Hi Everyone!
I’m very excited to be participating on the first day of the blog hop promoting Quiltmaker Magazine’s 100 blocks by 100 designers, Volume 8!
This is the 7th consecutive issue I have participated in, and let me tell you, these issues get better and better and better!
There are blocks of every kind to suit every taste, from traditional and modern pieced blocks, to paper pieced blocks – blocks for appliquers and embellishers and embroiderers alike!
I just love looking at the variety of blocks and all the different techniques used to make them and am so inspired by what is pulled together all in one volume for you!
My block started out as a “What can I do with all these left over bonus triangles” experiment!
The first block I did came from the bonus triangles from several Boxy Stars quilts that were donated to charity. I made the block from the bonus triangles in random scraps in 2005:
Saving bonus triangles in usable sizes mean I actually DO use them! I used my Bonus Triangle Buddy to mark my second sewing line giving me triangle squares that give me an even measurement for ease of use!
Click HERE to learn how to save your bonus units so they are ready to go!
For volume 8 of 100 blocks – I wondered if I could tone down my usual scrappy everything look – for a bit more of a subtle color way:
I love blue and green together!
I dug into my blue and green scraps and my pre-cut squares from my Scrap User's System, including things like civil war, batik, old calicoes, recycled shirts, plaids stripes and everything under the sun as long as it was in these two color families. My usual love of scrappy neutrals as a background canvas did the job I wanted it to do – and there is everything in these backgrounds too including recycled plaids and stripes, batik, prints from the 1980s and modern black on whites!
You might even notice that not all the star points match perfectly. I sewed my block on my 1911 singer treadle machine. I’m not the best treadler out there, but I give it a good shot.
I loved this block so much that after I sent it off to Quiltmaker I just kept sewing!
In the gallery section of the magazine you will find my Scrap Crystals block in a finished quilt:
No pattern is given in the magazine for the full quilt, but it will be making an appearance in my next book, More Adventures with Leaders & Enders, published by Kansas City Star and due out in Spring 2014!
Please visit Quiltmaker’s Blog, Quilty Pleasures for more goodies and give-aways HERE! All of the other participants of this blog hop are listed on the Quiltmaker blog, so don’t miss out.
If you are new to Quiltville, I hope you’ll stick around and explore a bit! There are a multitude of tabs at the top of the blog to direct you to things like my Free Patterns, Tips & Techniques, Vintage Sewing Machines and to my Quilt-Cam –when I am home and not traveling teaching quilting, I will turn on the live web cam in my studio and you can sew along with me! These episodes are archived on YouTube and are all accessible by the links in the Quilt-Cam tab.
You will also notice a tab called Celtic Solstice! Every year I run a Reader Appreciation Mystery. Celtic Solstice is this year’s online mystery and our introductory post is linked at the bottom of the tab with the yardage requirements, colors and other info to participate in this year’s mystery which starts November 29th! It’s a ton of fun---I hope you’ll play along!
We've also got a very active Facebook community, over 37,000 readers strong! Click the link at the bottom of this post to like our Facebook page and keep up with what we are doing there. Feel free to share photos of your quilts in progress and share with others!
This blog is updated at least twice a day so you will want to keep up with the latest news and adventures of a traveling itinerant quilter. There is always something fun to read in Quiltville!
Now – the good part!
Leave me a comment in the comments section below. If you've made any of my quilts before, tell me something about your favorite!
Remember - your email address MUST be visible in your profile, or in your comment to win. If I have no way to contact you back, I'll have to choose someone else!
The drawing will be open until Sunday, November 17th when I will draw the winners.
Happy Hopping, everyone!
1,397 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 600 of 1397 Newer› Newest»I love your block you've made for the 100 block magazine. I've used your trip around twice now for reversible quilts - love the explosion of color
Bonnie - love your quilts and your ideas and your blog and your facebook and all things Bonnie! Hoping to get to see you in person in Feb 2015! I've already got your visit to Texas on my calendar! Happy Quilting!
haha!! Friday i was visiting all my wips, one of them was star struck! took your class last year.and somewhere in the middle of the class i decided that my fabric choice was wrong, ugly and i never wanted to see it again. Ever! during my visit to container #star struck i found a piece of your business card, what the heck? thanks for jarring my memory. a year off from star struck made the choices look much better, can't wait to finish it now... your new block looks lovely and Bonnie!!!
its now 7 45 in the morning I've been up since 3 o'clock scrap foundation piecing with you on quilt cam are you tired
I have been a scrap saver my whole life and was never quite sure what to do with all of it. My, how you inspire! Thank you for this opportunity to win.
