Sewing – Lissylaine

Painter’s Palette quilt

Since I had completed clue 4 of Bonnie’s mystery quilt, I decided it was time to finish up one of my other scrappy quilts. I chose to make 18 dark blocks and 17 light blocks and add a 3-inch border around to make it the size I wanted for a charity quilt. If you press… Continue reading Painter’s Palette quilt

Clue 4 finished

This week’s clue cemented my original thinking that I’d use tans/light browns instead of Bonnie’s corals/melons. I likely have some corals and melons that would have worked with the color scheme I’m using, but I wanted to mimic Bonnie’s choice of a “lighter shade” of reds (which I subbed in my browns). Here are one… Continue reading Clue 4 finished

Clue 3 finished

We got a bit of a reprieve this week, as we didn’t have quite as many to make of clue 3 as we have of the two previous clues. I again used my browns as a substitution for Bonnie’s reds, and I think they came out pretty nice. I’m glad to have gotten these finished… Continue reading Clue 3 finished

Clue 2 finished

And it’s (as I think I mentioned before) my favorite unit – four patches! A ton of them! Bonnie’s color choice for this clue was red, but I’ve decided to swap out my browns for her reds in this quilt. In addition to cutting some brown and neutral strips, I pulled out my previously cut… Continue reading Clue 2 finished

Clue 1 finished

I finally finished all of the sets for clue one Friday morning. Then I had to spend a little time tidying up and moving some things around so I could get to my die cutter. Yes, I had stacked some blocks on it from another project… Anyway, Clue 2 was just released, and I need… Continue reading Clue 1 finished