2 UFO's Done

I'm doing pretty good and almost quilting one quilt,every other day.  Before I put the last one on I wanted to put a new Leader on the bottom rail so when I get to that last row I can bring it all the way up to the top.

 I had a bolt of fabric I bought by accident. It is PFD (prepared for dying)

I have a bolt of this Sunflower too. Now there is 4 yards less of it.

                                       

I had a bit of thread breaking issues and the cable of the Quilt So Clever is a bit loose so it looses contact and I have to re-program the panto and start all over. I had to quit and sleep last night.

 I took DH to work way EARLY so a Nap was the reason I didn't get to finish it until afternoon.

 This system doesn't save the whole pattern like the Side Saddle  at Lynn's. This is my learning curve! 

 Getting the spacing right is another thing I'm still not as efficient on.

The last 3 rows I figured out how to get the rows better spaced. 

I used Warm and Natural in this one.  DH said that batting isn't 'prickly' like the last one you did.

This quilt was a Mystery by E-mail in 2012.  I made it for my in-laws for Christmas, then Mom was in the Hospital on Christmas Day so I saved it. I wanted to quilt something fun on it to give it texture. I found a DFX pattern that looked a bit like fleur di lis (sp) I don't know 'french'. I put it in a bag and finally showed it to Paul's mother on her Birthday. I'm happy to say it is nearly done, just need to bind it and put the label on.

Next up maybe the Celtic Solstice so I can practice doing individual blocks on " Betsy"!!! 

 I'd like to do my Farmers wife or the Parcheezi soon though.

Way too many in that page in the tabs up there.
Quilting is the best FUN I can have while the 'blanket of snow' is falling outside.
Weatherman predicts 2-3 more inches tonight.

I need to get my Quilty Fun blocks made and posted to Flickr by midnight Friday.

 It's a hard choice always to Piece or quilt now that "Betsy" in in the house!

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'.

A Little Progress Report

I added another one to the TBQ  list this week.  A few of these got DONE.  Not as many as I'd hoped though.  I am "glad" it isn't being added to the 2013 UFO list!  Gotta play the Glad game, right. There was just enough fabrics to make the pieced border after I removed the Light border and then added it back on after the pieced one. It measures 63" square.

 Here is my "Jack of Hearts"'Mystery by E-mail Quilt for Charity.

Star and Crown 30's (needs Quilting)
Big Star- Judy L (needs Final borders- Quilting)
Spiderman Zig Zag D9P (needs 1 more border, quilting)
Christmas Lone Star (needs final border, Quilting)  DONE
30's Diamond Links - Dorothy Young APOM Mystery from 2007
Lone Star Table Topper (needs Quilting)
Pineapple Charity (needs Quilting)
12 Days of Christmas CW Mini quilt DONE
Blue Raspberry Punch (aka: Pink Lemonade) (needs Quilting)
2 Heart Table Runner- (Pink) DONE
Pam A's 2012 Spring Mystery DONE
Crayon's - Charity (Guild LOTTO) (needs Quilting)
Sarah's Choice SBS 2009 Swap " International Stars" (1 border, quilting)
BRRR Hearts- Bargello with a Twist  DONE
Farmer's Wife Sampler- (needs Quilting)
Mystery by E-mail Quilt for Charity "Jack of Hearts" (needs Quilting)

It's November and My UFO for the Month looks like it won't get any time under the needle.  One month and a week between 2012 and 2013.  Soon I'll be making the new UFO list.  Only 1 from the UFO List was totally finished this year. 2 from that list are now on this one.  That means my Finished Quilts TOTAL is  8 this year. That counts my Tester quilt and Quilt I made for Stitchin' Heaven (haven't seen it on the Blog).

Design Wall Monday- October 22, 2012

My Birthday Pillowcases are ALL DONE!  The last of them should have arrived last Friday in Wyoming.

I made his name too long, so I had to put it in the length of the pillowcase. Thanks, Tina for taking a picture and e-mailing it to me. Love the smiles!

I drove up on Thursday to deliver this one with the Horses on it.  Coy was happy his Birthday finally came.  Every time his siblings got their pillowcase, he reminded me he wanted 'horses' on his.  Grandma was happy to oblige.  I found the fabric on the Shop Hop in Joseph, Oregon.

 This is the 1-3 steps of the Mystery Quilt.  I just put them up to see a possible arrangement for them.  This is only half of the blocks I have made.  I hope I have enough fabric to finish all the clues.  We have 2-3 more to go. The blue dot fabric is the one I hope isn't needed for the rest of the clues.

The Strips on the right side are the last Friday's Clue. They look like the sashing part. Now to wait for Friday again and the next Clue.

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Design Wall Monday- October 15, 2012

Mystery Quilt for Charity-by Email

My friend, Heather Spence that I met at Trends back in September asked me if I wanted to do a Mystery Quilt.  I signed up and have 2 clues already to sew, when I get fabric chosen  I saw Kathy from Canada posting about it Friday morning on her BLOG. It reminded me that I needed to check out the first clues. It just started last Friday.  Since I have basically finished my Farmer's Wife it's ok to start something new, right?  It looks fun so far - I've seen some of the finished clues on Facebook and on Kathy's BLOG..
The pattern is called "Jack of Hearts". Named after the little Boy who will benefit from the proceeds of the Mystery Quilt. You can read more about it HERE.

 I think I have some Blue rose fabrics calling to me.  My MIL needs a new Sofa Cuddle quilt.

What do you think?  All from my stash!

Clue #1 and #2 DONE.  Next Clue is not until this Friday, the 19th.  I might need to get a Darker Dark...

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