A year since my last post, oh my.  Well I am almost finished with my second Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt.  This one is called Good Fortune.  Green Blue Red Orange and Neutrals.  Very bright, and pretty and scrappy. I have two borders to sew on,  one to be cut first.  Then off to the Quilt shop to use their Long Arm to quilt it.  It is going to Daniel and Crystal for their wedding in July.  I have finished Tracie's quilt except for the label.  She turns 7 next week. Then on to one of the first quilt kits I bought-a medallion quilt. I have about 1/3 of it done. Pictures will be added soon.

Decluttering

January 15, 2018


I have almost finished putting together the top for On Ringo Lake  I have to put together the last18 blocks into 2 rows, and sew them into the rest of the top. Next I plan to start on the Quilt-along with Christa Watson's Squiggles quilt.  I will piece that top, then quilt On Ringo  Lake, Rose's quilt and the Squiggles quilt. That should take me until March.

I hurt my back on Monday evening last week and was barely able to function. I could sit and sew for some time. Moving was excruciating. My back is much better, not 100% but maybe 90%.(At least I can walk without thinking I will fall.)

Then on Wednesday my granddaughter, Wendy, went on a cleaning spree. She started by cleaning and decluttering the kitchen and their bathroom. Then she started on the rest of the house. She's been working on her room ( which REALLY needed it, but then so does mine and Daniels's). We moved her sister Beki and her kids to Stephen's house last Saturday. That takes 3 people out of our house, and helps keep it cleaner and less cluttered. (Now to get the rest of us to put things away).

Bonnie

UFOs 2018

I am determined to finish more UFOs next year.
#1 I have a 2015 Craftsy BOM  - Garden Maze- designed by Jinny Beyer, that is ready to quilt ( since 2016). It is next on my list to do.  This is for Rose aka Syric.
#2 Then I have a quilt named Glorieta. I have mostly completed the top.  This is for Meg and Bill Harrington.
#3  I have the 2017 Mystery quilt On Ringo Lake for Beki. I am piecing it now.
#4 Ruby's Garden BOM from Keepsake Quilting partially pieced for Wendy Jo.

I have so many more grandchildren and great grandchildren to make quilts for. Cathleen, Daniel, David 3, Devon, Joe Wightman, Chere', Samuel, Tracie, Henry Wightman, Shirley, Joey Stepp, Phoebe, Alexandria, Noah, William, Bradley, Debbie, Wendianne, Mathew, Andrew and more.

On Ringo Lake

We had a white Christmas, but it's raining now, as usual.

 I finished Gabrielle's quilt , Millenium Star, and gave it to her on Christmas. It's also for her birthday on the 30th.

I am piecing the brown and neutral geese for On Ringo Lake. Clue 5.

50 done , more to sew.  Clue 6 tomorrow.
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2017/12/mystery-tuesday-link-up-part-5.html

A busy December

A very busy December. I'm singing in 2 choirs that are singing this weekend. One is an interfaith choir singing Christmas songs in a Community Choir Concert tomorrow night. The other is an LDS choir singing tonight and tomorrow morning for stake conference.  I'm also playing the piano for a small group for Christmas Eve Sunday service.

Also cutting out and sewing pieces for the "On Ringo Lake Mystery Quilt with Bonnie Hunter.  Started clue 3 yesterday. Bigger and more rectangles wit :/ stitch and flip corners.Lots  of them!!!!!!.  More coral and neutrals cut out

And another granddaughter and her 2 kids moved in with us.  8 people in my 3 bedroom house plus a small travel trailer.

Impossible to keep the house clean.

Waiting for clue 2

Last night I finished  all the nine patches for the On Ringo Lake Mystery quilt. Now I am waiting- not so patiently- for clue #2 tomorrow.  I received the rest of the fabric for it in the mail today. One of the the fabrics was actually a dark green, not brown.  It won't work in this quilt, so into my stash it went.

Today I went to Sew Fun at Quality Sewing and Vacuum in Puyallup.  Each month they have a mini trunk show with a show and tell. I brought the Ultimate Travel Bag that I made.  It is a pattern form byAnnie.com, with a class by Craftsy.com.

Today is a rainy day in Spanaway, where I live with my husband and 3 adult grandkids, 2  1/2 dogs , 2 cats and a bearded dragon lizard. (The 1/2 dog belongs to my sister, Minnie, who lives in a fifth wheel on the property. Her chihuahua mix thinks my house is his second home. comes in through the dog door anytime he pleases.  He likes to sit on my lap.)

I need to finish quilting my granddaughter,Gabrielle's, quilt.  But tonight I am going to crochet on a table runner. I am using #10 white thread and a #7 crochet hook.  I've been working on this for 6 weeks, off and on.  Nearly done.

Have a great day.

On Ringo Lake

My first time doing Bonnie K Hunter's Quiltville mystery quilt-along. This year it is named "On Ringo Lake."   Link is  http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2017/11/on-ringo-lake-mystery-monday-link-up.html

I went through my stash to h find the colors of fabric. I had most of the fabric needed, but very little dark brown.  Lots of neutrals and blues, and some coral/melons. I ordered more brown and coral/melon.

On Friday I got clue 1. I had enough fabric for this clue. I started cutting the strips for my nine patches.( I now have some strips cut out to start scrap saving system)

I have a brand new Janome 6700 sewing machine.  So I tried to find the 1/4" seam for the foot I was using.  I was wrong- not by much, but it counts when you have lots of seams.  I started sewing pieces together.   Of course I hadn't printed out the instructions!  Instead of nine patches, I made 4 patches, lots of them. ( They will be saved for a different quilt.)


So I  redid the seam tests until I found the correct 1/4"  seam.  And I started over making nine patches.

By Saturday I had a few done, but most cut out. Now to finish sewing them.  Next clue I will print out,so I don't make the same mistake.