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| My pick of color way in the center |
Last year in November, I began Celtic Solstice, a mystery quilt created by Bonnie Hunter. Linda Franz - Inklingo - hooked up with Bonnie Hunter and created a Celtic Solstice Shape Collection. Bonnie Hunter had a color way picked. Linda choose another, and I had so many scraps of blue, I chose a blue color way with neutrals of light gray and cream. Using Inklingo, I printed out my pieces.
I put the clues together...there were 5 of them and then the reveal....clue 6. Inklingo made the process a pleasure. I must admit I took my time. I kept getting distracted by other quilt projects. I'm hand piecing so I took it up as the mood struck me. I mostly stitched the pieces while I watched a TV program, or when I gathered with quilt friends. Sometimes I sat and stitched and thought about this and that.
The thing about hand piecing is that you can do that. You're not sitting in front of a sewing machine in your sewing room. (Although sometimes that can be fun too.) You can hand piece anywhere. So time with this project was like no time at all, because while I put this quilt top together, I was always doing something else.
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| Clue One String Piecing |
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| Clue One Pieced and stored into zip lock bags |
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| Clue Three |
I've now hand pieced all the blocks and I'm assembling the quilt top. My plan is to put blocks together in 4 block sections, then piece these sections together for the quilt center.
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| Four Block Section |
As I said, I get distracted.
I think the quilt is going to be spectacular! Personally, I think that sometimes scrappy can be so chaotic that we lose sight of the block pattern. I call what you chose to do a "controlled scrappy" and I think it really showcases the design while not being too boring. IOW, perfect! I can't wait to see it all together.
ReplyDeleteWow your finished quilt will be stunning. I enjoyed using the Inklingo collection for this project. It works so well for my hand piecing projects.
ReplyDeleteIt is not going to be boring at all - it's going to be very very striking. A lovely sophisticated palette that is going to definitely have some sparkle to it!
ReplyDeleteSeeing this makes me want to go back to piecing it! The box with all the pieces is sitting right here in front of me. You may have just got me focused on that for a bit, :-). Because I too am very easily distracted.