I first did your Trip Around the World quilt. I am part way done with Easy Street looking forward to this year's mystery. Thanks for a chance to win a copy of the magazine. And thank you for all the inspiration every day.
I've always loved the scrappy look, but didn't know how to achieve it. Now I'm all organized and very happy with my progress on 2 scrappy quilts (of course, one of them is a leader/ender project). Thank you for the tips and inspiration.
Thanks for the opportunity to win this awesome book. I love all the different ways to make a block!
Thanks for helping me get a "handle" on my 30 or so years of scraps! I'm looking forward to trying my first Quiltville mystery.
Hi Bonnie - I have yet to make one of your quilts but do have 2 of your books!! Soon, soon! I do plan on taking part in Celtic Solstice though!! I love scrappy and have a ton of them so looking forward to this project - need to get to the paint store!! Really enjoy hearing about all of your adventures on your blog too!!
Love this block---another beauty by Bonnie :) I could never pick just one of your patterns as a favorite---I want to make one of each :)
Just getting into scrappy blocks...Love this one for sure!
I have most of these books, and I would love to have this one!
I love making Easy Street last year, and I'm champing at the bit for this year's mystery! I love this block in crystal colors, and the fabulous quilt you made with it.
Love all your ideas Bonnie! Thanks so much! My e-mail is love2quilt247@yahoo.com
Love all your tips. After I finish up the quilts already started, I definitely need to do a scrappy one (using your tips).
ik volg je blog regelmatig. Zou graag willen winnen
Bonnie - another great give away. This issue of 100 Blocks should be a great source for new blocks to make.
Bonnie, We're already asking for you to come back to Colorado! I love scrap quilts and would love to add this book to the few I own.
Hi! I have not finished one of your quilts but I do have Lazy Sunday on my list. I have Christmas presents to finish first. Love your scrappy star block.
I have not yet made any of your quilts. I have a few on my bucket list. Trip Around the World is on top. I love this block in the blue/green colorway.
Thanks for the chance, Bonnie. I'm currently making a block from a previous issue for a block exchange with one of my guilds. I'm being a good girl, and collecting lots of HST's for future use.
Great block! I've made Sisters Choice and Bricks & Stepping Stones from your instructions - plus another one that the name is escaping me right now. Love your scrap friendly approach!!! (and your generosity!)
I just love this block & the whole quilt you made with it!! I would love to have this in my quilty library!!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Thanks for a chance to win, love your blogs and your quilt cams.
I love your scrappy stars - and would love to win the book.
Love your block. I haven't made one of your quilts yet, but I have your books & follow your blog faithfully. Thanks.
Honestly I have never won anything but I keep entering! I can't find one thing I don't like that you do Bonnie. I follow you where ever you go...I even sit with you in airports, watch all of your visits near and far and I am even tired, drained when your day is done because all of the adventures you have taken me on.
With that said, thank you for all that you share with us, you are the best, oh thanks to you I have about 7 projects started. Yes, I will finish them with time...well, we will hope for the best. Have a wonderful Veteran's day, thanks to all who served for our freedom, let freedom ring ♥
I am relatively new to your blog and can't get enough! I am in on the Celtic Solstice Mystery, will be my first mystery quilt, I am excited! I have made two blocks Boxy Stars in pinks and greens, inspired from Quilt Cam. Learning the leader and ender system and really feel productive. Thanks for giveaway opportunity.
I am excited to see the new book and your entry to it. I am a collector of quilting books and would love the opportunity to add a special one with meaning to my collection. This list is really long already, but I hope I get a chance to win. Thanks, Bonnie!
Hi. I've finished Easy Street - the only one I've done so far. But while looking for the quilt pattern DH picked out for our bed several years ago, I found that I've collected quite a few of the Quiltmaker 100's and quite a few of your mystery quilts. I think that's what he gets to choose from as I can't find that pattern anywhere!
I just purchased your three books and have signed up for your classes when you come to Tennessee in March 2014. You are one of the most fun teachers to follow. You have a good day and 'keep scrappin'
I am loving my BKH books and hope to extend my library with one more. Thanks for your inspiration and wonderful tips.
Janmccoy@hotmail.com
Just pieced a Strip Twist in black & white (love it!), and I am planning to do your next mystery! Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful block! I just love what you are able to make with your leftovers! You have made a scrap saver out of me. Hope to win (or plan to purchase) the Quiltmakers 100 blocks Vol. 8.
Also, looking forward to starting Celtic Solstice. Still putting together my fabrics.
I have made 2 Bricks and Cobblestones quilts and have also used your "yellow pages" technique for string quilts. Love your block!
