Mystery Quilt

I am participating in a Mystery Quilt adventure presented by a small quilt guild that I belong to called "Konocti Quilters" ! I have never made a mystery quilt before, actually anything I make is a "mystery" before it is finished!!! We were giving ONE clue a month.(arrg)..first choose the fabrics!!! I dashed down to our local fabric "den" and found the colors that I had in mind, according to the directions!!! When I saw this line of fabrics it "hollered" out to me immediately! I wanted the border to be as special as the blocks, without a lot of piecing. I "fussy cut" the chosen border fabric and it paid off . Then mitered the corners. I was honored at the last guild meeting when those of us that had finished our tops show them and then all the members voted (by ballots) which was their favorite and guess what , it was a unanimous vote for my top! Stay tuned for the "rest of the story" when it is really finished! Click on the photo to get a better view.

New To Me!!!

I accidently found a reference to a You Tube video on a different way to cut 2 1/2" very accurate squares!!! So....I tried it and found it to be "do able". It is on "Sharon Schambler Network" on You Tube. She said that you can cut 30 squares...the photo's show the 27 that I have cut and the remainder of the strip yet to be cut!!! (Did I do something wrong or are my FQ's bigger??LOL) This is just from 2 fat quarter that are strip cut on the 45* angle. This could be addictive!!! I have not yet decided what I will use them for.....!!! It is just fun to learn a new method! Check it out!!! FYI: The are 3 video segments to this method! Oh, yes, this is a older video, so you probably already use this method!!!

Wall Hangings

I am really working on some wall hangings, these are not finished as they have to be embellished. The "Eat Your Veggies" wall hanging has to be quilted as well,which I am hoping to do myself.....eek! I hope to have them finished in time for our annual quilt show the first weekend in October!!! The "Dresden Wreath has to have some charms attached. The quilting on the "wreath" was done by a professional quilter, Marian Drain, click on the photo to see it enlarged. You might be able to see the "bling" in the border!


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I am still sharing Christmas goodies photo's!!! No calories in doing that is there??? This only half of the table. The other half was just as yummy. Especially w/the large pan of Baklava!!!

The raccoon paid us a visit a few days ago in the afternoon. DH was sitting doing some desk work and looked out and there was this critter just meandering around the yard very nonchalant! So, it was a great photo opt. He eventually went down to the creek and swam across to the field and just waddled along.

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Cowboy Attire!

I have been doing some sewing lately. Here is one that was on the "to-do" list for 7 years!

I've been collecting western/cowboy style fabrics to put in this wall hanging for all that time and then "put the pedal down" ! Now to just back it and quilt it. Mmmm...hope it doesn't take me 7 years to finish it!!! Oh, yeh, I didn't use all the different prints that I was saving for it!!!! So hard to decide what to use so ya need a lot of choices!!!!!

Christmas

We had so much good stuff to eat, thanks to our daughter and son-in-law and Gkids, who drove from out of state to spend a few days before Christmas . This one dish of the many she made for us!!! I think it is called "peppermint bark".These boys scouts who came to cut a Christmas Tree, were so proud of their parrott, it was very friendly and even talked to us! When this "retired" fire truck drove in the yard, I just had to take a photo! They drove away with the tree like you see it all the way through town to their home! Such fun!

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Flower Power

Getting to go to "Fishland" w/my DH and packing all my sewing trappings and UFO's is mind bloggleing! I call this my own personnel private sewing retreat! He fishes all day, I get the motel room all to myself! No cooking,cleaning,phone calls, just what ever I please to do! I read a great book "Culture of Corruption" by Michelle Malkin and finished it, watch t.v.,snack,take a walk. Well, the weather was not walking weather this year, so I didn't do any walking. Brrrr,most days it was in the high 40's,sunny w/clouds, some breezes. But, I had the heater turned up and was very comfy! So,I sewed on my project of 3 vacation's: a wool table runner. Now, as you can see this isn't rocket science, but, I also take other UFO's and generally switch back and forth in sewing on them. This required just alot of cutting the flowers, even w/a pattern I still couldn't be accurate on some of the petals, however, they are my flowers and they "grew" just the way I like them!!! The flowers are connected to the backing by french knots, and the leaves by a stem stitch. The wavy green wool is "felted"down, this was my first try at hand felting. It was a little slow, but soon I was able to develop a rhythm of "punching" with the 5 needles in their holder. Is it finished you say?? Oh,no, I still have to add the under wool backing and edges! Will I wait until next year you ask?? Mmmm not sure, I am kinda thinking I might get it finished sooner!
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