For the first Design Wall Monday post of 2017, I offer the center of Allietare, Bonnie Hunter’s Mystery quilt from 2015. I’ve been working on it as I’ve been assembling it while using the 2016 Mystery Quilt, En Provence as my leader/enders. There are a ton of 4-patches in the new quilt.
The 6th clue came out Friday morning. But could I find either of my Companion Angle rulers? So, I had to start cleaning my flat surfaces. from the Final Countdown Task 2. The ironing board has been cleared.
Yes, I’ve found my ruler — not that it was on the ironing board. More cleaning was required. So, I tackled the floor. Yes, this is better.
In the foreground are the fabrics I’m using for EnProvence. On the chair is a quilt that was supposed to be a give Christmas 2015. The shoebox of fabrics is from two quilts — Allietare and a StripTwist. Time to put the Allietare fabric up. They are sitting on two boxes of upholstery samples. The two laundry baskets have batting in them. The box with the yellow bag and the box it is sitting on are scraps I was given in early 2015. Perhaps I need to go through them this year. There’s a box of books/magazines that I will probably give away — need to flip through them one more time. The green crate in the corner contains ‘sewing stuff’. I went through it last night while I was looking for the ruler. Sorted, tossed and put away enough stuff that the box is no longer overflowing. I can’t say the same for the larger crate it is sitting on — more scraps and another crate of scraps under the shelf. But no Companion Angle ruler.
That left the cutting board.
I started clearing it off. Stuff had gotten piled high on it. After excavating the top 2 or 3 layers I found the ruler. So naturally I quit cleaning. Actually, I gave up. I’ve been fighting the crud for the past few days so I went to bed.
I go back to work tomorrow, so no long days of quilting. My goal this week is to get En Provence finished and the cutting table cleared.
Check out what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.
Wow — that Allietare quilt is gorgeous! I’ve never tried one of those mystery quilts, but if I knew at the start that the finished quilt would be THIS beautiful…
Oh, Pam, your quilt area looks like mine. I do plan to get it picked up and organized by Feb. You made quite a bit of progress. Yay Pam!