Monday, December 14, 2015

Design Wall: Allietare

Both of my design walls are empty, and I have been spending most of my free time stitching on Christmas gifts. I did start on the third step of Bonnie Hunter's Allietare mystery, but haven't completed any of the 4-patch units yet.

I was running low on neutral scraps for the mystery, so I had a little scavenger hunt through my sewing room. My goal was to find more fabrics with white backgrounds and red or blue patterns on them. In some cases I stretched it to bright pink or turquoise. 

I discovered that I had two wonderful sources of additional neutrals for this project. The first was a bin of leftover fabrics from the collection of scraps my mother had saved through the years. My sister and I made scrappy quilts from this collection over the summer (see mine HERE.) The scale of these prints might be a little too overwhelming, but I can't resist including them in my quilt.



The other group of fabrics that have been added to my neutrals for Allietare are from a box of old shirts that have been deconstructed. This seems especially appropriate for a Bonnie mystery because she is so fond of using shirt scraps.




I have started making strip sets for the 4-patches, but this is as far as I have gotten on that step.




I will be sharing with the following linky parties.:

Allietare Mystery Link-Up at Quiltville
Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times
Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt


Julie in GA

15 comments:

  1. Love those shirtings! Lucky you to have 2 design walls!

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  2. I love scavenger hunts for fabric, for me it's like Forrest Gump's "boxa choklits!"

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  3. Cool!!! Shirts...they look awesome!!!

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  4. Beautiful neutrals, good for you cutting up the shirts

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  5. Absolutely wonderful! It's like finding buried treasure, eh?

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  6. Those fabrics you un-earthed (lol) are such fun! I think they will add a lot. hugs,Julierose

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  7. I would have loved using shirtings from real shirts if I'd thought of it soon enough :)
    There is always next year! Sharyn in Kalama

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  8. It is so fun to use her fabrics! You will remember every time you spot one in the quilt for years. FUN!

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  9. Great finds for your extra neutrals!

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  10. Shirtings DO belong to a Bonnie pattern! What an excellent idea!

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  11. Wow love all your neutrals! Mary / www.stitchinggrandma.WordPress.com

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  12. Great way to think out of the box and empty a few as well.

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  13. Shirts are a wonderful addition to your neutrals. And how special to put some of your mom's scraps in there!

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