Mystery Solved

 This quilt was a Guild mystery project that ran

for 6 months. This year seemed to be a mysterious year,

 because I was involved in two mystery sew alongs not just one!

  

The total quilts from the mystery work equals three.

The Spring Fling sew along top ended up so 

large that I cut it in half to make two twins sized quilts.

The twin quilts aren't done yet but the guild mystery 24-25 

 is currently under the needle.

It is getting a wandering leaf. 

 First in white thread down the white pieces. 

Then a multicolored thread will do the same in 

the colored squares. 

Bound up with a nice red,

it will be a great winter warmer. 

Ta da!

The result is quite appealing and the

original design by my friend MA made it

 an easy to finish project. 

Stay Safe and Sew On!

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Planning Ahead? What does that mean!

 Wow, if the end of the year is time 

for reflection, the beginning seems like time 

for planning and motivation!  

I'm going to do both in the name of  efficiency! 

Trying to get my UFO list in order is a challenge!  

I keep getting distracted by 

projects to work on, lunches to have and patterns to explore.

I do have a few rules for myself for my finishes and progress. 

A project is not finished until the binding is on!  That means

the fabric quantity used can't be counted if it is just a flimsy!

That motivates me a bit. I count a queen sized and 11m, 

twin as 6m and crib/baby size as 3. Still not sure how to count 

scrap supply; bag, tub, bin, mountain?  I am sure a way to add 

them all up will present itself. 

This past year has seen my stash turn over but my 

scrap supply is still generous!

Look at these beauties that just walked in the door!

Thank you so much Good Buddy!

Many of the scraps I receive are already in 

great usable sizes. Planning for the next 

RSC and the projects I'd love to do has 

been fun and productive!

Here are my current ideas!  Like any plan, 

it comes with a disclaimer!  These items 

are subject to change or not!!

The bin for 2023 still has a few items

to finish up or combine so that will be 

at the top of the list. They may be 

combined with the 2025 focus , which is 

strings and strips!

My cup runneth over with both so 

I have plenty of supply!

One quick trip thru my strip

binder and a nice evening scrolling, 

and my string project list is building. 

I found some of my old projects, 

and would like to do a variation of 

the string stars border, using string

made 1/2 squares to make classic

designs.

A 1/2 square with light and dark 

halves could produce all sorts of 

great designs.  Straight furrows, 

streak of lighting  etc. 

I want to so some variations of this

blast from the past, (2022) and 

use all strips with color families being the 

design maker. 

This circular design by Melody Crust has 

always caught my eye .  A bit intimidating 

with all the circles but , I can do it! 

It will be so much fun to make the colorful circles, 

imagine the variety and different placement possibilities!

It was published in 2002 but is sure to be a classic. 

I can't wait to see what wonderful 

ideas the cyberverse of quilters will come up with next year!!

Stay safe and sew on!

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So Scrappy !

Another Clue Has Landed!

 The mystery quilt continues to move forward.

A trip down memory lane  is always good too, 

so here is a little review of my first mystery quilt ever!

This project called for 3 different colors.

I was a real novice and still have a 

minimal color sense, so I chose

red, white and blue.  It was destined 

for my elder brother but ended up 

staying in our house where ever it landed. 

It started off with 4 patches which was good for me,

so definitely decreased my mystery anxiety!

The next clue was a wealth of half squares in 

a variety of color combinations! I managed that 

well but did get a bit overwhelmed keeping 

them all in the right order!

Then the final push was more flying 

geese than I've ever seen! Also in 

 

many combinations. Can you see them? 

It did all come together but 

the next time I jumped into a mystery was

well into the next century!

I have joined in a few sew alongs and 

some block of the month groups but 

the mystery definitely was on hold!

 Wish me luck on my current endeavor!

Clue number 5 has just arrived!

Stay safe and sew on !

What to do , what to do?!

Well if anyone noticed, I've been getting way 

behind on my stash reporting.

The reason for this of course is the influx

 fabrics to my sewing room.

Our local group helped clean out a an estate of a 

buddy and we all ended up

with quite a bit of beautiful fabric.

Now I have to find a way to incorporate into my stash,

and get sewing it.

I'm going to say it was an influx, conservatively, of 70 m.

They're also project boxes of wonderful quilts to be completed.

They may not all end up as they were intended, but

I will give it a good try. 

The last Legacy quilt was completed on Monday.

