Monday, August 14, 2006

Judy's challenge Day 1


Like a cow on green grass, or something like that :-)

I like a challenge, and I have spent an hour preparing HST for tomorrow, choosing and cutting out fabrics and spray basted HST paper to it.
This will be another 2 colour quilt, with blues and whites adding some turquoise. Turquoise is (nearly) a shade of blue, right ?
I know, turquoise is not a colour from the colour wheel and can not be mixed from any of the primary colours. Did you know that ?

I have rolls of HST papers in a drawer and I have used it today, so this is stashbusting in many ways. I prefer to print my HST from Triangulations 2.0, as you know, so these rolls have just been taking up space. I find copy paper easier to tear, even with a short stitch.

I am using my white on white prints. I loved them before, but not so much anymore, as I now prefer the more off white. I also find the white on white print "rubbery", if you know what I mean.

My plan is to make 20 blocks, but not add the borders. I like quilts without borders the best. I guess it also has to do with my fabric collection not having any long pieces. I sometimes piece borders from rectangular pieces.
In EQ5 this quilt looks good without borders. Time will tell :-)

More tomorrow.

7 comments:

  1. Great start on the challenge! I've been thinking about a two color quilt, but I can't decide on what two colors to use!

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  2. That's an awesome start to Judy's challenge. I have been looking all over for those Triangles on a Roll because I hate triangles with a passion and would like to try them that way. None of my lqs's have them :( I could always take them off your hands, LOL!

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  3. I use Triangulations, Triangles on a Roll, and Thangles, all three, depending on the project. I love them all. And, sometimes, I just cut the squares and sew them. =)

    Tomorrow will be a sewing hour!

    I didn't know that you couldn't mix turquoise in with others. I always have. =) Yes, it's blue. I used to wear a lot of turquoise, coming from Arizona. The jewelry color seems to go with everything!

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  4. BTW, I saw your pretty red CQ block that's going around. It's so beautiful! Lucky you when it comes home.

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  5. Your daughter's quilt is beautiful. I'm sure she'll cuddle with it for many years to come.
    I've never heard of Triangulations. Are they like Thangles?

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  6. Hope you will post a photo when you have made your HSTs. It's nice to see what fabrics others are using for this quilt.

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  7. I like to print my own also. I don't know what the challenge is but anything with HST would be fun for me. I simply enjoy making them.

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