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Valerie's Patch-Work: November 2014
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Quilting, cooking, crafting, racing. you'll find it all here. Sunday, November 30, 2014. Grand Illusion: Clue 1. This past Friday, we got to kick off the Grand Illusion Mystery with Clue #1. Yippee! There was much excitement in the air as quilters across the globe hurried to download the clue and get started. Mystery Monday Link-Up, Part 1. Here are all my pairs of blue and purple triangles, cut with my Easy Angle ruler, and ready to sew. Once the HST were finished, I cut out my black and yellow squares&...
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Valerie's Patch-Work: Grand Illusion: Clue 2
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Quilting, cooking, crafting, racing. you'll find it all here. Monday, December 8, 2014. Grand Illusion: Clue 2. Bonnie unveiled Clue #2 yesterday, hooray! You can download the clue from the Quiltville blog until sometime around June 2015, at which point it will be retired for inclusion in a future book. If you're even thinking of working on this quilt, download the clues and save them. or else you'll have to wait until the book comes out. :). Mystery Monday Link-Up, Part 2. In order to keep this from bei...
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Valerie's Patch-Work: Making Grand Illusion: Colors
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Quilting, cooking, crafting, racing. you'll find it all here. Sunday, October 19, 2014. Making Grand Illusion: Colors. It's time for the next Bonnie Hunter mystery! She gave us a nice surprise by announcing the name and posting her colors and required yardage a few days earlier than in years past. This year's mystery is called Grand Illusion. Here is a link to her Intro with colors and yardage:. Quiltville's Grand Illusion Intro. Without further ado, here are my colors for Grand Illusion:. I'm a bit of a...
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Valerie's Patch-Work: January 2014
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Quilting, cooking, crafting, racing. you'll find it all here. Sunday, January 5, 2014. Making Celtic Solstice: Final Reveal. Bonnie surprised us by publishing the final clue of Celtic Solstice. On New Year's Day! It was definitely fun to see the final design and how all our units played together, but at the same time it was a sad day, knowing that we were done playing until next year. Be that as it may, I got right to work on assembling my quilt. First, we put together these blocks:. Hi, I'm Valerie!
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Valerie's Patch-Work: February 2014
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Quilting, cooking, crafting, racing. you'll find it all here. Saturday, February 8, 2014. My Celtic Solstice quilt is finally done! I made the smaller version of the quilt, but it wasn't quite large enough for my needs so I extended it a bit. I added the checkerboard border to the top and bottom of the quilt to lengthen it a little, and I also added a border all around the quilt, using a grey print that was too perfect to pass up. I mean, look at that print! Sunday, February 2, 2014. I have decided I'm g...
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Valerie's Patch-Work: June 2013
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Quilting, cooking, crafting, racing. you'll find it all here. Sunday, June 30, 2013. Well, it's been a long time coming, but my Easy Street quilt (Bonnie Hunter's latest mystery) is finally finished. 100% finished. As in, going through the washing machine so I can sleep under it tonight FINISHED. Whoops, there went the buzzer on the washing machine. Time to move this baby over to the dryer! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Hi, I'm Valerie! View my complete profile. The FN Dish – Food Network Blog.
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Valerie's Patch-Work: Repairing a Quilt from 1941
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Quilting, cooking, crafting, racing. you'll find it all here. Thursday, May 29, 2014. Repairing a Quilt from 1941. Recently, I was given the honor of repairing a quilt made in 1941. I adore antique quilts, and having the chance to help bring this one back to life was an honor and an amazing experience. My client's relative (grandmother, I think? This is the quilt, before I did any work on it:. To get my batting piece the right shape, I first put a piece of paper under the quilt, so I could trace the shap...
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Valerie's Patch-Work: Grand Illusion: Clue 1
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Quilting, cooking, crafting, racing. you'll find it all here. Sunday, November 30, 2014. Grand Illusion: Clue 1. This past Friday, we got to kick off the Grand Illusion Mystery with Clue #1. Yippee! There was much excitement in the air as quilters across the globe hurried to download the clue and get started. Mystery Monday Link-Up, Part 1. Here are all my pairs of blue and purple triangles, cut with my Easy Angle ruler, and ready to sew. Once the HST were finished, I cut out my black and yellow squares&...
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Valerie's Patch-Work: Grand Illusion: Clue 4
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Quilting, cooking, crafting, racing. you'll find it all here. Monday, December 22, 2014. Grand Illusion: Clue 4. Bonnie wasn't joking when she said the next clue would be easier. We used pieces from a previous clue, cut some more pieces, and had to sew only a few more units (in Bonnie terms) to complete this clue. I surprised even myself and got it done in a day! You can download the clue from the Quiltville blog until sometime in March 2014 (yes, this is new! Mystery Monday Link-Up, Part 4. There are my...
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Valerie's Patch-Work: Grand Illusion: Clue 3
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Quilting, cooking, crafting, racing. you'll find it all here. Monday, December 15, 2014. Grand Illusion: Clue 3. I must admit, I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw Clue #3. Strip piecing! Yes, we still had to make a ton of them but strip piecing is so easy and so quick, I didn't mind at all. :). You can download the clue from the Quiltville blog until sometime in March 2014 (yes, this is new! Mystery Monday Link-Up, Part 3. Back to Clue #3! Once my strip pairs were pressed, I paired up these units unti...