What is on my Design Floor, Monday, December 3, 2012 and LINKY for EASY STREET CLUE 2
Posted By drsao on December 3, 2012
On my Design Floor this week……….are flying geese EVERYWHERE. I have now made enough FLYING GEESE for my Easy Street 1 and Christmas Easy Street II mysteries.
I am using purple in my quilt *just like Bonnie* but HER PURPLE is my AQUA…..and this is also my constant…….so every flying geese unit is white with the same batik fabric.
Easy Street 1
I did the same thing for my Christmas Easy Street II – I substituted aqua (scrappy) for Bonnie’s purple. I won’t have a constant in this quilt because I think I will be OK without it. Most of the fabrics are from the same Holly Jolly Moda fabric line.
Christmas Easy Street II
Since I was using yardage, rather than pre-cut 2″ strips, I made my flying geese using the Eleanor Burns method (with the flying geese ruler.) I like Bonnie’s method too and love the EASY ANGLE and COMPANION ANGLE RULERS. In the past I have made my flying geese blocks using Bonnie’s method…..so both work good for me. It is fun to have options. AND….I have cut my 2 x 3 1/2″ pieces for the next clue.
Also on my Design Floor this week is Nanna’s Surprise (the Quilter’s Club of America Mystery.) Here it is after Clues 1, 2, and 3. I am using some of the same HOLLY JOLLY Moda fabric in this quilt as I am in the Christmas Easy Street II. I bought a TON of this fabric several years ago when I was first learning to quilt (in 2007) and had NO CLUE how much fabric to buy for a quilt. I really didn’t even understand what a STASH WAS – but this was one of the things I bought to BUILD ONE! LOL.
Nanna’s Surprise Mystery after Clue 3 Dec/2012
Finally I am working on the Pocketful of Mysteries Dorothy Young Christmas Mystery 2012 (named the Dashing Bachelor)….and I need to do the cutting for this before the next clue comes out a few days before Christmas. I am using 30’s fabrics…..greens, pinks, blues, and yellow on white as a background.
Christmas Mystery 2012 DASHING BACHELOR
I will be heading to Kansas City, Missouri this week to spend time with my daddy and the rest of my KC family – so also on my design floor in Kansas City and on the AIRPLANE will be my Scrappy Flower Garden quilt.
Scrappy Grandmother’s Flower Garden
To see what other quilters are doing this week hop on over to Judy Laquidara’s blog at Patchworktimes.com.
http://www.patchworktimes.com/2012/12/03/design-wall-december-3-2012/
And check out Bonnie Hunter’s LINKY LINK to see how everyone else is coming along on their EASY STREET MYSTERY clue 2!
http://www.patchworktimes.com/2012/12/03/design-wall-december-3-2012/
HAPPY SEWING EVERYONE!
Wow, I got tired just reading your post. And I don’t know how anyone can make so many geese: I onlyh got 23 done this weekend. But all of your projects are looking so good and I love the light, bright colors.
You have some beautiful projects going on! Hope you enjoy your time with your family.
I love your fabrics..really love them. You are getting so much done..Do you sleep. LOL
Wow, that’s a lot of projects in progress. I love the Holly Jolly line too and have a table runner made out of it – I am sure it will make a really pretty quilt!
It all looks great, but your flower garden is a knock out!
Wow! You have some really lovely projects on the go.
Looking Good!