Looks great. Glad you were able to attend and enjoy.
Looks great. Glad you were able to attend and enjoy.
We are our own worst critics. Absolutely NOTHING wrong with yours, they look great.
Blessed are the children of the piecemakers for they shall inherit the quilts!
Claire, your blocks are great....scrap quilting at it's best! Isn't a class with Bonnie Hunter great? I hope she comes back to my area someday.
*~* Myrna *~*
*~* Quilters lead pieceful lives *~*
Oh yeah! I saw those blocks, and loved them... What fun for you!
Sandy from Cincinnati
AKA Kermit
Claire, I love your blocks! Bonnie's scrappy is a learning curve. Like you, I used to hesitate a lot before risking some fabrics together. Due to my limited sewing space, her scraps user system is a great help. It's almost a year since I started storing my fabric in strips, and using them! I would keep them by colors within each size, and separated "true neutrals" from "Bonnie neutrals".
A few weeks ago, when I decided to make Bonnie's pattern "Jamestown landing" I found out I wouldn't have variety enough if I was using only "true neutrals", so after a lot of thought I started making string blocks out of "Bonnie neutrals" that have oranges, blues, greens and all kinds of dark hues against a light background. When I first looked at the finished units I thought, no way this is going to work together. There will never be contrast enough with the blue/neutral HST's. But I put a bunch of units on my design kitchen table and took a pic with my phone. I could not believe how that changed completely. It DOES work.
(And let me add I am green, green, green with envy that you could attend a class with Bonnie!)
Lourixe, it was great. You would love it. And I bet Bonnie would love your string blocks too.
Great Job ...and congrats !
Oh, so much fun AND beautiful blocks as an outcome! Great job!
Connie
Our lives are like quilts bits and pieces, joy and sorrow, stitched with love.
Claire... what a fabulous experience.. so happy you could make it!! I love ALL of those posted on the website... yours was the "bright"??? Each and every one of those has such personality...Bonnie seems like such a great gal to spend time with... In the same vein as Jenny.. speaks from the heart! GB
Oh, and let me add that YOURS is my favorite.. being a scrappy gal.. and when i see it the blue and brown predominate (two of my favorites together)... this is a winner!!! Please post when it's finished and quilted..)
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