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This was so much fun but very stressful at the end. I love the finished results but it stretched me way outside of my comfort zone. I like to use a pattern, know what I am making, how the colors work together and how it should turn out. Making the 6” blocks from solids which played off of the Kaffe prints was new for me and a little uncomfortable. I used color combinations I would never have used. I was doing OK until ... we got to the finishing and I felt lost on my own. Thanks to Pines for posting some possible layouts that helped me see something that would work for me. I used one of her layouts and Alex’s idea for the outside border and then the quilt it “I’m done”. I loaded it on my longarm, quilted it with a computer generated program, bound it and love it! Thank you Alex for freely giving of your time and expertise for these YouTube live Monday, Wednesday and Friday shows. It has put something routine in my non-routine life. With all of my charity quilting meetings, American Sewing Guild meetings and local quilt guild meetings cancelled until further notice I have been quilting up a storm and getting much done. This has been a bright spot in my week and I look forward to it each M, W & F. It is set aside on my calendar and only doctor’s appointments have me watching a recorded version (or the need to watch again.). You are such a blessing. I don’t do Pink and I don’t do baskets so I am thinking about how I will work the next class ... will likely do some of the baskets but in blues. It will stretch me again.
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I love my quilt! Thanks Alex for all of your hard work and guidance. Thanks JanaPruitt for the inspiration! What a fun experience!
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The top is finished, and I am so happy with the results, and all I learned from Alex and others. It is a reminder of being positive and finding activities during challenging times. First the pandemic and isolating at home -- so I turned to gardening (hence all the flowers in my quilt). And then weeks of smoke from nearby fires -- so I turned to quilting indoors, and specifically the Kaffe Mystery Quilt with Alex. Thank you all.
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Finished the quilt top yesterday, I think. May add a colorful final border, not sure yet. My backing will possibly be the leftover Kaffe fabric. This has been alot of fun. The border is called Migrating Geese.
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I messed up on the size of half square triangles for the border. I added extra fabric on opposite corners to make it work
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My Mystery to Me quilt top. ~Susanne~
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I finished the first border by extending the Star points into the white. I’m auditioning another border of graduating colors of Kaffe. Not sure I’m liking it. It may have to grow on me. I think I’ll go down the left side with yellow to dark colors across the bottom.
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