Chugging Along on Clue 3

Clue 3 was finished yesterday.  It took me a few trys to decide how I was going to do them. Cutting rectangles and squares and then drawing lines was just not going to happen. I finally decided to make a template to tape to the back of my easy angle ruler. Worked great for me. I stitched and pressed in batches of ten trying to vary my neutrals as much as I could.

This is a good sampling of my pieces.

Here is my little template that I used. Several others made the same type of thing.

I have been using fat quarters. Using this template instead of cutting rectangles, I was able to get 5 units from each strip. Had I cut rectangles and used the flip and fold square technique, I would have only gotten 4. I cut 2 strips at a time, right sides facing each other. That gave me my mirror images. Then I used the other end of the ruler to cut the triangles. For me this was the best option.

Ready for the next clue!

I'm linking up with Bonnie Hunter's On Ringo Lake.

Next Step of On Ringo Lake

My geese have been finished since Monday night. I am just not very good at getting a post up as soon as I finish.

These are all of my coral fabrics. I had most of them in my stash. A friend and I went to a quilt store closeout and I couldn't pass them up.

Most of the neutrals had to be purchased because En Provence took of most of what I had last year. It was fun looking for lots of them to replenish the neutral tub. I think I have eleven or twelve. 

I'm linking up with Bonnie Hunter at   Quiltville .

Getting Started On Lake Ringo Part 1

Well, I didn't get around to sharing anything about Bonnie Hunter's 2016 mystery quilt En Provence. I didn't even get the logo. I did, however, make the quilt. The top is complete and I found a backing so now it needs to be quilted. When it is complete, a picture will be posted. I am going to try to be better about sharing how things are going this year with On Ringo Lake.

Part 1 nine patches are complete and ready to go for this year. My goal this year is to have each clue complete by Sunday night. Hopefully that will give me time (and the incentive) to work on some other things during the week.

Love the colors Bonnie chose this year, so I didn't change them.

I'm linking up with Bonnie Hunter's Mystery On Ringo Lake today.

Allietare Part 3 and 4

Well, I did not get to post last week. My daughter and I went out of town for the weekend for a cousin's wedding. I was tired when we got home, so no sewing and no posting even though Part 3 was done. Part 4 is still in the works as is Part 5. We had company for Christmas, so no sewing time last week or for much of the weekend. I will be sewing this week trying to finish Part 4 and 5 before Thursday night. This weekend promises to be another busy one. Catch up with others progress over at Quiltville.

Since I decided to use solids this year, the yellow is my neutral. Four patches are fun, I can sit and do them all day.

Part 3

When I saw the block for Part 4, I decided to use this print instead of the yellow as the neutral. How will it turn out? It's a mystery! (I always loved that line in "Shakespeare in Love") There are two oranges in this quilt, one is a very red orange and the other is a lighter yellowy orange. They really are very different even if they don't show it in the pictures.

Part 4

Here's hoping I make my goal of finishing Parts 4 and 5 by Thursday!

Allietare Clue 2

This was another busy week. I finished these yesterday, but did not get around to posting about them. I used the rulers that Bonnie suggested and they worked well for me. I have more trouble keeping my quarter inch seam accurate. May have something to do with my trying to go too fast. Oh well, these are done and the right size! To see progress made by others please click here.

This is gonna be one bright quilt!

Allietare Part I

Well, I am hurriedly getting this done. I finished part 1 of the new Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt Allietare. Changed up the colors and decided to do all solids and they are very bright! Found a fabric that I liked and decided to use those colors. Funny thing was, when I got to the cutting counter another lady commented that they were the same colors as in the sweater I had on! Not sure how all this very bright solidness is going to work, but I'm giving it a try. You can catch up with others on Bonnie's blog by clicking here

Grand Illusion Part 4

This week has gone really fast. Grand Illusion Part 4 is not finished, but I have started it. Mom is still in rehab and my in-laws have been here since Sunday night. Sewing has taken a backseat to Christmas and family. I did make some progress on Clue 4 and have continued to use Clue 2 as leader and enders. Maybe next week I can do some catch up sewing so I will be ready for the big reveal on New Years!

You can find others progress here at Quiltville

Merry Christmas everyone.