sunday evening. I work full-time, and was away most of the day yesterday. My first clue is all cut out and, being the rebel that I am, I will probably do the "alternative" strip piecing method for the second clue. If I had time, I'd do the 3rd method that Bonnie offered, as I love getting those bonus triangles, but time is too valuable right now. I will have several days over Christmas that should allow me to get caught up, if I'm not by then.
While I understand that this is Bonnie Hunter's design, and I'm a huge fan of hers, I really don't understand what all of the hoopla is about using a method, other than hers, as long as your units are correct. It's a lot like Common Core in education - trying to force everyone to do things the exact same way when we are all different.
Off my soap box and moving on to the sewing machine. The old one, not the 530 that I covet...
12-07-2014, 01:38 PM
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12-07-2014, 02:22 PM
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Love seeing all of the pictures! Such pretty fabrics and everyone is doing so well.
We were away when the first clue came out, and didn't return home until last Sunday evening. I work full-time, and was away most of the day yesterday. My first clue is all cut out and, being the rebel that I am, I will probably do the "alternative" strip piecing method for the second clue. If I had time, I'd do the 3rd method that Bonnie offered, as I love getting those bonus triangles, but time is too valuable right now. I will have several days over Christmas that should allow me to get caught up, if I'm not by then.
While I understand that this is Bonnie Hunter's design, and I'm a huge fan of hers, I really don't understand what all of the hoopla is about using a method, other than hers, as long as your units are correct. It's a lot like Common Core in education - trying to force everyone to do things the exact same way when we are all different.
Off my soap box and moving on to the sewing machine. The old one, not the 530 that I covet...
We were away when the first clue came out, and didn't return home until last Sunday evening. I work full-time, and was away most of the day yesterday. My first clue is all cut out and, being the rebel that I am, I will probably do the "alternative" strip piecing method for the second clue. If I had time, I'd do the 3rd method that Bonnie offered, as I love getting those bonus triangles, but time is too valuable right now. I will have several days over Christmas that should allow me to get caught up, if I'm not by then.
While I understand that this is Bonnie Hunter's design, and I'm a huge fan of hers, I really don't understand what all of the hoopla is about using a method, other than hers, as long as your units are correct. It's a lot like Common Core in education - trying to force everyone to do things the exact same way when we are all different.
Off my soap box and moving on to the sewing machine. The old one, not the 530 that I covet...
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