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Monday, November 28, 2016

En Provence!

Three things to be happy about:
(1) leftover spaghetti and meatballs (they taste even better the second day!)
(2) tea tree aromatherapy blend
(3) getting safely home after a trip

I hope everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving and, if you went away, I hope you arrived home safely!

Yesterday I was able to start on step 1 of the En Provence mystery!

First of course I went to my 2" strip bin, pulled a lot of strips from there that I just cut into smaller lengths and sewed together into pairs.

I'll use as much of those as I can before I start cutting into yardage.



I found this Christmas fabric in there that I can fussy cut, I like the texture that the dove wings will add to my 4 patches!

Any little odd pieces that are neither fish nor fowl can be tossed into the strings bin.




Ye olde brown paper bag test - these will do just fine as neutrals!


I like adding little odd prints in my quilts!  I can work around some of the larger printed areas.

This fabric is printed with vintage cereals but when I was a kid I don't remember seeing Pep cereal, this even had a toy inside.

But on the other hand mama never fed us cold cereal anyway ... it was either a plate of hot grits - or a plate of hot grits!





Sewing neutral strips to neutral strips...

looking good!




Sixteen 4-patches done, can you see the dove wings?  I may need to rethink some of my neutrals but for now, it's a start!

I will be linking up with Bonnie Hunter's En Provence Linky party so you can see what other participants are doing!



Sew forth and sew on til later...

16 comments:

  1. A great start - good luck with the rest.

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  2. Your neutrals will be like and "I-spy" quilt. Love it!

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  3. fun prints - I like adding fun fabrics that make you smile later.

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  4. You're off to a great start Linda! I'm still dithering about whether or not I'm doing the mystery this year. Dither...dither.

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  5. Love!! Your neutrals are way more interesting than mine. (Must dig deeper!)

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  6. Like your neutrals. I haven't picked out fabric yet. Just waiting for some motivation.

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  7. I'd love to know why some foods just taste better the next day!

    Pretty neutrals. That's a great variety of fabrics.

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  8. I think your neutrals are very Bonniesque! You know what I mean....she would use them for sure!

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  9. How fun is this?! I cant wait to see what you put together in the next clue!

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  10. I am really loving your neutrals. I just can't be that bold with my neutrals, but, I've come a long way from where I used to be be -- all white on white or cream on cream......slowly, ever so slowly. I'm enjoying watching everyone's progress -- I'm sitting this one out. I just have far too many ufo's that I need to finish first.

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