It would be right up your alley, you’ve got that engineer brain, you can see it in your weaving. This one more than most is all about being methodical and organised.
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What an absolutely stunning quilt! 
clearly the talent runs in your family!
@edel yours is stunning as well! Love the colours.
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One of the beautiful things about December is that it is such a joyful time of year. Let’s bring that joy into the sewing room (or dining room, or wherever else you spend your creative time)!
December Prompt
Quilt something that brings you joy:
Whether your joy comes from the colors, the pattern, or the knowledge that a gift recipient will love what you made, quilt something that makes you feel joyous. Share a pic of your quilted goodness and let us know how it brought you joy 
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Just a reminder, December is the last month of our fourth quarter challenge.
Quarter 4 Challenge
(October 1 - December 31)
Finish your 2022 WIPs:
Remember that project you started back at the beginning of the year, but never got around to finishing? Now is it’s time to see the light of day again! What better way to end the year than with a pile of finished projects? Complete your 2022 works in progress. In order to be eligible for this challenge, your quilted project needs to be something that you either started or worked on sometime this year. It can either be a project that you are currently working on, or one that you previously set aside. Let’s make room for fun, new projects in 2023!
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@Edel, how wonderful to have new quilty friends who are local to you! Your beautiful Swedish postcards quilt is really coming along. I never cease to be amazed by your speed once you get started!
@marionberries, what a lovely find!
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@edel Wild and beautiful. I love this but I know I would not be able to get my head around the instructions. It would make my little ADHD head spin. It’s going to be awesome when finished!
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I agree! The instructions look hectic.
@Edel its so cheerful!
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You could always just make a huge pile of HSTs the easy way and then arrange them as you like. If you keep the color-pairs of each square close together on the color wheel, you can make it flow without too much trouble. And your ADHD need for spontaneity and creativity will be satisfied.
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I do work much more organically. Most of the time it works, sometimes it gets crazy. But it’s always fun.
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Do you need more than a fat quarter of any single color? I’m thinking I should have plenty of color variety in here
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Only one of the 36 colours needs more than a FQ, it needs almost. 1/2 yd, and it’s a red colour, apart from that it looks like you have plenty of fabric.
You can get a free detailed pdf DL if you Google postcards from Sweden quilt pattern Get it from the search result link that is media .rainpos .com (I can’t link it directly from my phone for some reason) there are loads of sites to DL it from, but that is a direct link to the pattern and doesn’t require you to sign up etc.
The only tricky thing about sewing this quilt is that you’re sewing the hypotenuse of a bunch of triangles, which is stretchy-i found that using leaders and enders and a walking foot helped massively
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Thanks for the tips! I did one quilt that was mostly HSTs many years ago, I remembered they were tricky but not how to combat the stretch.
In a moment of weakness last night I put the kit with the exact Kona colors on my Christmas list and sent it to my husband. I just love the colors in the original and not having to try to match the colors myself will remove some of the stress. I haven’t made a quilt in well over 6-7 years, we will see if this was a good idea for how to dip my toe back in 
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I suppose you could combat the stretch factor by using the 2 at a time HST method. Where you cut the squares bigger than needed, then draw 1 diagonal line on the back, but sew 1/4" to the side on both sides, and cut down the middle. You’d have way less trouble with the stretching, but you’d end up making 2 HST’s for every combo you needed, meaning you’d be making 2 quilts worth of blocks.
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What a tragedy that would be 
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I prefer this method…hmmm…a twofer…I think I would have no problem with that…
@photojenn --what site did you order the Kona? Just asking for a “friend”… 
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I found a quilt shop on Etsy that sells kits.
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I know. It would be great to knock out 2 quilts tops with barely more work than piecing 1. 
But it would be a commitment to then sandwich and quilt them. Some folks might not want that much WIP hanging over them. 
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My first thought was you could join them for a king sized quilt.
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My first thought was double sided but I am fabric greedy like that
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A helpful trick I learned when doing my Morewood Mystery quilt - after you’ve sewn the 1/4” seams, use the iron to press each HST open before cutting down the middle. This helps prevent stretching and distortion that can happen when pressing them after they are cut.
You can see a demonstration of the technique at 6:12 into this video.
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