It is the pale green quilted in a zigzag pattern.

It is off to a women's shelter and will provide 

comfort and warmth where needed. 

There is a small angel wing stitched into the corner

of each of the Legacy quilts to send my friend's 

memory out into the universe. 

Some of my stash was used to back a few of the Legacy quilts

so here are my totals for the year.

Fabric Purchased: 8  m

Used since last report  15 m 

Fabric In to date: 25.5 m

Use to date 2024 : 90

Scraps in : 20 m

Scraps out : 0 m

Big Batch donation : 60 m (June) 70 ( Oct)

Net Fabric in YTD:  72 m

I think I did well moving some fabric in 

and out, so I call the year a success!

The Christmas quilt is on the bed, 

and the cookie dough is chilling!

The holiday season has arrived!

Stay Safe and Sew On!

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Mystery is Moving Along!

 Galloping ahead on the mystery quilt, 

I am glad to say that all the cutting is complete.

Except for the borders of course, they will come later. 

My effort is of the scrappy variety so 

the borders will get chosen with the overall

quilt in mind at the end of stitching.  

The major colors are green, blue and red with 

white on whites and a few low volumes for background. 

The first clue with stitching instructions came

thru yesterday, so after drawing lots of lines, 

I am off to the featherweight to start sewing!

My scrap bins look exactly the same!

I was hoping to use up more fabric!

Anything helps tho, so let's stay positive!

Great progress on the stitching

for the mystery. 

All the first round of sewing is complete 

and this morning is the Get Goin' Sewing trim up . 

I put my retreat prize to work and tried the

slotted trimmer for the first time.

Trimming off corner points will 

be a new experience for me. 

I usually just sew thru them!

Well , everything is trimmed, but 

I had no idea how many little 

dog ears would litter the floor!

We love a mystery and a vacumn!

I had a good time sewing up a storm!

Whoops!

Stay safe and sew on !

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Oh Scrap!

Psssttt! What's that?

 We all remember the clean out, organize that 

came  over us a while ago?

Well one thing that didn't get "sorted"

was a steamer I "left behind -inherited" 

when one of the offspring moved lodgings.

It is a Conair clothing steamer!

My BB has recently started

using a small steamer purchased by her husband.

When she waxed enthusiastic about it,

I remembered I had one sitting in the bedroom!

I dragged it out, filled the ample reservoir wit water,

and voila. Great to press large pieces of fabric,

and does fairly well on smaller pieces too, but my iron with the

 charging station is more suited to that.

The steamer allowed me to press a quantity of backs.

Now almost all my pins are used up and I can get busy stitching

the half dozen Irish chains I have all layered!

Everything old is new again!

If only that worked for our skin, hair and energy!

Happy stitching.

Stay safe and sew on!

Who Knows How a Mystery Goes?

 It's that time of year when  the weather starts cool,

snow is in the future,

and we all start to think about hibernating.

Yes it's mystery time!

Our guild is doing a mystery quilt and 

I'm going to do mine Scrappy.

The clue master assured us that it will look very nice

using scrappy fabrics. Clues come out every 

three weeks.  Just saw the first sewing portion today!

So glad I purchase the Perfectly Slotted trimmer set 

with a portion of my retreat door prize !

Three colors and one background fabric are the 

requirements from the invitation. 

The second clue gave us a hint that there 

may be a lot of half squares,

but with hundreds of patterns for half square settings,

 who knows what it will be?

So here are the three color families I have chosen.

The scrap universe decreed that the most 

scraps win so my colors are:

1.5 m  of green scraps

2 m  of blue scraps  

.7m of red. 

Featured as part of the Monday morning 

Get Goin' Sewn' will be cutting a 

stack of parts for each color family,

100 ~ 4" x 4" of each color and the backgrounds.

That GGS club sounds like a winner!  I 

have a few quilters I will invite to join me Monday

morning to stitch!

Now, back to the mystery!

I'll be using beige and white scraps. 

Then a big stack of 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"

of everything. 

Thank you world for rotary cutters!

This project should relieve the stress on my overfull

scrap drawers. 

The chunk stacks will also get a break if 

I dice up some them for the mystery units!

The box of 4" squares can 

be sorted too!  

I have 2 young helpers 

I can enlist to pile up the color families!

Have a great week stitching!

Oh , we are off to school, not the fabric store!

Stay safe and sew on!

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