I wasn't sure if I was a tad light on orange/tangerine fabrics, so I popped into a quilt shop on my travels yesterday. And bought more greens than oranges. Ahem. Cough. Ah well. I like 'em all. And the shop was closing ten minutes after I got there. (They had a 20% off sale on, too).
I do love how so many more 'modern' quilt fabrics are available now.
Decision: will I make my greens Bonnie's lime, or switch things around and make my greens her aqua, and my oranges her lime? Not sure... they're both about equal in value, in my fabrics, and similar in quantity specified. Dunno. I'll see what the next step brings. Won't know till the mystery ends if I've made the right call, anyhoo.
I saw several versions of an earlier Bonnie Hunter mystery, Double Delight, at a quilty gathering yesterday, and they were all lovely. So I'm not madly worried. I like all my fabrics, and I'm sure I'll like the quilt (and it's a big 'un, so I sure as eggs won't be making a second one if I'm stupid enough to think I made the wrong call on which fabric where - nope, I'll have cut my cloth. Literally).
Showing posts with label Easy Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easy Street. Show all posts
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Saturday, December 01, 2012
Easy Street mystery quilt: step 2
Step 2 of Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt. 128 flying geese with the background fabric and greys (BKH used purple). Not all made so far, but all cut out.
More sewing later this weekend, when this heatwave (over 40degC, around 105deg Fahrenheit!) will be past. I hope!
I planned to use the specialist rulers, but the store let me down, so I've made them as stitch and flip.
You can find my other Easy Street blog entries by clicking on the Easy Street label below.
Cheers
Ruth
More sewing later this weekend, when this heatwave (over 40degC, around 105deg Fahrenheit!) will be past. I hope!
I planned to use the specialist rulers, but the store let me down, so I've made them as stitch and flip.
You can find my other Easy Street blog entries by clicking on the Easy Street label below.
Cheers
Ruth
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Easy Street quilt : step 1
The steps go up each Friday for the next 6-8 weeks. Friends have made super quilts with Bonnie Hunter's annual mystery quilt patterns, and the weekly format suits me right now. So here's step 1: 192 four patch blocks using the lighter background fabric and the cheerful 'constant' fabric.
When was the last time I made a quilt that wasn't my own design? Years? Years and years! It's kinda peaceful, just following instructions .... For now, when all else is so busy.
I do like both these fabrics. Happy happy.
You can find my other Easy Street blog entries by clicking on the Easy Street label below.
Cheers
Ruth
PS. I linked to this blog entry at Quiltville's first linky for Easy Street. See my previous blog entry for my fabric choices.
PPS. The lighter fabric is Darls by Tanya Whelan/Grand Revival for Free Spirit. The turquoise blue cherries fabric is from Denyse Schmidt, Daisy Mae collection (2011). I like tossing modern-coloured Victorian flourishes against funky retro forties/fifties style! - it's working!
PPPS. Thanks for the kind comments! - very much appreciated.
When was the last time I made a quilt that wasn't my own design? Years? Years and years! It's kinda peaceful, just following instructions .... For now, when all else is so busy.
I do like both these fabrics. Happy happy.
You can find my other Easy Street blog entries by clicking on the Easy Street label below.
Cheers
Ruth
PS. I linked to this blog entry at Quiltville's first linky for Easy Street. See my previous blog entry for my fabric choices.
PPS. The lighter fabric is Darls by Tanya Whelan/Grand Revival for Free Spirit. The turquoise blue cherries fabric is from Denyse Schmidt, Daisy Mae collection (2011). I like tossing modern-coloured Victorian flourishes against funky retro forties/fifties style! - it's working!
PPPS. Thanks for the kind comments! - very much appreciated.
Easy Street quilt fabrics
Fabrics for Bonnie Hunter's 2012 mystery quilt, Easy Street.
My colour choices are pale aqua/white background, turquoise pattern 'constant' (BH grey), green (BH lime), orange (BH aqua), grey (BH purple).
My greys look a tad cobalt/purply in that top left corner, but they're grey/muted blue grey (Hipstamatic was having some fun, I guess, muddling colours a bit).
Find the quilt info here:
quiltville.blogspot.com.au/p/easy-street-mystery.html
(till June 2013).
You can find my other Easy Street blog entries by clicking on the Easy Street label below.
Cheers
Ruth
My colour choices are pale aqua/white background, turquoise pattern 'constant' (BH grey), green (BH lime), orange (BH aqua), grey (BH purple).
My greys look a tad cobalt/purply in that top left corner, but they're grey/muted blue grey (Hipstamatic was having some fun, I guess, muddling colours a bit).
Find the quilt info here:
quiltville.blogspot.com.au/p/easy-street-mystery.html
(till June 2013).
You can find my other Easy Street blog entries by clicking on the Easy Street label below.
Cheers
Ruth
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