Most of the quilts I make are long term or very long term projects! I love hand piecing, hand applique and hand quilting, but every so often I like to use my machine. The mystery quilts are great, there is no agonising over which fabric goes where, all you have to do is follow the detailed instructions in each clue. You can be confident that if you like the fabrics when they are sitting in the basket, you are going to love them when they are in the finished quilt!
Clue number one was posted yesterday, so this afternoon, I cut and sewed, and cut and sewed and sewed some more...
Chain piecing is very therapeutic and makes short work of piecing!
Before long I had 192 3" four patches! well actually I have 195 and a half! I got a little bit carried away...
I like to pin them in sets of 10, and put them in a zip lock bag, with a label before I forget what they are for!
I am linking this to Bonnie's Blog link up:
http://quiltville.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/easy-street-monday-link-up-1.html
I like your colors!
ReplyDeleteI just started mine today - grey and white but the rest of the colours are different. Found your blog through quiltvillechat. Looking forward to working on this although I'm supposed to be finishing not starting - aren't we terrible ? xx
ReplyDeleteI love the colors - so rich and mellow, like a tapestry!
ReplyDeleteI too love the colours. Wishing you a wonderful birthday weekend. What did your DH cook for you.
ReplyDeleteI really like your colors. I had such a hard time deciding which colors to use that I am making two mystery quilts! I know, I'm off my nut! And now, looking at what you've chosen, I'd like to try a third - but I'm not quite that crazy!
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Ohh that ziploc thing is a great idea - I'm runnign ou of shoe boxes for UFOs and WIPs...
ReplyDeleteGreat fabric choices! I was a bit timid this time and am following the colors Bonnie used.
ReplyDeleteYour fabrics are beautiful. I love the warm persimmon color of your constant.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing clue number one, now comes the hard part...........waiting for the next clue!
ReplyDeleteDid I already leave a comment? Sorry if this is a duplicate. I really like your color choices. The pale greyish/blue looks fabulous with the other colors. I'm still trying to decide whether to play along. I can't begin sewing for another two weeks and think I may be too far behind by then. But as I look at everyone else's colors, it's very encouraging.
ReplyDeleteNancy from joy for grace
Your fabrics make my heart sing - just gorgeous! Looking forward to step 2.
ReplyDeleteYay, you went with the orange instead of the gray too! Your fabrics are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove your fabric choices and your four patches look great!
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ReplyDeleteGreat color choices! I can't wait to see how the quilt turns out.
ReplyDeleteLove your fabrics I am along the same lines but will use the gray I have a perfect gray in my collection! my stash is telling me I have too I really don't have alot of brights...
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