Awesome block! I'm definitely ready to use up my bonus HST collection and this is perfect! I've made so many of your patterns that I have a rather impressive collection, if I do say so myself. Still, of all the quilts I've made from your patterns, I believe my favorite is Christmas Lights. It was the first mystery quilt I made, the first of your patterns I made and, as I was making it, unintentionally made enough blocks/units for two quilts - without even realizing it. The quilts were gifted to my sisters-in-law.
I love the scrappy look and feel so virtuous when I'm doing a scrappy quilt. I always tell my husband that "this one didn't cost anything, it's all from my scraps." And bless him, he never mentions that I had to buy the fabric sometime. I generally don't use patterns or kits because I get stressed when I see the cutting requirements and the number of fabrics required. Which makes no sense to me, I don't mind doing a hundred or more HST but I don't want to see it all laid out and know how much I'll have to do. Thanks.
love your designs!
I love that block. Thank you for the chance to win a copy. I have made several of your patterns. I really enjoyed making Orange Crush this past year.
The quilt is lovely and I look forward to the new book. I am a believer in scraps and am the local Scrap Queen. I attend faithfully every scrap swap in my county!
Thanks for sharing how you did your block and thanks for the giveaway too.
smjohns63 at yahoo dot com
I have been reading your blog for about 2 months now and am really interested in trying some of your patterns. I am very interested in the Celtic Solstice as I visited Ireland in 1970. I have already started to pick out fabrics from my stash.. I have also started doing some leaders and enders as I am working on other projects. Thanks.
Thank you for all you do. I'm trying to find the courage to treadle. I bought a Red Eye 1910 61-1 with the back clamping feet. Love the scrappy look.
Love the block! I've made Easy Street, and I can't wait for the new mystery to start!
Thank you for all you do for the rest of us. I would love to win the 100 block book.
love your block, Bonnie. I'm definitely a fan of your work!
I love working with scraps of fabric and have a 1946 Singer Treadle on which I do all my free motion quilting as it has such a large harp and gives a lovely stitch. There is something quite mesmerising when using the treadle and following FMQ lines. This is my first visit to your blog but I am so glad I found it through the giveaways as I will be following your travels in quilting in future. Thank you Stay2smile@gmail.com
Your leader/ender concept got me started doing this about a year ago. It's addictive! I would love to win a copy of this book so I can put them all to use. Thank you!
Wow! Scrap Crystals is beautiful. I can't wait for your new book. This will definitely be the first quilt that I will make. I have made lots of your quilts. I think my favorite is Virginia Bound, but I am also very fond of Carolina Crossroads.
Scrappy quilts are the best! I like your patterns a lot!
Hello Bonnie!
I'm just one of your many followers. You know I've made a bunch of your designs and continue to as long as I have fabric. Of course that certainly won't ever be an issue for me. I can't name just one design that I like over all the others, but I do like the name I gave one of them over all the others best..."Kwitcherbitchin" that is your Pfefferneuse from String Fling. Thanks for a chance to win. Sandi
Yeah - thanks for the give-away. Can not wait for your mystery to begin! Already ironing the scrap pile.
Your workshop for Oklahoma Backroads got me into all things scrappy and I am loving it. The quilt is almost finished.
Hi,
I have started cutting up my scraps using your Scrap Saver's System and cannot wait to use them in some quilts. If only I didn't have to work! :-( Thanks for all the inspiration!
One year our heritage barn at the Almonte Agricultural Fair grounds burned down. A bunch of us got together with bags of crumbs and made the most amazing crumb quilt ever. We donated it to the Agricultural society to raffle and the proceeds went to help raise the new barn. Thanks for the great idea!!!!
Congratulations on having your block in this year's Quiltmaker's 100! Love your block! I'd love to do your new mystery and will be checking that out after I post, hehe. Love your scrap saving system.
Thank you for a super giveaway and a chance to win.
usairdoll(at)gmail(dot)com
Your block is terrific and I can see many color ways!!!
I am a follower, I love your blocks made with scraps. These stars are so cool
Congratulations - Awesome block! Thanks for the chance to win ;)
Bonnie I love your scrappy designs, and once again, you do not disappoint! Love this one too, and I too love blues and greens together so am adding this to my ever-growing list of quilts to make.
I did Talkin' Turkey from 100 Blocks, Vol. 5 and String Fling (showed it to you in Bangor ME last May), and am now working on Jamestown Landing. Thank you for all your great designs, and inspiration. Wish I had half your energy!
I made Bricks and Stepping Stones using purple scraps for the bricks and kept the four patches black and white. I used more purple strips in a piano key border. I will try to send you a photo sometime. I have used the 2 inch squares to make 4 patches leader/ender style that I then used in placemats and sashing and borders for a wall hanging. Love your work and would love to have this book. Thanks.
A favorite? Can't have just one, I'm working on the Shirttails top from the Colorado class I took with you in Oct, finishing up easy street and loving the ease of using the rulers and how I can save fabric, time and my sanity all at once. Love to win , I have the other 7, Kathy
Quiltmaker 100 Blocks are such fun issues! I love seeing something from each of the designers. I have loved your leader/ender technique for some time now and have made an "extra" quilt top while sewing another. Thank you!
I love all that you make, but sadly I have to say I've not made any of your quilts. I like controlled scrappy and I like stars. Your block is beautiful. I do save my leftover half square triangles so some day I will do something with them.
Jenelle : email :Jenellejb at AOL dot Com
I haven't made any of your blocks/quilts recently, but I can't stop checking your blog to enjoy what you and others have created.
Love the design and really love the color selection. It is truly amazing how all those related colors come together in this quilt. Nice job designing as always and, thanks for offering these block collections to us. I'd love to win.
love this block. love the scrappy-ness of it!!!
Love this block and the quilt Bonnie!!, would definitely make this one!!!! Am still working on Easy Street, had to lay it aside for awhile. Would like to have this magazine - thanks for the chance to win!!!!
Thanks so much - not only for previous blog to save these triangles (I hated being told to discards), but for this great block. I love how it all came together. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
I love your scrap crystals quilt and your tips on having usable scraps.
I love following you and your adventures. This block is great, thanks for an opportunity to win.
I love this pattern and have lots of scraps to use in it. Would love to win the book. I have several and have enjoyed your contributions to them. I have not actually done any of your quilts yet, but am gathering fabric for the new mystery quilt.
Great block! Thanks for the chance to win!
Your block looks interesting in a good way. Thank you for the chance to win.
syvisser@gmail(dot)com
Hi Bonnie, I've done all your mysteries and some of your other free patterns as well. So far my favorite quilt is Jacob Takes a Wife. Seconded by Orange Crush. Thanks so much for all you do.
Another giveaway? How special!! I can't wait until the mystery begins....but I will have to wait until the 1st to begin....I will be spending that week at our cabin in the northwoods of Wisconsin. I will be sewing up a storm on my 1913 Singer treadle, while the guys are hunting. No electricity....means no phones, tv or computers. So I will have to wait until we come back to civilization to begin. Unless, you would be willing to give me a sneak peek so I can work on it while I'm on my quilting retreat....please??? :)
I am also one of your greatest admirers. Love all your quilts. Have all your books. Have 5 quilts kitted up to sew. Getting antsy for your Mystery!.....I'm currently working on my FW with CW fabrics. Yes, still......LOVE the quilt pictured above, Love stars anyway........Still praying for your Brother....
Quiltnut
I love to save my scraps and cut them into multiple sizes and store in plastic shoe boxes. When the mood strikes me a pull them all out and start making scrappy table runners and things for gifts for my friends.
I've never made one of your patterns, but I am getting ready to change that! I've pulled fabric for Celtic Solstice and also signed up for a class you are teaching in Texas at the end of the year. I am excited. Great block, by the way!! Your sample quilt is lovely, too. Can't wait to see the pattern in a future book.
One of my greatest thrills was attending your Pferrneuse class in Plano, Texas last year and then meeting you at the Dallas Quilt Guild meeting. Thanks for being you. The quilt world wouldn't be the same without you....and I would love to win the book. Thanks again.
Bonnie, I love Scrap Crystals and the finished quilt! I always buy these magazines but always have a difficult time finding them out here in Podunk. Winning one from you would be wonderful. BTW, I am ready for Celtic Solstice.
I made so many of your quilts! I guess my favorite was last years' mystery because it was in my daughter n laws favorite colors. As soon as she saw the fabric she said that one is mine. She asks for so little I was happy to give it to her. Love your block in this magazine and can't wait for the mystery to start after Thanksgiving!
I love your creativity and use of the triangles! I look forward to seeing your new book.
Hi, I'm a newbie to your blog, I just love it! I'm not new to quilting,but you have such interesting projects that I can't wait to try some of them.
Great Giveaway! Love your blog and read it every day. I also watch your recorded Quilt cams. They make good viewing. Your schedule is awesome.
Linda on travjonuk@yahoo.com
This would be an excellent additional to my library of books. I have enough ideas to quilt from now until I'm 50 and probably still couldn't do them all. I almost enjoy reading through the books as much as I do the quilting.
Hi Bonnie, I start my day out and end my day by checking your blog. I made my mom a king size pineapple blossom quilt for Christmas. It turned out awesome. Love your scrappy quilts. Thanks for making us quilters feel like we are all in a great big quilt guild together with you. My birthday was yesterday so it would be great to win the giveaway..
