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I’ve been looking for a reason to use the Chopsticks design for some time, and am finally making the time to try it out here. The original pattern shows this design in neutrals, so my version differs mightily from the original. I’m following Alex’s color request: the colors of the German flag.

I threw in orange for good measure. If I’m going to have yellow, red, and black — why not slide in orange, too?

Yes, I know they look like fluorescent traffic signs.

I’ve even slid in a bit of the Australian fabric that esmerel found:

No new fabrics for this quilt; I raided the reds that Jake sent me, plus my stash — I had enough of these strong colors to make it work.

This … THIS … has been the secret project. The one I couldn’t explain much about, because if I said anything of substance, I would give away a secret that wasn’t mine to tell.

Here’s the problem, and the joy, of the Drupal community. Everybody knows everybody. Doesn’t matter that we all live in different states, or that we work for different companies. We know each other. Sometimes we know MORE about each other than we want to know, and the only way to keep a secret is to keep your big, yapping trap shut.

More on that in a moment.

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On February 7, I got a message that caused me to leap from “tired” to “omg excited” within five seconds flat:

I think it was just the kind of boost I needed, because within a half-hour, I was muppet-flailing through my stash. I knew what I was looking for, but I pulled everything I had that felt right, and set it out on the table: