Design Wall Monday/Easy Street- January 7, 2013

Easy Street is still in the works around here. I put it on my UFO/Get 'er done list to continue to work on in January so it doesn't get put away in a tote or go into the UFO pile. Better for it to go straight to the "TO BE QUILTED" LIST.

I laid out the 9 blocks I have made with the corner and side Triangles that are done.  I could just make 4 of the second set of blocks and call the center done!  LOL  

These blocks are 15" finished so it would still make a nice sized quilt being set on-point.

 The final Layout if I don't make any more blocks or Triangles... That means I have a lot of left-over parts to play around with.   I think I'll call mine "BUSY STREETS"!
Some one else called the Mystery quilt "Lazy Street".  No way is this Mystery for the Lazy.

 And a picture of  two of my Favorite center A & B Blocks.  They look so different on-point.
I like the Purple stars that are a secondary pattern in the 2nd Picture.  But there is a lot more GREEN than I thought it would have. Kathy in Canada counted the pieces in the A blocks = 77.  Block B has 69.  OH, my!  Now to choose fabric for the Borders.  I seem to have a bunch of very Curious comment-ers from my last Post.  Still not ready to share, very soon.  This week is Quilt Guild, then I can share part of the NEWS.

Linking up to Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville HERE today.

And over HERE for the first Design Wall Monday Postings with Judy L.

Easy Street -stitching it together

My wish came true and we did get to put parts together on part 7.

Triangles #1 x 4

 Triangle #2 (Need 12)

 I sewed as fast as I could and still have 3 more triangle #2's to make.  I am turning into a pumpkin and ready to go to bed as soon as the Waterford Ball falls on my TV from NY... This is my guess for these parts.  I think they will be the setting Triangles and corners.

 I still have some parts left over so there will be one or two more parts to make after the New Year. The rest of the quilt will come from these parts.

 The final link-up will be next Monday over at Quiltville, so I hope to have it to the Flimsy stage by then.

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

Make 2013 a much more Peaceful year. 

(the color of the year is Emerald Green)

12-21-12 -A New Day!

I woke up this morning and the news was showing a Moment of Silence for the Victims of Sandy Hook Elementary.  90 seconds is a long time to watch people standing grim faced...
I read online that Emilie Parker's Father was the first to speak to the Media.  I some how knew he was LDS, like me.  The face and actions shone out to me, and I just knew. Heaven got 26 new angels that day.

I'm HAPPY the world is still here- no BIG BANG, Earthquake or Apocalypse.  I've got a Mystery to finish!

Bonnie Hunter's EASY STREET Part 5 is up and I'm ready to cut THESE FABRICS-What is left of a $49.99 KIT from my Hancock days.  I guess 6-7 years ago putting Purple and Turquoise together was good too.  I forgot I had these fabrics.  I had them hidden behind the doors of my nicely folded (organized) Stash!

Here's to a New Day and a world where children don't have to live in fear of the evil men who conspire.  I remember as a child watching the "Twilight Zone" through the legs of the chairs from the doorway of the bathroom in our house. My older Sister and Brother kept telling me it was the "End of the World" if I didn't go to sleep.  Maybe that's why I'm a "nightowl".  They made me afraid to fall asleep.

4 Days until Christmas- the celebration of the Christ Child's Birth. I'm ever grateful for the many gifts Jesus Christ has given me.  The hope of Life Eternal and Happiness.

Wishing every one who reads this a very 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Be-decked Trees & Step 4 cut

I guilted the guys at the house with my last Blog post.  But the trees are all decorated and I'm happy for that. Jeff hasn't been home for Christmas so his ornaments are hanging on this Tree.

Grandpa Paul puts his ornament on the tree after a busy day at work.

The Big Tree with some of my favorite ornaments hanging on it.  This is the tree that fell over and had to be fixed a couple years ago. I hope it remains upright this year.  On the right is my latest Nativity Ornament from Jim Shore via QVC.  I have selected to buy Nativities that don't take as much space on a shelf and have Joseph Mary and Baby Jesus all together on them. I like that Jim Shore uses the patchwork on them too.

Today it is was trying to snow, but it's 34 degrees so it melted as it fell. This is the Army Boy's BIG Truck! He's been keeping the road hot between Tri-cities and Walla Walla since he got home.

 Part 4 is cut out as far as I could go with my Turquoise stash.  Purple and Turquoise isn't a combo I've used before.  Not much of the Turquoise in the ol' Stash! 64 to sew up while Bonnie is on Quiltcam tonight. Jeff and the DH are gone again so I'll be home watching Bonnie.

Design Wall Monday December 10, 2012

Still working on the "Easy Street Mystery.  It's slow going with the other things I am working on that can't be shown on the BLOG at Christmas time.  I have to put in my shameless plug HERE.  I emailed a picture to Bonnie Hunter on Friday and she blogged about me in her Quiltcam on Saturday.  That was fast!!! Here is my Easy Street pieces that are done so far.  I saw one link-up that was guessing a possible block layout. Here's my Guess...

AND Part 3 on the cutting mat - ready to sew this week in my spare time.  It's Quilt Guild and Daughters of Utah Pioneers week, plus Army Boy is in Wyoming and soon on his way home. I need to get my voice back.  I missed Church because I couldn't talk Sunday morning. They guy that called to talk to DH yesterday said I was a BASS. I haven't sewn much since I got home.  I'm playing catch-up with laundry and un-packing.  The trees are awaiting their decorations.