Pick just one? I love all of your scrappy inspiration. I did Orca Bay, she's just waiting for borders and quilting. I also have a pink Scrappy Trip Around the World in the works. Thank you for offering 3 copies and thank you for all the time and love you put out there on your blog and in your classes. Best wishes to you and yours.
i:ve done your easy street pattern, and next I want to do your mystic mountain.
I am a follower but have not made any yet.
Love this block and I am saving scraps to do it. Liking forward to the mystery quilt. Will be the first one I am doing with you but not the last
My first Bonnie quilt was also my first mystery quilt, Christmas lights, from Quiltmaker magazine. I completed it right along with the issues but just now had it quilted by my friend. Love leader enders and am making my blue heaven as my current leader ender project. Thanks for all you do for all of us.
Looking forward to this years mystery quilt and your new book coming this spring. I have several of the digital copies of Quilt maker 100 blocks, but not this one. Thanks for all of your hard work and talent-
I was so tickled to see you were participating! I'm currently working on my first from Adventures with Leaders and Enders, the Scrappy Irish Chain. tdwoverton at gmail .com
I have learned so much from you about fabric value and intensity. Every time I go through your books I find a new lesson that escaped me during my last visit to Bonnieville. Thanks for your passion and sharing.
I have just made a similar star block for a BOM for my quilt guild but I really like the way you have added to it. What a great idea! Lynda.nunez35@gmail.com
I have made 3 of your Boxy Star pattern and totally love it, because you can make it any size you need, just do more blocks. I have been following you for about 3 years now and don't see any reason to stop!! Love your patterns, your stories, your quilt cam, just everything about you. Wish we could be neighbors so maybe some of you would rub off on me. Thanks for another chance to win!!
iowegian7@gmail.com
I saw you recently in Eugene, Oregon. You are an inspiration. I love the look of scrappy and follow you on Facebook as well.
Diane
lvbabyboomer@yahoo.com
Don't we all have a lot of leftovers? And what a great and stunning idea what to do with them, thanks for it!
hildy(at)ebertzeder(dot)de
I love your block. I may have give it a try. Thanks for sharing.
Always love your work, I think Orca bay is my all time favorite.
I have to admit I have not done a quilt from you yet, BUT I am doing the Celtic Solstic.... You have convinced me to try this! I am so looking forward to pushing my creative boundaries!
Love your scrap blocks in Quiltmaker.
Your quilt block is beautiful! I'm just now getting into quilting and have put your blogs in my favorites!
I love the squishiness of this star block! And, of course, I have made some of your quilts...Smoly Mountain Stars for my husband in recycled men's shirts, String-X for my son, the bricks & bl/wh four patch quilt...can't remember the name, Jarod Takes a Wife & I'm working on a Sister's Choice now. You are my 'Go To' blog when I need to use up scraps! Thank you for all that you've done for the online quilting community! svonfumetti(at)yahoo(dot)com
would love to win , i love to make blocks, thanks
I love your block--what an awesome way to use scraps!
After seeing the two baby quilts made with nine patches, I whipped one up for the new baby next door. Thanks so much for all the inspiration.
Oh this is going to be a great block for me to do. I am a new quilter and I love half square triangles.
Thanks for a chance to win. Love the variety in your scraps
I was introduced to your site and methods a year ago. I did Easy Street and really liked the results. I did another scrappy quilt and have strips separated by size which is saving some of those really awful pieces that somehow came home with me but are just too ugly to use. I have volumes 6 and 7 which I found on the news stand. I really like the accuracy of the directions and would welcome volume 8.
I follow you on facebook and am looking forward to starting a string quilt and doing leader/enders...have LOTS of scraps left over from my king size yoyo quilt project. Would love to win the book!
I haven't made any of your quilts yet but i've bookmarked them like crazy so I can come back to them! I have pattern overload and can't choose!! Love your scrappy block.
waiting to add another book to my 100 block collection, your block is another winner
I would love to win! I enjoy looking at and making many of the blocks in the Quiltmaker's 100 blocks. Thank you for the chance to win. I am also looking forward to the mystery -- and I really like your instructions -- lots of pictures helps make it easier to follow.
I love finding new blocks to make. Thank you
I check your blog every chance I get during the day. Keeps me inspired. Am grateful for the chance to enter the drawing. Now off to your tips and techniques. Need to debone a shirt.
Have just started doing scrappy quilts and this one looks fantastic! Cannot wait for your upcoming book.
I love your style and all your quilts. Most of them are on my To-Make list. I've already made Scrappy Trips and love it! Plus have several others partially complete. I bought your first book and love it. I'm a frugal quilter and often buy thrift store cotton shirts to use in quilting so your patterns are right up my alley! Keep doing what you're doing!!!
