Weekly update: surprise revealed + unexpected development

 Brrr!  It's cold -- no walks this weekend.  I look forward to Wednesday-through-next-weekend when temps will reach 40.

The studio is in the basement where it's cozy in the winter and relatively cool in the summer (the effect of earth-sheltering).  I finished the  16-patch quilt that was under the needle on Friday.  I had in mind that either blue or green for the setting but I couldn't find a print that would go with both the light cream and the definite tan in the 16-patches. I did not want to make MORE 16-patches since the point of the project was to use up these blocks that came from leftover strips from Patchwork Fields (see last Monday's post).  

The coral 19th-c repro surfaced and it was just right.  

Here's the back.   It's approx. 45 x 54, a nice lap size.

Here's the unexpected development.    A couple of years ago I got a box of 6" strips at a guild meeting. They were a complete miscellany of prints and colors and I kept them in the box because I got them all at the same time. I realized it would be more logical to sort and store them by color. In so doing I emptied a box. Hooray!   I cut three different red/browns from that assortment as the cornerstones for my new design wall project-in-progress.   More to come!

(Blocks are 9" unfinished and I'm aiming for 42.)  

This was the inspiration photo. 

Linking up with Oh Scrap! and  Design Wall Monday

P.S.  I'll have a book review post this week for sure!