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| I worked a few hours on this one yesterday and today. There are a myriad of things that could be better, but it is good enough to serve the purpose. Tomorrow, I hope to load it and take another picture. Even better, I have two days left to clean, maybe do a little Christmas decorating, and straighten up and be ready for clue 3 of Grand Illusion. |
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| Step2, was a challenge, but it is finished. Anxious to work on my Bionic Bag and hopefully have it done before Friday, when Step 3 will be out. So far, so good keeping up, but not doing scrappy is a mental challenge. |
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| Cut out and ready for sewing. |
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| First 6 finished and measured - pretty close. |
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| Step 1 finished. Step 2 I will work on on Saturday at a local quilt shop, with several other mystery quilt quilters. It should make it more fun. This Saturday I went, but didn't bring my machine, so just watched. Not next time. |
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| I made my daughter a set of 8 reversible placemats. My house used to be holiday central, but it seems to have shifted to her house. I hope that they are used and enjoyed. |
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| Oops! I got a new iphone, and even though it has a case, I decided to protect the screen even further than the screen protector, I needed a soft case. Yesterday, I made the one on the left, but decided that it needed to be a little less snug, and a pocket on the front would be nice. Today, with Thanksgiving on my mind, I made another case. Too big, and I forgot the pocket. It does fit my 7 inch tablet in it's case though. I guess I'll be making a third, hopefully the third time will be the charm, as has previously been alleged. Right not, I'm not in the mood. |
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| Last year, I started several projects at the beginning of the year. One was a combination of the Craftsy BOM from 2012, and Amy Gibson's Sugar Block Club. It was my intention to make a queen sized sampler quilt. I finally caught up with some new projects, and so decided to get back to my Sampler quilt. I had 21 blocks, and decided I needed 30, so these are the other 9. Some are from the original project, and a few are blocks that I liked and decided to do rather than paper piece, or other things that I haven't enjoyed that much. I plan to do sashing and cornerstones and borders, so I'm not sure how fare I'll get before Bonnie's 2014 mystery. My house is needing attention, and I MUST make that a priority. |
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| Aurora's baby quilt is finally finished. She will be six months soon, it's about time. |
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| Her mama, Tabitha, was saying that she had a lot of flannel receiving blankets that she wasn't sure what to do with. I asked if she'd like to use them for the back, so that's what we did. She brought over ten, and I used parts of all of them. |
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| I haven't been blogging much, but I have made a few things, and now am working on a great-grandbabies baby quilt. This was an afghan for her mother. It started out to be a leftover yarn quilt, but turned into 3 quilts of similar colors, as my daughter requested afghans for a friends children. |
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| This is for her four year old. It's a lot bigger than she is, so should do her for several years. |
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| This is for the 6 year old. I didn't get a picture of it finished, but this is a little more than half. |
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| We made a rare trip for us, due to my husband's health situation. We stayed with family, and so I brought gifts. This is the front and back of placemats I made, 6 each for 2 SIL's. The front is my favorite, Fairy Frost, and I used neutrals, as I didn't know their color themes. I used a tutorial from aquiltinglife blog. I also made them each a Fairy Frost bag, with lots of pockets, but didn't get pictures. They can pretty much afford most of what they would like, so I hope they like them enough to use them occasionally. I didn't have time to make quilts from scratch, so one got my Roll Roll Sunshine River (Roll Roll Cotton Boll), and the other got my Christmas quilt. |
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| I started this one with leftover yarn also, but then went to Hobby Lobby for more. It's relaxing to crochet and watch TV. This one isn't for anyone, just in reserve, I guess. |
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| I decided to do Bonnie's mystery again this year. Last years Celtic Solstice was less than stellar, due to my poor color choices, so this year, I decided to use Bonnie's colors, but not go scrappy. I bought these from Thousands of Bolts, and I don't think that I did too badly on the colors, since I was choosing based on price and from the little internet pictures. Using yardage should make the cutting process easier, too. |