A wonderful block in great colors.
Regards
Gabi
Beautiful block. I like how it all comes together when viewed in the whole quilt. I've made your Bricks and Stepping Stones quilt. It's fun to make and easy for when a quilt is needed in a hurry.
I love your quilts and your mysteries...my favorite has been Easy Street because of its modern feel! Would love to win the 100 blocks. Have all the rest!
Bonnie, I love quiltcam, your vintage machines and your scrappy quilts. Your block in this new book is one I especially like. I am such a sucker for stars. I'd love to have this book, too.
I have been saving my triangle scraps and had no clue what to do with them but now I do. I can't wait for this issue to come out. You are so creative. I love following your quilt making.
Bonnie, I have not made any of your blocks or quilts but really do want to. Maybe in 2014!
Thanks for the chance to win! It's hard to find these magazines where I live in Canada, and too expensive to order them from Quiltmaker.
Hello Bonnie
I would love to win the 100 blocks blog party magazine - it is not necessarily a magazine we get here in NZ easily. Love your blog. Thanks for the opportunity.
Helen
I love your scrappy anything! I have made 4 of your patterns now, and raffled them off at our school's Dessert Night, and they are always a hit!!
I've used several of your scrap blocks from Quiltmaker. I love this block; stars are one of my favorite blocks to make.
I have been following you on FaceBook and love your posts. Very soon, I will begin a quilt pattern of yours. First, I am getting some UFO's completed. Thanks for this contest. How fun! 5gustos@gmail.com
After hearing you in Tallahassee last November, I made a string quilt out of my husband's old shirts to give to my grandson. I named it POPS SHIRTTAILS. I'm sure it will bring back many memories when he is being warmed by it. I would use the book to make quilts for my other grandchildren if I won it. Thanks for all the inspiration you have given to me. cjomorris@aol.com
never made any of your quilts but this on looks lovely
ABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com
That block has gazillions of possibilities! Keep up the wonderful work, Bonnie.
I just found your page a few weeks ago, I love it I found a quilt you made a few yrs back bowtie with cheddar, fell in love with it and I am trying to make one only got to 50 blocks so far , I have a long ways to go. I am making the 3d bowtie instead of the cut corners, it is so fun and looking pretty good if I do say so myself. I have not masterd your leader ender yet but am trying as I love the chain sewing. thanks for all you share with us.
Bonnie, I am a loyal follower and use your techniques often. I am definitely a scrap saver and love this block as much as all your others.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Bonnie, you are an inspiration, as is evidenced by your loyal followers! Your energy and creativity are contagious! Thank you for all you do...
Nice block! I really like the blues and greens to make it semi-scrappy.
I too enjoy your blog, and I enjoy sewing along with you via your web cam. I enjoy seeing the vintage sewing machines you use to make such pretty blocks! It is easy to feel that unless you have a pricey machine with all the bells and whistles, your quilt will look inferior, but you prove otherwise. I also like the beautiful quilt blocks you make using scraps, the end product of which becomes a stunning quilt. Thanks so much for being so down to earth and sharing your quilting skills with others!
Love your block. Watching you on Quilt Cam, your blogs, Facebook posts all have given me a deep love of scrappy. I use your scrap users system as much as I can with my limited space. Thank you for sharing your love of quilting and wonderful talents with us!
Scrappy quilts are one of my favorites.. I use to help my aunt when she made them..
I just learned about you and your quilts - and love of scraps - this past summer. I love your quilts and have begun to organize my scraps into usuable sizes. I am excited to work on Celtic Solstice as I just returned from a wonderful trip to Ireland and it would be a wonderful remind of my trip. I enjoy reading your blog, and am amazed at your stamina for all the traveling! P.S. i have two Featherweights, both from the early 50's
Bonnie, you are an inspiration, as is evidenced by your loyal followers! Your energy and creativity are contagious! Thank you for all you do...
I am fairly new to quilting. I made my first one this year for my niece's wedding. I can't wait to participate in your mystery quilt this year. I've never done one before and I'm excited to try it out.
As a new quilter I am always trying to learn more. Thank you so much for your blog, it has provided me with so much information!
Thanks,
Rachel Turley
pajamafamily@hotmail.com
# 201 should be a lucky # for me My Bonnie -OH!
My "Easy Street," renamed "Southern Comfort," is being auctioned off tonight at the fund raiser for the Pilot Club of Lufkin. I love your blocks!
I love all your scrappy stuff Bonnie, cuz scrappy makes me happy!
