Chilhowie Started

I am finally making progress on my Chilhowie throw quilt. One drawback of buying fabric online is sometimes it can take a very long time to receive it. I decided I didn't want to wait for the brown fabric, so I went ahead and cut the burgundy fabric I had on-hand. 

I finished sewing Clue 1: The 9-patches and 4-patches. 

I'm using a new-to-me sewing machine and I've been having a bit of an issue with sizing my 1/4-inch seam allowance correctly. I think I've finally gotten it dialed in, but some of these nine patches are about 1/8-inch too small. I'm not quite obsessive enough to rip them apart and make them right. I'll fiddle with the seam allowance when I sew the quilt together.

I'm going to skip to Clue 3 next and work on the Hourglasses. I'm trying to make the block components first so I can start assembling the blocks, then I'll worry about cutting out the sashing and border.

Linking up with Design Wall Monday.

Maybe Chilhowie Next

I really meant to make Bonnie Hunter's Chilhowie Mystery Quilt when it first came out, but at the time I was working on several Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects. But I've had it in my project queue since then.

I'm finally in the mood to make another quilt, so I'm thinking about making a throw-size Chilhowie in colors that coordinate with our living room. I dug through my stash and found these fabrics that match pretty well. I may replace that dark rust with a brown, as I ordered a brown batik when I ordered more of that quilt backing.

Now I'm trying to figure out the arrangement of colors in the quilt. It seems like it would be a straight-forward substitution, but when I put these fabric colors into Electric Quilt I worry the colors are too dark.

Then I started substituting some lighter fabrics. Perhaps I'm overthinking it, but here are some of the other options I've come up with.

I'll probably make my final decision when my brown fabric arrives. When you order online, you can never be sure what the color actually is until you get the fabric.