Like it Lois! I have looked at this pattern a few times so will add it to that evergrowing list.

Theresa

Love this, Lois! I'm going to do a scrappy mountain border on the quilt for my blue birthday blocks. And I love that you LOVE SCRAPPY!

It looks great and it's a scrap inspiration. Thanks for the tip.

Lois, that is beautiful! Now I want to dig in my scraps too.

Love it! I think one of the elements to lovin' scrappy is the use of many different fabrics. For those of us with limited scraps, we have difficulty with making/embracing making a scrappy quilt that looks great. Lois --this one works!!!
I love this Bonnie Hunter Pattern. I took a workshop with her a few years ago & I follow her blog......she embraces and uses a zillion different fabrics and it works! Her followers make beautiful quilts! Jackie's quilts are gorgeous.

Lois -- Are you lost in the 'dark side' of scrappy??? ..........from Modern to scrappy.......???
(just kidding)

Yes, Marsha, I've gone over to the dark side. Thirty-two different greens and 30 tan/neutrals. (I ran out of neutrals and had to repeat a couple.) I don't think I'm ready for the "just grab any fabric out of the bag and use it" scrappy yet, but as long as there's some order to it, I'm okay.

Looks great Lois...controlled scrappy make up lovely quilts!

Lois, Any of us could have 'helped' you with that repeat problem (that really isn't a problem). Just ask Beverly about when she needed a mix of greens. Of course, you may have never gotten over it........just ask Beverly. lol But, isn't it wonderful?! I love this group!!!

Organized scrappy "chaos", that's what I'd have to do, too. This is lovely and wouldn't it be neat in purples with neutrals or whites? Purple mountains majesty …

Love it! That may be my quilt for me.

It is a beautiful quilt.

SMM is one of my favorite patterns.

TFS.

~Geraldine

I do like the second layout better. You do get a different perspective from a picture. I keep wanting to buy a Bonnie Hunter book, but never get around to it. For some reason I don't seem to be finding any time to quilt right now, but I will get back to it.

In scrap quilts, I like the 'controlled scrappy' look over complete chaos that some of my crumb blocks are. I've gotten to where I try to make them with some kind of order.......at least, that's where I am today. :-)

Bev2009, I imagine after you get the garden part of your life in order, you'll get back to quilting. Rainy days would be a good time to do something. :-)

Bev, Bonnie has a ton of free patterns on her blog, so you don't even need to buy a book! :)

Donna

I've been looking at your quilt, Lois, trying to figure out if you could do the mountains with each "peak" a different fabric, but in the same color way. Then I decided that would be too much work and the single block in one fabric next to another single block of another fabric looks great just the way it is. Sometimes, trying to make something too, toooooo scrappy isn't worth it?

Ah, but the challenge can be half the fun. (Now I'll be trying to figure it out like one of those songs can't stop humming. grrrr )

Teresa, Each 'mountain' begins with one square of dark and one square of light fabric which gives you 2 HSTs, which in turn is sliced into 8 strips. So these are all the same. What you could do is mix these up with other strips before sewing the 4 strips together that make up the block. Not sure if you'd want to keep the background constant if doing it that way, or not. My 'control' self says yes, so that everything isn't different......but, that's me.

Nice neighbor! I've considered making one of these for a long time........I really like it with the borders.

Perfect borders. Finishes it off beautifully.

Theresa

It's lovely!

loisflan, love the finish!

You're right - that is the perfect color of green for the final border! Well done!

And now it's quilted. I really love this pattern.

Beautiful! And a scrappy binding, too. :) I love the colors!

Donna

Lois, This is absolutely awesome!

Love it, love it, love it.

Theresa

I love it!!! It looks great! Really beautiful. But I'm curious. What's on the back? LOL!

Jennifer

Jennifer, the backing is just one of the Northcott Stonehenge marble-looking fabrics in a boring tan. I got it cheaply on-line. I'm just happy to get the tops done without trying for interesting backs too. I love 108" fabric!

Donna, with hind-sight, I think I should have left that light green out of the binding. Oh, well, it's scrappy.

Thanks, ladies.

