I love that you can see the circles! (although perhaps not so much in this photo LOL!)
Cathy Kirk performed her magic on LAQ an edge to edge quilt patterncalled Double Bubble.
This quilt finished at 67" Square.
These pictures don't capture the colors correctly - that is an aqua that forms the circles but it looks more green in this photo. Once the binding is attached, I'll go for a real photo op to get the color right.
This was the 2013 Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt. Attaching the binding to this quilt and one other is my September goal as part of ALYOF.
I'll be linking up here.
Happy Stitching!
My ALYOF goal for July (goal post) was to get the border on my Celtic Solstice quilt and prepare the backing fabric.
I really appreciate all the suggestions on border. I decided to go with a narrow white border and will either go with the green as binding or an aqua.
The final decision maker was the amount of fabric I had on hand. This quilt ended up bigger than I original intended when I ordered the backing fabric. Wasn't room for another border.
Backing fabric all prepared and the quilt goes off to the spa (aka my long arm quilter)!
I'll be linking up here for the finishes party.
Happy Stitching!
I set a goal to add borders to my Celtic Solstice quilt.
I added an inner border of white and then the next border of these tri-recs.
This work was done over a week ago. What this photo doesn't show, however, was the wavy-ness of the border. I was too lazy to do math (ugh!) so ended up with a border that was slightly too long. While it all sewed together just fine, when I spread the quilt out on the floor it wouldn't lie flat.
Of course I figured this out when all four sides were sewn on! Out game the seam ripper and I reapplied the borders with much better focus on measuring, math and lining things up properly!
Now, I want to go with a final outer border. Can I get your opinion?
Should I go with a narrow white border?
Or should I go with a wider aqua print border?
It sure is hard to get a good indoor photo and boy does this quilt need pressing!
Another alternative is to just call it done.
What do you think?
Happy Stitching!
I made some progress on my borders for my Celtic Solstice quilt.
I started first with the idea of making the pieced border the third and outer border. I went with a border of white and then with green.
Had to see in that photo - here is another angle
The quilt was reading as too green.
Next step was to take the tri-rec blocks I made - like the ones on the right, and sew that against the green. Nope - wasn't happening for me. They just didn't look right against the green.
So I removed the green border and went with the 2nd border as the tri-recs. Quilt doesn't read so green any more - which is good. However, that red really catches the eye. I'd prefer to see the aqua catch the eye. I want to help one see the 'circles' that the blocks form.
After I get the top and bottom tri-rec border on, I will audition different out borders - I'm thinking about aqua or white. (None of these photos are truly capturing my colors here.)
Any thoughts here for me?
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Happy Stitching!
I am in no rush to finish my Celtic Solstice quilt - happy to have the main body assembled!
I now need to work on more blocks for the outer border - the ones with red on the left. I spent time this weekend taking inventory and cutting fabrics to make more of the border block.
Linking up my progress on Bonnie's blog.
I cut out the fabrics for the Star Light Star Bright quilt a long. There are so many choices on sizes. I am going for a one block version - really enjoying making smaller projects.
Everything is cut out and ready to go! I will link up to Melissa's blog.
Happy Stitching!
My January goal for Another Lovely Year of Finishes was to complete all the blocks and assemble the center quilt top from Bonnie Hunter's Celtic Solstice mystery.
It was pedal to the metal time to get this all assembled. I decided on a 6x6 block layout and needed to make many, many chevrons to get the extra blocks done. I don't really like those chevrons.
(The photos clearly show that I did NOT press after the final assembly! )
I'm glad to see the circle shows up even though the contrast on the my "blue" fabric isn't the strongest. This currently measures 54 1/2 inches square. There are 3 outer borders, one of them pieced.
Linking up to the finishes party here.
Happy Stitching!
After Bonnie's big reveal on New Year's Day for the Celtic Solstice mystery, I've been busy assembling blocks and making some more! I had enough pieces to make 17 blocks initially and have decided on a 6 by 6 layout so I needed an additional 19 blocks.