"Quiltville" is the first site I visit every morning! You are a true inspiration! I have finished one Bricks and Stepping Stones and both your Patches & Pinwheels and Nine in the Middle are in progress. It's so hard to pick a favorite, but your new Scrap Crystals is on the list already. I have Volume Nos. 5, 6 and 7; looking forward to viewing Volume 8 of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks.
Yvonne
quiltgrane@gmail.com
I did your Double Delight quilt and love it. Looking forward to your next mystery. Love reading your blog daily.
Me me I'd like win I know there will be a winner so why not me?
Gosh someone is going to win and I promise to be happy for the winner who ever is chosen.
Thank you for being such a giver , Bonnie
Colleen from California
I am not sure my post posted
I'd be happy to be chosen
Colleen in California
colleen1990@yahoo.com
LOVE how they come together to make the entire pattern...and I like the controlled scrappy! I'm still working on your Easy Street and I'm playing along with Celtic Solstice.
Would love to add this volume to collection. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
I just love the scrappy blocks!
I love the geometry and endless possibilities if your block.
Would love to add this to my collection. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
I've been a follower of your blog for years and love it! I've made several of your mystery quilts and love them. I'd love to win this bookl
I would love to participate in your drawing. I am new to your mystery quilts but have started collecting my fabric for this new one and am excited to get the first clue on Nov. 29th. Thanks for the opportunity to win and for all of your helpful tips and ideas.
thecobbs2@Yahoo.com
Love the variety of quilt blocks and scrappy is just endless possibilities. Seeing your quilts on the site always inspires me to dig out the scraps.
I've followed your blog for about three years now and I enjoy it immensely. Thank you for all your scrappy inspiration.
I've been making the block boxy stars from my scraps and have been saving the triangles as well. So glad to see the use of the left over triangles!
I made your Orca Bay quilt. I gave it to my best friend and it was a reminder of our desire to make a trip to Alaska. Thank you for a chance to win
Thanks for the chance Bonnie! I did my first mystery with you last year and just finished quilting Easy Street in green, blue, maroon, brown and creams. I am working on getting the binding hand sewn before the next mystery starts. I've also made a few of your free patterns - thanks so much for all you do for the quilting community.
You have created a beautiful block Bonnie- I love the secondary designs that happen in your quilt. Thanks for the chance to win this magazine.
Regards from Alberta,
Anna
After 2 years of being an avid follower of your blog and Facebook posts, I have *finally* started cutting up my scraps into widths according to your system and using Leaders/Enders in all my projects! Now that I'm on the bandwagon, I have attempted several Crayon Boxes, an I Spy 4 Patch, am in the middle of a Floating Nine Patch and have a Scrappy Trips waiting in the wings. All of these have gone to or are destined for my local Project Linus chapter for needy/sick kiddos around El Paso, TX.
Thank you for all that you do to entertain, teach and inspire your fellow quilters around the world!!!
-Kristy S
kristina{dot}L{dot}Smith1{at}hotmail{dot}com
Oh my sooo many comments. I would love to receive one of the 100 block magazines. I usually buy one when they come out. I have made a couple of your mysteries. But I do love the Orca Bay the most. I made it in brown,teals, and pink. It is not quilted yet but when it is I will send a pic to you! Keep on doing all the great things you do!
I LOVED Orca Bay! I was brand new to quilting and didn't know that I shouldn't jump head first but was supposed to go slowly and learn techniques first! Or so a quilt shop owner told me. My piecing was not so great in the beginning but improved so much during the construction of that quilt. Plus, it is still the best motivation for me. After Orca Bay, I didn't slow down! I skipped last year because I thought I didn't have time. I am STILL going through withdrawals! I have my fabrics and am ready to roll this year. I would love to have a copy of this magazine. It is one of the few that I have not gotten yet. I guess I think that if I get it, I will be hooked!
Thanks for all you do, Bonnie! I've learned so much from you over the past couple of years!
Love the block - Congratulations.
I haven't made any scrappy quilts yet because I don't have much of a scrap stash yet (but it's building up). I do follow your blog and tips on scrap organization etc.
I think I have FINALLY found a scrap pattern that I like!! Thank you!
roberta.j.kennedy@gmail.com
Very fun block that looks like a great way to use up those scraps, I also save those extra triangles from trimming, mjmm773@yahoo.com
100 blocks.....game on!
Great block and a wonderful scrap user. I have the easy street pattern ready to go, my favorite. ONe of my friends finished hers and it was just beautiful.
My favorite quilt is always the one I'm using at the moment. That means my favorite is my autumn maple leaf quilt on my bed.
Another great block from you. I can't wait to turn it into my next leader/ender project. One of my favorite Bonnie Hunter quilts is my Smith Mountain Morning. It's the one I took your class for. It was great meeting you and getting a closer glimpse of your scrappy ways. Thanks for all you do.
