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The Yellow House

 This was one of those houses that just made me swoon.  If you visit the Cotswolds in England, and you drive the country roads you might find it.  It has to be one of a kind and the story of the house will remain a mystery.  I’m not sure I could find it again;  too many country roads going in too many directions.   I wanted so much to know the history.  Who lives here  and how many families have lived here before them?  How old is the house?  Has it always been the palest of yellows?  What stories can it tell, this beauty of a house!

I spent Saturday with this house, but only in the studio.  I drew it for applique only to find out I couldn’t capture it’s beauty in fabric!  I tried for a full day, but the house remains elusive.  A house this grand must want to remain in the Cotswolds.   I love every  detail of this house, so maybe I’ll try again someday when I have the palest of yellow fabrics.

Of course all of this leads to another clue. 

Here’s the clues so far, with the new one in red:

1.  Christmas with some pieced blocks

2.  A little bit of snow

3.  A tiny bit of pink in the quilt, 5″ x 5″ or smaller. 

4.  The fabric I’m using is” Le Petie Ecole” from Kaari, the French General! 

5.  I said in an earlier post that there’s a critter in the quilt that I like to draw almost as much as a bunny!

6.  There’s a house in the quilt, and its set on snow.

 I do have some good guessers.   You know who you are! 

Have a great Monday everyone! 

 Anne

69 Comments

  • Melody

    Hi again – another try. what about Christmas houses/scenes and animals dressed for Christmas in snow globe pieced blocks or pieced snowball blocks. The animals would include a squirrel, bunny and scotty dog.

  • Vicky

    I’m going to take one more stab at this, and then I give up! I was looking for animals that I haven’t seen yet in your BOMs while thinking about children’s Christmas stories that I love. I’ve come up with The Christmas Day Kitten by James Harriot (I absolutely adore his stories), or The Mouse Before Christmas, one of my very favorite children’s books. C’est tout! :)

  • Sandy Allen

    Well, that knocks my idea of a Victorian Christmas street scene right out of the water. Now I am seeing a cottage in the woods, with squirrels and deer and other wildlife around it, and maybe Santa and Mrs. Claus in the house. The pink could be the curtains on the window…How’s that?

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