Bonnie Hunter's Jared Takes a Wife block

4 years ago

I had the urge to do a scrappy quilt, so I looked through the Quiltville site and came up with this pattern. I will make it with 20 blocks instead of 30 for a generous lap-size quilt. The sashing will be the same tan color as the center star, and the cornerstones will be green. The dark color is purple although it may look black. I have enough purple left over from a quilt back to make a 5" border. This is what I have been doing instead of quilting the three tops I've already made. See - this is how I end up with 10 tops and none quilted.

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toolgranny

4 years ago

I love that block, Lois. It will look great. I also have a drawer full of unquilted tops. I guess I'm not a "quilter" but just a "piecer".

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4 years ago
I really like that. And I love scrappy. I'm also one who loves the piecing but not the quilting, especially lately with the arthritic hands and wrists. But I make myself finish each quilt because as you all probably know by now, I hate unfinished quilts and I refuse to let anyone else finish them. I'm working on another top now, what a relief to get that last one done. I've promised myself to just pick simple quilting designs using the walking foot from now on unless it's a very small project, which I seldom do.
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msmeow
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Lois, I love that quilt of Bonnie's! Maybe one day I'll make one.

I like your colors a lot.

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polardream
4 years ago
That's a great block. I love purples and greens together! I have more tops pieced than I can count! I guess I am a "piecer" too!
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4 years ago
It'll look great, Lois. While I really like scrappy, I also like to have some continuity in there somewhere so my eyes don't go bonkers. :-) And, nobody cares how many quilt tops you have waiting to be quilted. We care that you are having fun and enjoying life. Hugs......
Char
4 years ago
That's a nice block, Lois. I like both piecing and quilting, but sometimes I get in the mood to do one over the other. I guess it just depends on how I feel about a particular project at the time. I like quilting less if I Have to finish for a deadline, tho. I guess I have about 5 quilts tops to quilt right now.
fran1523
4 years ago
Such a pretty block and you have a great color palate going on there. I'm the outlier here. I refuse to have a lot of unfinished tops lying around and have started sending most stuff out to a long armer. I do have two unfinished tops now but am piecing the back for one and have ordered backing fabric for the other. I also have plans for at least ten quilts spinning around in my head.
latifolia
4 years ago
Your block looks great, Lois. That pattern of Bonnie is one of my favorites. Add it to the list!
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4 years ago
Very attractive block. And I do like scrappy. I, too, don't like too many unfinished projects. I can't seem to get up the oomph to work on the Zelda quilt, so many I'll just work on finishing some things.

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