Clue 4...red,black and neutrals

Week four clue posted today for Allietarecherith. Good to go back to the Reds and blacks. Using special rulers again. Easy angle and companion ruler and the block from week two. This time sewing the tops of each block together making sure the match up. Did a few tests blocks and then off sewing more blocks. This step will be a lot of cutting. Today managed to sew 7 sets and cut out enough for additional 10 sets.

Daughters are all home on winter break from college. Each came home a different day. Good to have them home and they are glad for a break. Past few days made some Christmas cookies so that was fun. Also spent a few days updating our new laptop in preparation for our trip to Arizona. It now looks like we will be leaving mid-January as Abi is not taking a J term and we do not want her to be home alone. 

So tomorrow will keep working on the clue...30 sets required but probably will do 5 more sets. 

Week 3 and the Third clue

This week we get to use our neutrals and golds. I picked up some additional Wisconsin Badger fabric and another fat quarter of a neural I like. This way a bit more Badger red fabric in the quilt.

This week is four patches. I really concentrated on cutting accuracy and this payed in less trimming. I actually cut WOF and then cut those in half and mixed up the fabrics. I took my time, but actually it went very fast. I really love the gold fabrics. They do look like Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese.

Bonnie always uses something for her inspiration of the colors in her blocks. Here is her inspiration.
I am also providing the link-up to others working on the project.
Bonnie's link:

Trying to mix up my fabrics.

Clue 2 completed

So fun to use the red fabrics with the gray and neutral fabrics. Enjoy listening to iTunes Italian radio music station. I have been jotting down names of songs to add to the quilt. Finished up the 10 sets and added additional 6 sets for back up. Also into my blacks to cut some squares. Some are saying these blocks maybe borders for the quilt...only Bonnie knows. Some have also mentioned they look like Santa hats. I have seen more color variations. Greens and autumn colors...aqua and purple. Even some green and gold. Since this quilt is spoken for maybe might do another in some of my favorite colors....we will see. It is so nice to sew and enjoy the process. Tomorrow some house cleaning and then to scrap box to do some wild and Goosey blocks.

Clue 2 reveled today.

Enjoy the pictures that inspire Bonnie's fabric color selection. This week continues with use if the easy angle ruler and the companion ruler. We continue with the gray that is constant thru the quilt and now get to use our reds. So I got to pair the Reds with some of the neutrals. 4 blocks must be the same, pinning them together for a future clue. Managed to get 10 sets of 4 blocks with 10 remaining to do tomorrow. Very much like the red, neutral and gray colors together. We are also cutting some gray and black blocks. Will be interesting when the gold comes in to play with this design.

Here is the link to Bonnie's link up to see others work:

Bonnie's inspiration.

Test blocks that came out great.

First 4 sets.

Final blocks in red..10 sets done today.

Finished Clue 1

The first clue involved a return to the easy angle ruler. I used this one for my first mystery-Celtic Solstice so this was not new to me.

As I retired just as last year's mystery finished, I am able to enjoy each step/clue this year. I purposely  took my time with the clue. I cut the strips one by one and enjoyed the neural fabrics I have chosen. 3-4 of them are new, a few scraps and some neutral from my Downton Abbey-English Manor Team Carson.

This year I am doing this quilt for my daughter Cherith...hence Allietarecherith. Cherith loves red and it is her turn to get a quilt. My hope is that it is more red than yellow (smaller yardage) and other colors used should be fine. Cherith is a nursing student in her junior year. She will be going to Africa this summer for two and a half weeks for global health rotation. She is also thinking about doing a winter term next winter to lighten up her senior load and this would be a trip to Italy for an english course. The professor is the husband of her second grade teacher. But that is only if she cannot get an english class in fall. So this quilt with its inspiration would be perfect. I am also going to hand quilt the quilt. Would be nice to get it sewn prior to our winter trip to Arizonia. Cherith will be visiting
during her spring break this year. This quilt will be a graduation present.

Here are some pictures of my progress.

Here is the link to Bonnie's link up:  http://quiltville.blogspot.in/2015/11/mystery-monday-link-up-allietare-part-1.html

I listened to say me great Italian music. Some of the songs I wrote down and n the white part of some of the half-square triangles.

Day 2 progress 

Then I took a few days off for other things.

Finished blocks today with a few more to spare.

Day 2 of Allietarecherith Clue One

Four more neutrals to use, these will be off white.

Mystery begins today...Clue 1

Not sure when the clue was posted, but saw it at 8am. Late night watching the Packers game...a loss to the Bears. But Brett Farve's number was uncovered and Bart Star was present for the half time ceremony.

Today's cue was half square triangles. I have several netruals and some with red and gray. This year I am spending more time with each step. I am cutting the strip, cutting the triangles, sewing, pressing and trimming with each strip. Also listening to some Italian music. Some of the song titles I am writing on the one white strip I used in the squares.

110 of 300 squares

Music to sew by...