tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post6799813606910631940..comments2024-03-26T19:54:33.958-04:00Comments on The Academic Quilter: Try, try againMarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08195401144486416881noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-56583627139587787582019-11-25T15:07:18.618-05:002019-11-25T15:07:18.618-05:00Re: Your Dark Blues
Take a picture in black and w...Re: Your Dark Blues<br />Take a picture in black and white on your phone. This will show the value of the colors. I think some of your blues are more medium, but then again, Maybe I'm color blind!GrandmaSue10https://www.blogger.com/profile/14007400250571547115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-59333488174254150932019-11-17T11:15:49.178-05:002019-11-17T11:15:49.178-05:00Bonnie's quilts involve a ton of small pieces ...Bonnie's quilts involve a ton of small pieces and are rather complex (in my opinion). But it is always possible to be inspired by her mystery quilt idea/block and just use a part of it. I am tempted to enlarge the block so that I have to make fewer to get a quilt. I am always cheering you on, mystery season or not.Preetihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15363550140143647850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-8074858277498582352019-11-11T22:41:01.778-05:002019-11-11T22:41:01.778-05:00As with the commenters above - I like your plan to...As with the commenters above - I like your plan to use these blocks and bits. You have a lot of really cool pieces and I love the colors - go for it. I think this is going to be a really nice finish. Also in agreement with the others that A BH Mystery quilt with be too much for me. I enjoy much simpler piecing . However I do love looking at what other quilters end up with when they make her quilts. They are really gorgeous. Go for it Mari. This is going to be a great one.Bernie Kringelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753481379287809548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-50215906409601844052019-11-07T21:46:30.218-05:002019-11-07T21:46:30.218-05:00I like how you’re reworking the mystery bits and m...I like how you’re reworking the mystery bits and making them your own. I think they will still be delightfully colorful. I love to see Bonnie’s quilts, but I think they would be overwhelming for me.JanineMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13475847392355523001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-31494804109408638902019-11-07T11:48:48.128-05:002019-11-07T11:48:48.128-05:00Great way to test your design skills, use up UFO p...Great way to test your design skills, use up UFO pieces, and end up with a couple of beauties! HugsChopin - A Passionate Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070576868549479492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-21404224467018684842019-11-07T11:22:35.251-05:002019-11-07T11:22:35.251-05:00This sounds like an excellent plan for your orphan...This sounds like an excellent plan for your orphan blocks! They really are lovely and deserve to shine in a quilt. Just put Bonnie's design out of your head and forge ahead :)Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06306854459459257368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-79288653692923826382019-11-07T10:22:56.358-05:002019-11-07T10:22:56.358-05:00Perfect plan! I love it when you share your thoug...Perfect plan! I love it when you share your thought process. It’s so helpful and inspiring.KaHollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528677007819875856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-85938800991511004412019-11-07T10:01:21.249-05:002019-11-07T10:01:21.249-05:00Wow, I sense a theme here about doing Bonnie's...Wow, I sense a theme here about doing Bonnie's mysteries. The only recent ones I have done are Celtic Solstice (finished and gifted) and En Provence (flimsy stage). I love the look the triangle in a square units create, but, like many others, dislike making them. I gave up on the tri-recs ruler and used Deb Tucker's Studio 180 ruler, which is marginally more accurate, but still a pain. Still undecided about this year's mystery.<br />PatMissPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807348837446241284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-12794366660262905292019-11-07T09:39:03.636-05:002019-11-07T09:39:03.636-05:00I watch Bonnie's mysteries from afar and ooh a...I watch Bonnie's mysteries from afar and ooh and aah over all the quilts being made. I know enough about myself to know that her pace is too fast for me. I'd quickly get behind with all the diversions I'd find along the way. Haha. I think you are coming up with a great solution for this quilt. The colors are fantastic! piecefulwendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02256164519304112032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-64849391112676066182019-11-07T09:04:35.967-05:002019-11-07T09:04:35.967-05:00I do what I call my NOT a Mystery quilts - this ye...I do what I call my NOT a Mystery quilts - this year's edition will be shared on the blog tomorrow. GREAT plan to use your pieces and parts and make your quilt YOUR way!Quiltdivajuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593385265961892847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-63088506849274890342019-11-07T08:17:03.128-05:002019-11-07T08:17:03.128-05:00I had to put En Provence away for almost a year. B...I had to put En Provence away for almost a year. But once I decided to gift it I was able to finish it and actually grew to like it. I do like your ideas here for the blocks. I haven't decided yet about this year's. sue shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325303490006303274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-22683588784024376832019-11-07T05:34:49.855-05:002019-11-07T05:34:49.855-05:00It took me a year to do ON RINGO LAKE (top only). ...It took me a year to do ON RINGO LAKE (top only). I am helping my friend get her ON RINGO LAKE top finished this weekend. I am going to start this years mystery but it won't be in her time slot. I will take my time.