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March 06, 2016

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Quilt Top Done!

It was a final push over the finish line. I got the top all pieced Sunday evening. Here is my version of Bonnie Hunter's intricate Mystery Quilt On Ringo Lake. The secondary patterns are intriguing, and really make this a stellar design.

The Rapid Fire Clues were tough to keep up with, but I learned that I can push myself to make more time for quilting. I hope to keep the experience in mind and become a more productive quilter in 2018.

I didn't order enough of the perfect lakeside backing fabric, and was going to just order a wide backing. In the end I decided to order some more on Ebay.

It's called Lakeside Retreat from Wilmington prints. I think it's perfect for this quilt and would have just languished in my stash for too long if I set it aside.

My intention is to sandwich this and quilt it right away. I hope that I can also move some other quilt tops into the finished queue. I hate to think of the time they have spent hidden away in a drawer. After that, I don&…

A Weekend at the Lake

Ringo Lake, figuratively but not literally. Clue 1 dropped early Friday morning. Black Friday for those who love crowds, but creamy white-chocolate brown-aqua blue Friday for those of us Quiltvillians who were fortunate enough to be spending the holiday at home or within reach of ample stash and tools for sewing.

First, I pawed through my scrap user's system bins, which yielded up some great starting fabrics. I had ample cream colored white strips and a few browns to get me started.

Then I began working on the fqs and yardage that was stored in various drawers and bins.

Soon I was churning out these little nine patches and falling more in love with the colors of this quilt with every block.

And here is the full assortment for Clue 1 resting on my background fabric, which is so very lake-appropriate.

Love it? It's not too late to join in. You can make a wall quilt or a throw by doing 1/2 or 3/4 of the required number of blocks if you like.

The downside of all this fun has been…

Stay in the Comfort Zone

We joined the local guild. The BOM is an every two months you make two of the same block and end up with enough for a quilt. The pattern looked easy enough and my first thought was to try something different. So without much thought yesterday, I rummaged through stash and came up with something. Zipped through the cutting with my Go! cutter and dies and spent about an hour piecing the preliminary units. It was so good to hear my happy 301 zooming along again!

However, when I laid them out, I thought, "It looks like Easter Egg colors! Or Jelly beans! What was I thinking." This is so not me. I know I need to venture into brighter colors, but this was a step off a cliff! The focus fabric on the right sort of has all these colors in it. But without the focus fabric in the block, it just looks like a baby quilt block that no one would enjoy receiving.
The following photo shows one small square of the original buttery yellow that looked even more hideous. I tried swapping in a …

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