Virtual Retreat 2016

[karen f.]

Annie, I am in awe of your patience. I'm also working on a hexie quilt. My friendship group suggested doing a 60 degree triangle pattern. I had some border fabric from my guild's charity quilts that would work for a kaleidoscope look, but there was only about two yards and could only cut and piece about seven large hexies. That was enough - too much tedious cutting of individual triangles. Glad for the experience though. So I truly admire your efforts in cutting all those pieces!

Kathy

[karen f.]

Luann, I really like your OBW. They look fun to do, and I've bought the book (#2). Someday.....

[karen f.]

Dawn - Love your Quilt of the Day!
Nancy - Sorry to hear you were ill over the holidays but glad to hear you had a fun time visiting your family. Hopefully you've heard from your heating guy!
Luann - The quilt for your BIL looks great, I like your One Block Wonder quilt too!
Geneva - Glad to hear your Mom's feeling better too.

Barb

[Nancy R.]

Hi Luann -

The teal scarf is a free pattern from ravelry. You can join up for free then get the pattern from this link:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gallatin-scarf

[Nancy R.]

Luann - do you have a pic of your original fabric for the OBW?

[Jules M.]

Oh Annie, I just love you OBW! Your arrangement is going to be beautiful!

Today... well, I'm going to do either hard yoga or the usual yoga and then I hope to piece and piece and piece until my 9 Swoon blocks have little stars in the sashings! #prayingIgetbrains :lol:

[Dawn S.]

Luann, I love how your OBW is coming along! It is going to be beautiful! I've always wanted to try one, and even bought the first book. But, that's as far as I gotten. I too would like to see the original fabric. Surely you did take a picture of it before cutting it up!?

Dawn

[Dawn S.]

Original fabric

[Dawn S.]

Wow! Not what I expected, at all! That is a beautiful piece of fabric! I would have had a hard time cutting into that one!!

Dawn

[Dawn S.]

Luanne--I like your one block wonder but I doubt I would have the patience to even cut it out. Although--it would make a great leader/ender project. Guess I need to get back to sewing to even consider it.

Thank you ladies for your comments on our newest additions. I will sure be glad when they get enough hair to look like they have hair.

[Jules M.]

Beautiful!

[Judith A.]

Luann, I haven't checked in for a few days, so I just now read your post asking for help to find the Quilt of the Day. I hope you found it.
I always look at the Quilt of the Day by clicking the Home tab at the top left, and then scrolling down. It is always on the bottom left side of the Home page. The Quilts of the Day are always interesting.

Here in Virginia the weather outside is frightful. It hasn't snowed enough yet this winter for the snow to stick to the ground, but we are expecting a huge snow now. My son is calling it "Snowmagedon."

Judy Austin

[Judith A.]

Luanne--I like your one block wonder but I doubt I would have the patience to even cut it out. Although--it would make a great leader/ender project. Guess I need to get back to sewing to even consider it.

Thank you ladies for your comments on our newest additions. I will sure be glad when they get enough hair to look like they have hair.

Ritzy,
I joined the Facebook group called One Block Wonder, and on the first post she gives you the name of a very talented lady that has made several you tube videos. One for each step. I saw pictures of these quilts, watched the videos, and went from there. She explained it very well and if we lived closer I'd have you come over and I'd cut it for you! If you want to mail it to me I'd cut it, pin the triangle sets together, and send it back. It really was that easy. Course I'd be chomping at the bit to see them sewn together,,, I'm serious, if you are willing to have them cut from 3 3/4" strips, I know what I'm doing, and I'd do it for you.
When you said you might use it as a leader/ender project I thought, oh I don't know if I could do it that way. If you are good at keeping your pieces always pointing correctly, yes, but I tend to have a hard time switching between two projects unless one is very simple. Just my thought. And besides once you get two half hexie units done, you start wanting to see what each one will look like. I chain piece a certain amount. The videos have her stopping after each seam, I was able to figure out just how to go between the two halves and then start the next one.

[Judith A.]

Whew! Gone for a few days (well, home, but my mom & sister were here, as my husband was away on business....) and I've missed several pages! Will have to go catch up!

Luann, I've finally put your blog in my bookmarks and am checking it daily. Love seeing your progress photos! That One Block Wonder is lovely, though I agree with those who say they'd have a hard time cutting up that gorgeous fabric!

Popping in for some help -- I'm making a quilt for my son for graduation, and it will feature a large infinity sign. He asked for this to be done in green & purple (jewel tones) so I bought a "jewel tones" pack of Cherrywood to use for that part (the background is dark blue and light blue, water/sky making a horizon line).

I've laid out the infinity sign many times, and never end up happy with it. I thought this one was "it" until I looked at the photos on the computer; the contrast of the two end colors, meeting in the middle, is just too much I think (the bright green and bright pink/purple). I'm thinking if I make those 2 sections solid/single color instead of mixed, and put one mixed block in the center crossover (where the single blue block is currently standing in...), that will solve it.





Limitations -- the dark green/blue section can't be in the bottom half touching the dark blues of the water, or it gets lost.

I'm open to any suggestions for rearranging the colors, including if we need to scrap this fabric choice and get something different (although I'd prefer to make this work...). Anyone with ideas? I've tried it several ways, and other than the middle section, this is the one I like best so far.....help?!

[Geneva C.]

Hi Heather,
So, my idea is to make the "chain" of the infinity sign all the colors combined. More scrappy. Infinity goes on forever with no start, stop or center. Around and around. I understand the limitation of the background fabric..... Maybe you could outline the infinity sign with decorative stitching or fabric/yarn?

Love your idea and I can't wait to see what you come up with! Keep us posted.

geneva