<br />If you have had enough the best thing is to get them out and finish them into a usable quilt. AND your own designButterZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13084063742704511352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-85583170628740884152019-11-07T04:52:44.704-05:002019-11-07T04:52:44.704-05:00 Oh my goodness. I have practically the same story... Oh my goodness. I have practically the same story when I tried to do the En Provence. I liked the colors very much, but the train wrecks (that was what my dictation heard instead of Tri-Recs, very appropriate) was so difficult and I ended up not even using them or trying to put them someplace else. I never did finish the quilt. All the parts have been recycled. The other thing is that for my taste her patterns are too busy and the eye has nowhere to rest. Good luck to you!PaulaB quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03850498636712774853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-4646525981858567002019-11-06T22:25:42.765-05:002019-11-06T22:25:42.765-05:00Good luck! It looks like you've got some exce...Good luck! It looks like you've got some excellent plans for using all those orphan parts! That's one of the things I like about Bonnie's mysteries: at least all the units you make can be recycled into something else if you don't end up wanting to make her quilt.<br />I actually don't mind making the tri-recs units - which is good since I keep being attracted to quilts that need them. (My first quilt using them was even made before I acquired a tri-recs template set, and it was equal parts tri-recs units and nine-patches. Those templates were a dream come true!)gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629856023631651681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-47599793336991307492019-11-06T10:52:14.554-05:002019-11-06T10:52:14.554-05:00I love all your colorful pieces and parts, Mari! ...I love all your colorful pieces and parts, Mari! However you put them together, they're going to be beautiful, even if your result is different from the original design. I have just recently started playing with my Tri Recs ruler set, and find I don't really enjoy making those units either! If I'm going to use it more, I need to add something to the back side that keeps the ruler from slipping. Good luck with using up those blocks!LIttle Penguin Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05963436433585505550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-72588379207824692802019-11-06T10:04:15.580-05:002019-11-06T10:04:15.580-05:00Good Fortune is the only Bonnie Mystery quilt I di...Good Fortune is the only Bonnie Mystery quilt I did and it consumed me it seemed for six months. I think this time I will print and save the pattern instructions and then start it after Christmas perhaps and see what the top looks like - you know some eager quilters will have it done a day after the last instructions come out!Karen - Quilts...etc.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07293429657903986492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-6856172331420033982019-11-06T08:29:28.132-05:002019-11-06T08:29:28.132-05:00I haven't done any of the mysteries that you h...I haven't done any of the mysteries that you have done/started but I understand the frustration with the triangle in a square units. I like your plan of using what you have in a quilt and moving on. I'd like to go back and do some of the older mysteries someday but we'll see.Alison V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01083271975458964740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-46312742290638821852019-11-06T07:38:52.358-05:002019-11-06T07:38:52.358-05:00Your are at the same point I am! I set my finishe...Your are at the same point I am! I set my finished blocks into a big square. My idea was to put it on point and use the neutral 4Ps to fill in the corners. It was going to be huge and boring. Like you, I have a bazilliion of the fuchia tri-recs units. I got it out at sew day yesterday and we decided to use those star points to elongate top and bottom and call it done. NO more BH mysteries for me! That is, after I finish Celtic Solstice at retreat next week...Libby in TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13709701255260085505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331056529990165279.post-71889927800643831812019-11-06T07:09:54.261-05:002019-11-06T07:09:54.261-05:00Looks like you've got a great plan to get thos...Looks like you've got a great plan to get those blocks out of the closet and into a finished quilt. I'm going to do Bonnie's Mystery again this year, but I haven't pulled my fabrics yet. Trying to decide if I stick with her colors or if I go my with my own. A lot depends on what I have in the stash. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02876375845688651131noreply@blogger.com