CraftyBecksa

Yay! Very exiting! I’ll pull my fabrics and get cutting in the morning. I’ve never made small hourglass blocks before!

joe'smom

Thank you for the reminders, Iceblossom. I have found that it is surprisingly easy to forget not to mention numbers and not to take photos on the cutting mat. Off to check on the clue.

thimblebug6000

Earlier you mentioned using your MILs machine while yours is being fixed. Just a reminder to please make a test sample of strips and measure them, you might need to adjust your 1/4” on this different machine.

here is a link to Bonnie’s tips on that technique. https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005...rter-inch.html

joe'smom

This a is very low contrast and overall a very light unit (speaking of Bonnie's clue photos). Very intriguing!

Iceblossom

My end of day 1 -- I am using the square method and have all my squares cut out. I will be making my project slightly larger and so I am making some extra units each step. I still have some non-sewing things to do, we have to pick up the truck from the repair shop and then go to the gym.

Here's a picture of the wall end of my sewing desk with my color switch sign, and my "crumb" box. Also, the aluminum roasting pan I'm using as a collection tray. In the one corner is my open notebook resting on my so far unused gray (purple) stack. I have a low tolerance for small pieces and do not keep anything smaller than a 6.5" square myself. During the project, I will be throwing my selvages and small bits into the box for later use, and then it all gets packed up and sent away at the end.

edit: I just channel my inner Eleanor Burns and fling the bits into the box as I go!

I started the day with a fresh rotary blade (ahhh), and before I start sewing tomorrow I will make sure my bobbins are full (I only have 3, 1 is full, 1 is empty and 1 is ?? in the machine).

Hope you all had a lovely day of whatever you are doing!

WMUTeach

Please note that Bonnie just posted, at 5:28 EST, a correction on Part I: We/you will need 16 sets NOT 24 sets.

https://quiltville.blogspot.com/

WMUTeach

Oh poor Bonnie..... She just posted a correction to her correction about 6:00 EST...... The correct number IS 24 sets as posted in her original directions sent this morning. Sheesh, this has got to be embarrassing for her and frustrating to all of you kabillions of quilters doing this mystery quilt.

joe'smom

I'll say again, poor Bonnie! It is good of her to be conducting the mystery at all, what with her son's recent illness. She needn't feel embarrassed, but no doubt she will. Thanks for posting, WMUTeach!

Iceblossom

A repeat of the Poor Bonnie! So for those that don't get the emails, feel reassured. The original PDF directions have been declared correct by Bonnie. But this just goes to show why she doesn't want us to use numbers in our posts. Is sort of nice to know this sort of thing happens to other people -- that wail of despair that how could I have done that wrong?? oh, never mind, it was right all along. At least when it happens to me it is more private.

I am curious on how things are going for the people using the strip technique/ruler.

Also, for the new participants, I feel Bonnie's pictures are great, for example I love seeing how she twirls those centers. Are you getting what you need from her directions?? It can be sort of confusing that she will give a couple of techniques.

Iceblossom

Sort of off topic, for me music and quilting go hand in hand, each project develops it's own theme song. Along with fabric, I moved a lot of music with me. I have a CD Jukebox that holds 400 which is not all my collection and is getting dated by this point. Ok, yeah, my albums are in alphabetical order by artist, and chronological within the artists. Usually I pick particular things to listen to but for the last couple of months I've been going Alphabetical since the Avett Brothers. I'm almost out of C now -- yesterday was all Counting Crows. It's been fun rediscovering albums over a wide variety of genres. Today's musical offering for the rest of you is Mary Chapin Carpenter. I just think she's such a wonderful artist and she's got an album in my personal Top 100 of all time list. Beautiful voice, the ability to really write a story/thought in a few words.

The Hard Way, Mary Chapin Carpenter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oobONIIpYFU
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