Monday, November 30, 2015

Weekend Stitching - Part 1 of Allietare

The crud that Drama Teen passed to My Guy landed firmly in my chest by Sunday afternoon.  I spent most of the afternoon sacked out in the recliner hoping that if I rested enough maybe I wouldn't get as sick as they did. I'm doing better this morning, but that may be due to the Tylenol cold medicine.   

I did make a start on the new Bonnie Hunter Mystery, Allietare.  We had family here till early afternoon on Friday, so I didn't get to start cutting into my fabrics for the HSTs described in Part 1 till Friday evening.  I've had the fabrics selected since last weekend.  I just don't have gold in my stash, so I decided to mix up the color scheme a bit for my version.  




I kept the white (neutrals) and black, but the dark blue is my red, the light blue is my grey and the red is my gold.  I'm going to make about 3/4 of the blocks, which should get me into a good size for a QOV.  

I didn't get a good start on the HSTs till Saturday evening and then as noted above, pretty much crashed in the recliner on Sunday.  So there are only 30 HSTs up on the design wall.  




Hopefully, this crud will pass quickly and I'll have a chance stitch a few more HSTs before the next clue comes out on Friday. I'm also hoping to have some time this evening to check out the progress at other blogs.

Linking up with
Monday Design Wall at Patchwork Times
Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt
Mystery Monday Link Up at Quiltville's Quips and Snips

23 comments:

Vireya said...

Your colours look good - it will be fun seeing how everyone's different colour schemes work in the end.

Unknown said...

Lovely! look forward to seeing this come together

Saged Crone said...

Can't wait to see the finished quilt! Love blue and white!

Grandma said...

Great colors!

Katie Z. said...

I'm so sorry you got sick too! Your colors are lovely. It'll be interesting to see what they become over the next few weeks!

Churn Dash said...

Hopefully you will get well quickly.
I like your colours lots more than Bonnies's. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress over the next weeks.
Helen

Art by Rhoda Forbes said...

Lovely colors, and it will make a very nice quilt of valour.

Alison V. said...

I haven't done a Bonnie Hunter mystery before but was thinking about joining in for this one. Your fabrics look beautiful.

Barbara said...

Beautiful fabrics you've chosen.

The Colorful Fabriholic said...

So sorry to hear you're suffering with the crud that's going around. Hope you feel better soon! Great idea to make Bonnie's mystery quilt in QOV colors.

Vroomans' Quilts said...

It's alway so pleasant when family shares thier illness - hope you feel better soon. I haven't even pulled fabrics or given a thought of the MQ, but will catch up at some point.

Cheryl in Friendsville said...

Very patriotic!

Marti said...

I hope the family is waiting on you hand and foot and you don't have to work today. I like the colors you picked for the MQ. I'm curious to see what this one looks like.

AnnieO said...

Good goal with making this a QOV. Using the stash is certainly Bonnie's motto! Feel better soon.

Feathers in my Nest said...

Get well quickly...so you can sew more of these lovely HST.

Mary said...

Love your patriotic themed colors. Feel better soon!

thea said...

looking good!
sorry you got the crud. hopefully you'll feel better and get things done this week.

Andee said...

Looking forward to seeing these colors come together!

Denise :) said...

Awwww, Kate . . . I'm so sorry you are/were down with that mess. No fun. I'm *really* glad that you're doing Allietare!! I've not seen a lot of folks in my bloggy circles doing it, and I love watching her mysteries coming together in different perspectives/colorscapes (though I don't care to do them myself...LOL!)! :)

gayle said...

This is my first Bonnie mystery, so I'm really enjoying watching what everyone is doing. Can't wait to see how your colors work out!
And please feel better soon!

Kaja said...

Hope you feel better soon - like your colours, especially that blue.

scraphappy said...

Hope you are up and moving again soon. Love your color choices for the mystery qult.

Kate said...

OH, that's a good color scheme! I've always thought about doing the mystery as a QOV, but there's always way more than red, white and blue involved. Light blue and maybe a yellow thrown in would work! I'm sitting this mystery out till the reveal though, since I haven't finished Celtic and I never liked Grand Illusion.