Very nice

The finished quilt is wonderful! And, it's finished!!! Double wonderful!

Speaking from my own experience: the more fabrics you use in a scrappy quilt (controlled or chaos) the better the resulting quilt. I used approximately 42 different fabrics in my queen/full size quilt I made for my own bed and, in hindsight, I could have added an extra 20 more fabrics to the mix and not have the same fabrics repeated as close to each other.

trouzernc, I think you are so right. The quilt had 32 different greens, 33 counting the border, and the binding had only 10-12. I was going for easier and quicker, and I hate it when a seam in the binding aligns with a corner. I didn't even use the diagonal seam technique in the binding, which I usually do. I just did straight seams.

Looks great! Nice quilting!

I've been doing scrappy bindings on the last few tops I finished...I like them...especially since I rarely do borders, they seem to add just the right finish.

I'm very conscious of where the seams fall in relation to the corners...I do the diagonal cut and lay out the binding first around the perimeter... seems to work.

V.

Yes, V.! I have to pin on the binding first to be sure none of the joins end up in the corners, then move the binding a bit if it looks like the binding seam(s) will end up on the corners.

I do that too; it's just so much harder with short strips and diagonal seaming.

The more I look at that light green binding, the more I dislike it. Hopefully the recipient of the quilt will not be hanging it in her doorway. I suppose I could take it out, but that seems crazy. So much for my attempt at spontaneity. I'll have to be a little more circumspect next time.

Lois, the light green in the binding is FINE! Do not take it apart! :) :)

Thanks, Donna.

Beautiful quilt. Love the variety of greens and the dark border really pulls it all together.

You did a beautiful job. It is just beautiful. It would be perfect for a log cabin. I offered to make a quilt for my sister to give as a thank you to a friend who loaned her Minn. cottage to my sister's whole family, but she has a very limited knowledge of the variety of quilts and said it wouldn't be appropriate. This quilt would open her eyes to a whole different look.

Any hints on cutting, construction? I am thinking that I may start one this week. I do have a pile of fabrics already pulled.

thanks

Theresa

Theresa, Here's the pattern:

Bonnie Hunter's Scrappy Mountain Majesties pattern

Thanks Sharon. I was just curious whether Lois had any other suggestions from her experience.

Theresa

I think you'll really enjoy making this quilt, Theresa.

I tried to use a variety of greens, but I shied away from bright yellow-greens, which I didn't feel went with the other greens that well. Two blocks are created from each pair of green and neutral 8.5" squares, one uphill and one downhill. I did try to make sure each pair went well together. After they were all made, I separated them into two piles with one of each color combo in each pile. Then I made sure each half of the quilt had one of the combos so that the quilt was balanced. (I am pretty OCD.) When I had them all laid out on my design "floor," I made sure the seams in the odd rows were pressed one way and the even, the other, so the seams would nest. The blocks went together easily and required no trimming. Yay! I mixed batiks and regular cottons.

I can't think of anything else at this time, but I'll jump in again if I think of something. Have fun! I can't wait to see your version. What colors are you using?

I pulled a lot of blues and I am on the fence about using one light throughout, or using several lights. I am trying to hold off cutting until I finish working on one WIP. It wont be long. But I am getting antsy to start something new.

Beautiful

Blocks are finished. But I will have to put them aside for a bit. We are going away this weekend and I don't like leaving a mess in my sewing area AKA the kitchen table. Some other cleaning to do also. This was a quick and easy pattern to do. Probably the hard part will be deciding on a layout.

Theresa

You're teasing us, Theresa!

Ok Lois, just for you.

The blocks are just laid out haphazardly and now have to be picked back up so I can vacuum. I probably won't get back at them until next week sometime. And then do a proper layout. Spread those lights out in a more balanced way. There may not be as much variety in shading in the light but they are all different.

Up close, I am not over the moon but the farther away I get, it looks better.

Theresa

Thanks for humoring me, Theresa. That's going to be beautiful. You did a good job choosing blues. Are you going with the alternate layout that has all the blue "mountains" going up rather than going up and down like mine? There are a couple of other layout options too.

Haven't decided on actual layout. Later!

Theresa