Cut it into slices, as shown in the photo. Sew and cut more blocks...
Re-sew the strips.
And come up with this scrappy Delectable Mountains variation.
Or this one.
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| Perfect for fall. See all the plaids and stripes? |
What a stunner.
Bonnie K. Hunter calls her version 'Scrappy Mountain Majesties.'
I call it wonderful.
Go to her Quiltville blog, and she'll tell you how to do it, too.
2 comments:
That's not original to Bonnie Hunter. I can recall doing that in the 90's and it wasn't original then. The problem is that all those strips are bias, it's really hard to get them to come out right. You have to use a ton of starch.
But if you start with HSTs on the bias, it's a little better. Really, you have to experiment and see which method you personally like the best. Everyone has their own preference.
Phoebe, I know it's not Bonnie's original idea -- but this is Bonnie's version of that idea. I'd be a bad girl if I didn't acknowledge that.
Thanks for pointing it out, though.
We have so many 'original' tips and techniques that are refined on, or come up with...when I worked at Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, we used to joke that there was a giant idea pipeline, and occasionally two people would plug into it at the same time. Thus: the same 'original' technique, with each person convinced they're the only ones who came up with it.
I've seen almost fistfights about this subject. I remember when Deirdre Amsden's 'Colourwash' quilts were popular, we had a lady write in and INSIST that this was her idea, not Deirdre's, how dare she, etc etc.
My own Hanky Panky method, which I thought of as 'mine,' has reappeared from different people under different labels. Did they 'steal' it from me...or did they come up with the technique themselves, and think I copied from them? (I didn't, by the way -- I truly figured this one out myself.)
That's why you can copyright a pattern page -- but not a technique.
Thanks for writing.
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