Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Working on Easy Street

Bonnie Hunter has started a Mystery Quilt on her blog called Easy Street.  She evidently does one periodically and the last few years, they have been made with LOTS of pieces, but she promised an easier version this time, hence the "Easy Street" title.  She has a link to people doing it on her blog and the numbers are impressive.  There are lots of folks all over the world working on this, so I thought I would join the fun.  However, we are already at several hundred pieces with several weeks to go, so everything is relative.  My colors are similar to what she is doing, though I traded out her gray for black.  I'm using turquoise, purple, and lime, as she suggested and a white background with a little multicolor in it.  I didn't know what I was going to do with all the leftover Susan Branch white from EB's quilt, but now I have a lot less of it.  When I saw Bonnie a few weeks ago in Ann Arbor, one of the things she said was that there weren't any ugly fabric, the pieces just weren't small enough and sure enough, if you cut it up into 2" x 2" squares, you don't see any of the pattern at all.  But after this is done, I'm still building the string lonestar.  

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  1. I have never made one of her quilts, I am always too busy with a enough already started here and ideas from books and patterns for the next ones already lined up in my head!! will look forward to seeing yours complete.

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    1. Thanks Karen. I am also busy with too many projects, but I heard her lecture in Ann Arbor a few weeks ago and was inspired. Her scrap quilts literally sparkle when you see them in person.

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  2. I too am working on Bonnie's quilt...I like your black, it will be so pretty with the bright colors! Hey, I am intrigues with what you mentioned on my blog about the Red Cross...guess I will contact them and check it out!! Thanks!

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    1. Yes, you should check with Red Cross if you are interested. My local office is run by an almost all, really dedicated, organized, volunteer staff. And they always need help.

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  3. Your pieces look great! I'm enjoying Easy Street too!

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