This is the place to show off your blocks. I was asked to show how to add photos. Neither of these photos have any thing to do with the Mystery, they are just photos of my work.

To Add Photos:

Reply to this Topic
Write something about your progress
Go to Attachments, Add File
Select the Photos from your computer or device, adding one at a time

Now you can hit Submit--photos will be posted as Attachments to your post

If you want the photos Inserted in the body of your post, Select Insert after you add the file
The first one I attached, the second I inserted--so you can see the difference.

Let us see what you are doing--it's all part of the Journey.





I recommend you Preview before hitting Submit--to check spelling, etc.

Barbara,

Can you give a quick tutorial about how to post something to the forum?

Working on another block. I hope I’m doing forum right.

As if I need to begin another “work in progress”... I’m in! My constraint: no new bolts of fabric may be harmed In the making of this quilt and fabrics must come from my stash. We’ll see how that lasts!

Thank you Alex, Captain John, Ricky, Barbara and the TQS Team for the opportunity to create. I am a find a pattern, buy the fabric quilter. I am a great starter; finishing, not so much. Looking forward to how this “mystery” gets solved.

So, my challenge to myself, is to work with an unfamiliar color palette. Normally, I like strong colors and high contrast. I've chosen to work with taupe and lavender from my stash, with a bit of green for an accent. I will have to pay extra attention to value to make this work. My initial fabric selections, and my first blocks are below.

I received my fabric about 5 yesterday evening. It is now washed, ironed and on the cutting table. It's going to be a blast. A little note about washing hand dyed fabric and other "runny" culprits: Using a LOT of water is key. It keeps the dye in the water more dilute. If you have a HE (high efficiency) washing machine you have to trick it into giving you a lot of water. A washing machine technician told my sister that you should use the "Bedding" setting. That way the machine thinks everything is bulky and puts more water into it. After almost destroying a red & white quilt recently I tried this with my fat quarters. When I looked in there was more water than when I do a full load of clothes! My color catchers were discolored but there was no color transfer between the dark purple and the gray. Hopefully this helps a little.

AnnieLu, whenever you post on the Forum, at the bottom of your post you will see Unsubscribe with a check box beside it. Come back to this post and Check the box to Unsubscribe. That will stop you from getting the emails every time someone posts here. And this will be a very active board!

You can check in whenever you like to see what folks are posting.

I am SOOOOOO happy everyone is here. You are making my heart sing!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the sharing!!!

I don’t seem to be able to unsubscribe from this thread, any suggestions? I enjoy what you're all doing, but I’m not participating and all the notifications are clogging up my inbox, lol. I’m not upset, just need the 'how to info'. Thanks

great blocks

Wow judysews...you have a beautiful collection of fabrics.
judysews wrote:

This class is a stretch for me as I am a pattern follower and usually use reproduction fabrics in my quilts. I am using Kona solids and Kaffe Brassica (that I purchased at a local quilt store) for this class. Here are my first two blocks. I am using my Kaffe fabrics and the colour wheel to come up with my colour combinations.

I just finished my first two blocks, Double X and Double X modified. I tried the color wheel, but then just decided the best thing to do, for me, was to pick a Kaffe fabric and lay out colours on it until I came up with combinations I liked. I don't have the book, but do have and am using Electric Quilt 8. I am also handpiecing, so I print out my block, with colours showing, on label paper. The add registration marks, cut out the pieces, and put them on the corresponding colour. Last step, piece.

Thus far, I am finding this mystery to be fun. I hope everyone else is as well.

I found a quick tutorial on Retayne & Syntrapol on YouTube by Rob Appel: www.bing.com/videos/search?view=detail&mid=C20369F924B388AF9E37C20369F924B388AF9E37&shtp=Facebook&shid=f965162e-4d67-4ef0-8bba-7032204b095d&shtk=UmV0YXluZSBvciBTeW50aHJhcG9sOiBQcmV2ZW50IGFuZCBSZXZlcnNlIENvbG9yIEJsZWVkaW5n&shdk=RnJlZSBQcmludGFibGU6IGh0dHA6Ly9tYW5zZXdpbmcuY29tL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2EuLi4gQ2xpY2sgaGVyZSB0byBnZXQgc3VwcGxpZXM6IGh0dHA6Ly9iaXQubHkvcmV0YXluZWFuZHN5bnRocmFwb2wgUm9iIHRlYWNoZXMgdXMgaG93IHRvIHN0b3AgYW5kIGV2ZW4gZml4IGZhYnJpYyBkeWUgYmxlZWRpbmcgdXNpbmcgUmV0YXluZSBhbmQgU3ludGhyYXBvbC4gVXNlIHRoZXNlIHByb2R1Y3RzIHRvIG1ha2UgeW91ciBmYWJyaWMgY29sb3IgZmFzdCBvciB0byBnZXQgZHllIG91dCBvZiBsaWdodCBmYWJyaWMuIEdldCBzdXBwbGllcyBieSBjbGlja2luZyB0aGUgbGluayBiZWxvdzogaHR0cHMgLi4u&shhk=NBEqa68CIgJkANVFCup%2BoisevtoXTOku2e7iNPyWmbo%3D&form=VDSHFB&shth=OSH.azyY7Ldm%252BkEjyLC0DQCpaA&fbclid=IwAR1jvNIMYcUEnlgHeEvWFc0OSuLgEin3kaGhbq4wtk7zs8Q7yc3ibKVqIx4