Old MacDonald Mystery Sampler - The Blocks

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to catch up on how I got to this point.

This is what the design wall looked like

by the time I finished my flock of chickens.

Key things to notice:

I removed the far left-hand column 

making my new layout narrower at

8 blocks wide x 11 blocks long

or approx. 48" x 66"

I redesigned the mountain range.

I removed the dark sunflower center

and replaced it with a sunny yellow-orange.

I rearranged a lot of the blocks in the sky

as well as the chickens and some of the flower blocks.

(photos will supersize for greater detail)

After a lot of stitching today

(and quite a bit of unstitching / restitching)

these are all 88 blocks in what I believe

will be the final layout.

The sun migrated to the upper right hand corner

and I rearranged the mountain blocks again

from where they were in the first two photos.

I've lost count of how many times

I've rearranged the blocks in the sky.

I like the way things flow now.

I don't have a name for this one yet,

but after fussy cutting squares

for the haymow opening,

"Rise and Roost" comes to mind.

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A big thank you goes to Sophie 

for designing this year's mystery sampler

in conjunction with Block Lotto 

and The Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

Even though I didn't follow 

the sampler's original layout

all the way to the very end,

I'm happy with my results.

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Linking this post with 

the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

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to see what the others

are working on this week.

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Also linking up with

Quilting is more fun than housework's

weekly Oh Scrap! 

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Also linking up with Em's Scrapbag

and Moving It Forward Monday

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and 

Love Laugh Quilt's

Monday Making

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