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4 blocks, tentatively laid out

       I have the pleasure of being able to work on two projects simultaneously.  One is nearly done, and will be this year's submission to the Quilt Expo Modern Mini Quilt Challenge.   This is an on-line challenge, and photos are due on May 22, so it will be done soon, with its own blog post!   

     In the meantime, I have picked back up with the Bonnie Hunter "On Ringo Lake" Mystery Quilt.  Many quilters finished by the beginning of the year, and several of my fellow guild members have started showing off their finished tops.  I am hoping to finish this by the end of the summer, and am looking forward to starting another of these mystery quilts in the winter!

     I am on a slower schedule, but finally got enough of the last piecing clue done to start trying out some of the main blocks on my design wall.   I hope to finish all those pieces today, and then be able to really lay the blocks out!
     Since I posted this blog, I did finish the pieces, and started putting the blocks on the wall (these blocks are not sewn together - each has 9 little blocks I need to sew together!)  There will be sashing in between, but I wanted to see how it looked altogether.  I think I'll try to keep the yellow zig zag pieces scattered around the quilt.  That is the fabric which seems to jump out on this quilt.   I am thrilled to have a design wall to work with!


    In general, I am happy with my color choices.  The blacks are very dark, the reds are pretty strong, and I have a wide variety of the neutrals.  I am seeing that the tan/golds that I included with the yellows actually read more like a light neutral, and at points, are a bit lost in the design.    I am hopeful that, as a whole, the colors will all show up nicely!

    Happy Mothers' Day to all!

Take care,
Gretchen