Easy Street, step one

I have joined the fun and am participating in the current Bonnie Hunter mystery, Easy Street. I have chosen solids. I love her colors but just don't have the selection. When I started looking at my bins, the solids jumped out. 4 colors + a background. I think it will end up looking South Western or Halloween depending on the pattern. Turquoise, Wine, Green, Orange and Black. Orange as my constant, black as the background.

My son stated that Halloween is over and my DH has asked if I have become a giants fan, wonder why? 

LOL, these comments are not surprising. I plan on making half the quilt so if I'm not in love with it, I can finish it, and move on to another project or add some more blocks to make it the right size.

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A Bag of Crumbs

A friend of my inherited a bag of crumb blocks and passed them on to me last month. It included incomplete strips and cut squares. Most of the blocks were made of 4”-5” strips of smaller strips. The blocks needed to be squared up to 8½”, others just needed a strip added. Ended up with 20 blocks and left over 4”-5” blocks which I squared up to 4½” since I planned on adding wide sashing. Almost done, just need 6 more sashing pieces on the side. Thinking about adding a wide orange border.

Funny how I ended up working on these crumb blocks with Bonnie Hunter working on 2½” crumb strips, sewing them together for a finished 8” block.


Bonnie has started a new mystery today. I have chosen solids. I love her chosen colors but just don't have the selection. When I started looking at my bins, the solids jumped out. 4 colors + a background. I think it will end up looking South Western or Halloween depending on the pattern. Turquoise, Wine, Green, Orange and Black. Orange as my constant, black as the background.

I plan on making half the quilt so if I'm not in love with it, I can finish it, and move on to another project or add some more blocks to make it the right size.

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