Ms Grundy again

cleaning up leftover sock yarn  

 I have done several Bonnie Hunter Quiltville mysteries over the years: Easy Street, Celtic Solstice, En Provence. I bought a few fat quarters for variety, but mostly had all the fabric I needed for them. I started Rhododendron Way, and still have several Blocks of tiny burgundy triangles with white backgrounds. But I didn't like the pink parts and the tiny aqua strips, so I never finished that one. I could, or I could change the colors, but I haven't yet. Last year, Indigo Way grabbed me - I had lots of those colors, and finished the entire mystery with just the scraps I had on hand This year's mystery, Old Town, the color combination puzzled me. I wasn't sure about the coral/peach and aqua with the bright red, but I had some coral and some aqua, and lots of red, so... But, then she asked us to make 4-patches that will end up only 2" square in the quilt, and I think that's too small for me. I have already got some parts done, so I'll get all the steps, but...

 Cleaning up and reorganizing fabric has its benefits: first, a navy skirt that I had never worn, and a Supermario panel became pinwheels with a red-bordered back Then a pile of odd 5 1/2" squares needed a couple added to make this (with a dusty pink floral back): Then a pile of peach tri-strips just weren't enough, but I found some pieces to add. These also ended up a strange size, since the lightest peach strips were NOT, in fact, 2 1/2". So the squares were 6 1/4" - which I trimmed to 6" before cutting more pieces.