I am new to your blog and love your designs and innovative thoughts. To be quite honest, my favorite part of the quilting process is the actual quilting. Piecing can be frustrating for me at times, but by the time the top is made and the quilt sandwiched and I can sit in front of my machine and guide the fabric and listen to the hum of my machine, I am SO relaxed. One of these days, I'm going to do a whole cloth quilt. Until then, I'm just practicing. :-) Utahoosier@yahoo.com
I love the scrappy quilts! Follow you on FB Thanks for the chance.
I am in the process of making my second StoryTime Stars. I love this scrappy baby quilt
I love this block and the whole quilt!!
I love scrappy quilts and I have used some of your block designs.
I have made many of your patterns before. I have done all the mysteries including the two from Quiltmaker. I also have made Pineapple Blossom, WeedWacker, crayon box, and several scrappy bargello and trips around the world. I love all of them but my absolute favorite is still "Double Delight".
Hi Bonnie, I'm currently working on Smith Mountain Morning and Jamestown Landing. I've made so many of your quilts I can't choose a favorite. I guess I would have to say Carolina Christmas. it was the first "Bonnie Quilt" I ever made.
I'm a fairly new follower, having been tipped off by a fellow writer on FanStory.com, whose wife follows you faithfully and highly recommended your page through him to me. Unfortunately, I don't know her name (as we use pseudonyms on FanStory) but want to say thanks here, thinking she might see it. Her husband's name is Bob.
Hi, Bonnie! I love your patterns. The quilts go together so well. I have completed Red Ridge Beauty (mine was red and creams so can't call it Blue) and Orca Bay. I hope to complete the tops of Rick Rack Nine Patch and Sister's Nine Patch before the end of the month. All the blocks are made - just need to cut out the setting squares. I have the center of the summer sew along for the Split Nine Patch done and need to add the first border and make the second. I'm so deep in scrappy quilts and such a fan!
Thanks Bonnie would love to have this book. It will be the first of many to be in my collection for quilting. Just beginning to quilt. I watch and read all your quilting on FB and quiltville
Love the block. Thanks for the chance
My first Bonnie Hunter original I made was Easy Street...then I got your Scraps & ShirtTales Book and I am challenging myself to make each one. I have Denim Rails, Virginia Bound & Cactus Punch tops done and just started cutting pieces for Star Gazing. I love the fact that your teaching me how to recycle clothes for fabric..yes its nice that I can spend $12+ a yard for fabric...but I can also make some really pretty quilts out of clothes that my kids wore. =) The BIGGEST lesson I'm learning is color value too..I can sort clothes like nobodies business. 6 kids = mountainous piles..but picking quilt fabrics make me nervous sometimes. I'm learning to just cut & sew it together... Working through my stash and I am LOVING it! thanks Bonnie! rkwhetzel@gmail.com
Now I need to decide, do I keep going on my split nine patches or take those parts and make this instead. Love the surprise star in the center!
I like both of your versions. And I don't have any of the "Blocks" so I would love to win!
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Peg psbogan@yahoo.com
Love the bonus triangle quilt! Can't wait for Celtic Solstice.
Love the bonus triangle quilt! Can't wait for Celtic Solstice.
Love scrappy and can't wait to make your quilt that goes with the block. I have a pineapple blossom quilt in line for quilting, use the bonus triangles for one of the borders. First pieced border for me.
Hugs
rmiglin1@twcny.rr.com
Thank you for the chance to win the new book. I love your block pattern and hope to use it in a quilt some day. At the present all my half square triangles are destined for the leader-ender challenge.
You have certainly caught my attention with your scrap quilts; using leftovers from dressmaking is what drew me to quilting in the first place and I love how all the little pieces come together.
I love your quilts! They are all so doable. Finishing up some other projectsand then I'll be ready to start a new one. Love what I have seen in previous copies of 100 blocks. Have tried to find copies to purchase. Would love a copy of Quiltmaker’s 100 blocks, vol 8 so I can use or inspiration. Makes it so much more special when I know someone who has blocks in there! :-) Thanks.
Judy Brennan - jbrennan2@kc.rr.com
I love using up those "bonus" blocks! I get a charge out of the free quilts I can create with what a lot of quilters throw away!
Love your block especially after seeing it used in a quilt! Can't wait for the Mystery to begin. I enjoyed your workshop in Columbia, SC and am working diligently on the scrappy trip. Thanks Bonnie for your inspiration.
I haven't made one of your quilts YET, but plan to do Celtic Solstice. And I'm soooo looking forward to a class with you in Plano, TX on January 1st! Would love to win the book. I know another designer, too, and her block is on the cover!
I love your books, patterns, and ideas!
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