  
Here are some of the 'Siggy' Squares with the corners sewn on that I've collected this year. The 3 on the top row are from my Trip to Colorado last week.  I noticed that the two in the middle are the same print in two color-ways. Of course I had to include Tula pink fabric on her 'siggy'.

 Click over HERE to see what's happening in Blogland this 2nd Monday in December.
To see the Easy Street Link-up go HERE

Design Wall Monday- December 3, 2012

On my cutting mat are the Pieces for Part 2 of the Easy Street Mystery.  I sewed up four to see how the Fairy Frost fabrics looked with the Black on White fabric. They have not been pressed or trimmed up to size.  I didn't have as much of the Fairy Frost as I thought in different shades, I do have lots of Purple in my Stash so it wasn't hard to find some to use.  Bonnie announced on Friday that we won't be using any more of the Grey fabric in this Mystery.  I thought I'd show a picture of it.  I can always use the rest of it for the backing, right??

Time to Link- up over at Patchworktimes HERE

And over at Bonnie Hunter's Blog HERE.

EDITED to add: 

 Here I am in Colorado sewing on the Easy Street Mystery and watching Bonnie's Quiltcam on my Droid Phone.  I did get a few more FG done.  Clue #3 comes out Friday morning...

UFO's New Plans for 2013

Judy L over at Patchworktimes is re-vamping the way we do our UFO's in 2013.  It will be more of a Goal setting at the end of each month.  Sounds good to me.  The UFO for November #9 went with me to the last Sew-in...that's about it.  I cut some fabric to use and still need to sew it together.
For the December UFO #4  I'm happy to say it got finished in AUGUST!  I'm sleeping under it already and will through the Christmastime.

Lynn had her machine empty and said bring one over and quilt it, it was an offer I couldn't refuse!  THANKS, Lynn!!!  It's been on the blog several times.  It was the quilt I chose for the Blogger's Quilt Festival HERE.  It won a Big Ribbon at the Fair too HERE.

 I have a little Table Topper Lone Star that I could substitute and finish this month, I can't find it to take a picture. I'll be a little busy with the Easy Street Mystery, and enjoying family times.  Part 2 was posted today HERE .  That means I get to use my all the shades of my Purple fabrics and some "Fairy Frost" fabrics. Bonnie even has a Video to show how to cut the 2" strips to make the parts for this week using the Easy Angle and Companion Angle rulers.

I finally got my Feathered Star rulers that I saw Demonstrated at Trends in September. I also got a BIG spool of the Parchment colored Signature thread I like to use for Quilting and the patterns for the Block of the Month from Quilter's Quarters called "The General's Wives"  and the Go Die for Feathers.  These are things I want to use in the next year.  In other words more new projects on my list of to do's someday.

Easy Street Mystery...etc

I'm almost ready for the 2nd part of the Mystery to be revealed tomorrow.  I needed to go and find some Black on white fabrics. Look what fun fabrics I found. I'm amazed at how many are linking up and how many are looking at my link from there and Judy L's DWM this week, 367 so far! WOW!!! Thanks for all the kind comments. I saw at least 5-6 others on Design Wall Monday working on the MYSTERY.

I took a picture if my Jack of Hearts Mystery fabrics outside so the colors are more true. The purple on the left looks like tumbleweed stickers to me.

This quilt is still waiting to be sewn together.  I had an important event to attend this week...

 
 #1 Grandson is playing Basketball for his school team at Park Middle School.  The came to Walla Walla for a game at Garrison MS.  It was his first game that he got to play in!  Just like old times... These pictures were taken from my phone.

On another note... thank heaven for "color catchers"!

This is my Red and White Disappearing 4 patch from the Block Lotto Blog last year.  I washed it once before and the Batiks bled into the background fabric. I washed it this week and used a 'color catcher'.

Design Wall Monday November 26, 2012

 Now that the family has all left, I had time to sew between the batches of laundry on Saturday.  Dinner was  Leftover Turkey, stuffing, potato, veggie and gravy casserole that can only be made this time of year. YUMM, Sunday Dinner was already to eat after Church For my Design wall I have 68 of the 192 4-patches made for Bonnie Hunter's "Easy Street"  Mystery. Part 1 posted on Friday HERE.  Only 124 left to make. Gotta find some more B/W fabrics that are more white than black.  I have a 4 yd bolt of the gray (dated 2006) so I won't run out of the background this time. Waiting for Friday to see what we get to make next. Bonnie promised "No Strings" in this Mystery, doing the Happy Dance!  Bonnie has a link-up, starting this Monday  HERE.

And my 2nd Version of the Mystery by E-mail "Jack of Hearts" is ready to be sewn into rows.  This version will have the 2.5" squares pieced border all around and one more 3"-4" border to complete it. The background fabric was one I ran out of so it has two backgrounds. It doesn't' show much I think this setting shows the "hearts" more.  The main fabric is from "In the Beginning"   by Jason Yenter. The dark is a purple print.  Colors aren't true here.

Judy L is Hosting the Design Wall Monday HERE.
It's the Last Monday in November in Blogland!