RRCB Quilt 2 Step 4 and 5

Step 4 and step 5. Step 5 is 600  2" HST and 30 2" squares of the constant color. In this quilt, the constant is a green. My neutrals are the purple. Who would think purple would be neutral?  On to clue 6.

RRCB Step 3 Quilt 2 Purple Strings

Purple string blocks for Quilt 2. 7 down, 53 to go! I still need more variety in my purples, but I think it's going to work.   Jimmy giving the final inspection.

RRCB Step 3 Quilt 2

These are the neutrals for the RRCB Quilt 2. I'm still going to make the purple ones, but need a greater variety of purples to finish them. On to step 4!

RRCB Step 3 Quilt 2

Who knew purple could be a neutral! Only 58 more to go.

Step 2 Quilt 1 RRCB Batiks

Finished the step 2 with Batiks and my helper tonight.

Step 2 Quilt 2 RRCB Regular Cottons

These are my Step 2 for the regular cottons. I finished them last night and realized as I was pinning the last group together, I used the wrong color. The brown was supposed to be purple. I've decided to go with it and use my purples for my neutrals. At the last minute, I decided to use browns as my neutrals instead of creams.  It will be interesting to see how it turns out. At the very worst, the dogs will love it, if it turns out great, the dogs will still love it. 

Roll Roll Cotton Boll Fabrics regular cottons

I found so many colors I liked in my stash I decided to make 2 quilts. one out of Batiks, the other, regular cottons.  As you can see, I had lots of help picking the colors and sewing.

Roll Roll Cotton Boll Step 1

Some of the step 1 Batik pieces. Ready for next week's step.

Roll Roll Cotton Boll Fabrics

So far this is what I've decided to go with. Found some real deals at the Attic Window today. They were having a sale and I couldn't let go to waste.







With all the help I'm going to have, this might be more difficult than I thought.

Garden Maze Blocks

Where does the time go. Garden Maze block exchange on the top is half done.

Some of the  new fabrics for Bonnie Hunter's new mystery starting the middle of November,  "Roll, Roll, Cotton Boll".  I'll make the final decision on which colors when I know the yardage needed for the colors.

Who you lookin at? 

HEREEEEE   CHICKIE  CHICKIE

I left the garage door open one day and came out to find some visitors from across the road in the garage.  They came over all summer to eat my flowers, dig in my flower beds and eat the seeds out of the low growing sun flowers. 

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Two Finishes!

It's been a busy year. Hope to keep up with my blog on a regular basis. These have been waiting for binding for at least a year. I'm on a roll, I've got another finished and one pinned and ready to finish.

UTILITY QUILTS

Visions of Dog Bones Dance in Their Heads

Merry Christmas to all...

And to all............... A good night. 

Let It Snow

We haven't done much quilting lately. We've been busy since Black Friday. Cabela's, Zale's, Guess, Nordtroms, Saks, Dillard's, Boscov's Chico's, Sahalie and Barney's arrived early evening. We are having lots of fun and Lois just can't get over we have little mice for pets. 

Lois, on the other hand, is very bored. She's figured out how to open the drawer on the bottom of the new bathroom sink vanity where the TP is kept to stop her from doing this. Clever little kitten that she is. She's very proud of herself. Needless to say the rest of the roll is no longer useable. 

Carolina Christmas Mystery Quilt

One more day before we begin. I've found a few more fabrics I'm considering. I won't know till I start cutting which ones I am going to use. 

After a little more digging, I  found these darker colors, a wine, gold and dark rich blue with a light gray tone on tone for my background.  That's the picture on the top

I also found a dark background for the rust, green and turquoise, hoping it would make the colors pop a little more

Another light background  with a little more life to it, not so white white. 

This was my original choice. 

Let the mystery begin. 

Hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving.

Carolina Christmas Mystery Quilt

Bonnie Hunter is doing another great mystery starting the day after Thanksgiving. Those of us who aren't brave enough to face 'Black Friday' shoppers will have another project to keep us busy. 

So far these are the colors I've chosen, but they are subject to change. We still have a week before we start.  I'm making it easy on myself this time. I'm sticking to three main colors and one or more cream tone on tone background. 

Now we are off to Home Depot to get paint for the kitchen. With a little luck, the new bathroom and kitchen cupboards will be up and running before Thanksgiving. It will be nice to have a complete bathroom again.