Last weekend I worked on the construction and assembly of 11 more blocks and now have 8 left to go. These 8 blocks contain the dreaded chevron - I have trouble keeping that block square.
Slightly blurry picture below but you'll see in my not very scrappy interpretation, I used two different aqua fabrics to make both the HST and the Tri Recs. For my layout above, I wanted to put the solid aqua in the center to really make the circles pop and then fade off on the edges to the flower aqua fabric. Unfortunately, I've nothing left of the solid aqua so i'll play around a bit more with the layout once the other blocks are completed.
The blocks will finish at 9 inches so a 6 by 6 block layout will be 54 inches before the borders are added. If I remember her pattern correctly, the borders add 6 inches all around so I'll be at a 66 by 66 layout.
For next years mystery, I need to remember to just be consistent - a half scrappy mystery quilt is hard to pull off! I hope to get the remainder of the blocks assembled this weekend.
Happy Stitching!
Bonnie did the big reveal New Year's Day for the Celtic Solstice mystery.
All those little pieces get put together into two very fun blocks. This one ....
and this one...
All put together form this wonderful quilt with movement and color.
My indoor picture doesn't really show up the circles that these blocks seem to form out of my aqua color.
(It was too cold and too windy to do an outside shot.)
I intend to make more blocks. These are 9 inch block and there is a 3 piece border that would add 6 inches to each side. I am undecided on the final size - a 5 x 5 layout would yield a quilt 57 x 57 or a 6x6 layout would yield a quilt 63 by 63.
Figuring this out and assembling the remainder of my blocks is my January goal for Another Lovely Year of Finishes. I will be linking this post up here and to Bonnie's blog.
Happy Stitching!
My first response when I first read Bonnie's Celtic Solstice clue 5 about using leftover HST from a previous clue was 'uh oh'. I didn't remember having anything leftover.
But I did! Those cute HST on the left are the 'leftovers'!!
Since I am making half of the number of blocks required for the small, I needed 50 of clue 5. I completed 46! To make any more, I need to make additional HST so I'll wait until I've gotten to the final reveal before I make any more.
And all of my piles together - looking so colorful!
Now onto clue 6 on Friday. I wonder how many clues in all there will be?
Linking up to Bonnie's blog here.
Happy Stitching!
Bonnie Hunter's clue 3 was to create pinwheels and HSTs. While she offers two sizes this year - large and small - I decided to start by making roughly half of the small.
Clue 1 and 2 meant chevrons and TriRecs.
Clue 3 mean 50 HST and 15 pinwheels.
I've managed to stay quite organized by keeping each clue in a bag with the count inside.
I did my own color substitutions as well. My fabric is this yummy stack of Scrumptous fabric. One reason for doing a smaller subset is because I wasn't sure I purchased enough fabric and once we get the reveal, I'll know what additional fabric I may need. (Another reason is TIME - something in short supply this time of year!)
I'll be linking my progress at Bonnie's blog.
Happy Stitching!
Bonnie's mystery kicked off and two clues have been released!
Here is the Scrumptious pile of fabrics I am going to be using.
My substitutions are as follows:
- for yellow, the orange paisley and solid
- for green, the lime print and solid
- for orange, the red print and solid
- for blue, the aqua print and solid
And I've really no idea why I didn't make this easy on myself and make orange equal orange. But I didn't and since the fabric requirements are different, I'll just need to deal with it! (smile) I am using the ziplocks to keep myself organized.
With my color substitutions, the first clue used the yummy aqua and red and cream. I got a bit delayed on getting this one done because although Bonnie recommended the use of the Tri Rec ruler, I never bought one until her clue published where it was clear I really did need that ruler!! I see many future uses so am glad to have it.
I decided to make half of the of block required for the small. At reveal time, I can decide it I will make it bigger or not.
Clue 2 is all about chevrons. These used my orange, lime and neutral. I decided to make this batch all the same combo of fabrics. I made 39 of these so far - and have another 11 to go to get to 1/2 of the small block requirement..
You can find instructions to clue 1 and clue 2 on Bonnie's blog. I will be linking my progress up on her blog.
Are you playing along?
Happy Stitching!
