Clue #3 of The Case of the Secret Garden is finished.
As you can see, my final choice for the medium fabric is the green.
You can find Part 1 of this mystery here.
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Linda Franz, over at Inklingo, has created a mystery, using the New York Wheel block, to teach us the benefits and how-to’s of using Inklingo.
You can find The Case of the Secret Garden (COTSG) Clue #1 here.
For me, the hardest part is choosing which fabrics to use. Linda keeps it simple with just four choices; a light, a medium, a dark and an accent.
Ummmm…yeah…I said it was hard for me.
Linda’s choices are soft and elegant. I’m trying, really I am, but I think the gold may sneak back when no one is looking.
Clue #2 teaches us to print on our fabric (the back side of course).
I love this! No paper piecing, no tracing, no plastic (or cardboard templates)!
The cutting, sewing, and matching lines are easy to see, and there is very little wasted fabric!
Don’t mind my post-it notes. What a fabulous invention for aiding memory retention!
To see wonderful projects using various Inklingo collections, visit the project blog. Lots of eye candy; you just might get inspired!
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My version of Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay design is finished. I gave the quilt to a long-armer. It is the first time that I have trusted someone else to do the quilting on a quilt top that I have made.
Although the long-armer did a good job, she did not do what we had discussed. She showed me some creative ideas and I said to run with them. For whatever reasons, her ideas never materialized and she quilted an all-over design.
Because this is a scrappy quilt with so many prints, I am okay with the quilting. Anything really fancy would be difficult to see (although what we had discussed would’ve been great).
Interior design is not my strong point, so I tried not to get my fancy tv tray bedside tables in the picture. LOL!
Uh-oh! Maybe I should have looked before I took this closeup. Sheesh! The quilt police may get me for this one!
A closeup of the back of the quilt.
For Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay mystery quilt – Part 1, click here. For Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay mystery quilt – Part 2, click here. For Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay mystery quilt – Part 3, click here. For Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay mystery quilt – Part 4, click here. For Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay mystery quilt – Part 5, click here. For Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay mystery quilt – Part 6, click here. For Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay mystery quilt – Part 7, click here. For Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay mystery quilt – Part 8, click here. For Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay mystery quilt – Part 9, click here.Posted in Uncategorized
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