2020 Mystery Quilt!

 Hi Everyone!

My new project is the mystery quilt from Bonnie Hunter.  It's not too late to join in!  I just finished the first clue!  Since I didn't finish last year's quilt until August of this year, I'm doing much better on this one.

Here are my first "sets":

I didn't really have any grays or golds in my stash so I did have to buy some for this.  Bummer, fabric shopping.  ;-)

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

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A Finished Quilt Top

 Hi Everyone!

I hope you are all staying safe.  Thankfully, we are (hubby, me, and our cat).

For good and bad, I've had a lot of time on my hands.  The bad part is that means no work is coming in - the joys of owning a trophy shop when all the events are cancelled.  The good part is that I've had time to work on and even finish projects!

This first one is the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt, Frolic.  I have the top finished!  I had nearly given up hope, but I pushed through and got it completed.  It won't be quilted for awhile because that's a whole different project.

Here's the finished top:

This one definitely took the most time, for me, of the mystery quilts that I've done.  Work on my quilting studio took precedence.  

As you might guess, this was taken in my new space!  The cutting table is a temporary one and I need new flooring, but it's mostly done.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

It's a mystery no more!

Hi Everyone!

I finished Bonnie Hunter's Good Fortune Mystery last night!  Here's what my version looks like:

In the directions, Bonnie gave the option of doing the oranges as string-pieced or solid pieces.  I chose to do the solids and I'm very happy with my choice!  That choice also made a difference in the way my borders were pieced.  The neutrals in my borders ended up being long rectangles rather than extremely scrappy.  Here's a close up of my non-pieced oranges and border neutrals:

I would never have thought to use these colors together on my own!  I'm thrilled with the result, though!

Now I get to cross this off my 2019 Finish It Up Challenge list!

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

It's a mystery, part 4

This week's clue had options on whether to make pieced blocks or not.  There were different piecing options included as well.  I went with the lazy woman's way and didn't piece the blocks.  This option will still give me great color variations in my quilt but also gave me time to finish up the previous clues!

Here are my "blocks" for this week's clue:

I was also able to completely finish off my red 9-patches (all squared up) and my green half chevrons (also all squared up).  Both of those sets are also at the correct numbers I needed.

I also worked on getting my blue HSTs (half square triangles) squared up and counted and the green HSTs that were "buddies" from the half chevron blocks.  I haven't finished these yet, but hopefully by this Friday's clue I'll be all caught up.

Here are the blocks that I have totally done:

You can see how everyone else is progressing, including some cool alternative color choices, at this Monday's Link Up!

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

It's a mystery, part 3

Well, part 3 was released this past Friday as usual.  I did make a start on the clue.  This time, we were using greens and neutrals.  This block also has a "buddy block" (made as a result of these).  Here are the few of the main block that I got completely finished.

Here are the even fewer buddy blocks that I got done - these are even squared up!

This is definitely proving to be a mystery.  While I've done 3 clues, I don't have a clue how these are going to come together!

See others who are working on this at the Quiltville Monday Link-Up for the mystery.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

It's a mystery, part 2

I'm so proud of myself!  I finished cutting and stitching all of the pieces I needed for clue #2!  I still need to
iron and square them up, but I'm ahead of where I expected to be on a Monday.

Here is a sample of my "blocks" for clue #2:

I was surprised by how many blues I ended up with.  It was either 14 or 17 different fabrics.  I'm going for ultra-scrappy on this one.  lol

Hopefully, by the time the next clue comes out on Friday, I'll have ironed and squared all of the blocks from clues 1 & 2.  I adjusted my ironing board so that I could sit down to use it in order to save my back some grief.  It seems to be working so far!

See others who are working on this at the Quiltville Monday Link-Up for the mystery.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

It's a mystery!

Hi All!

Thanksgiving is over.  Hubby and I had an enjoyable trip out-of-town for the day.  We were non-traditional, we had prime rib!

I've survived decorating our house and shop for Christmas.  I love doing it, but it does a number on my back.  Thankfully, I've gotten back into yoga so while I still hurt, I was able to walk upright the next day!  Since I've only been back at my yoga for a couple of weeks, I'd say it's definitely improving my life.

The day after Thanksgiving, Bonnie Hunter started the clues for her Good Fortune Mystery.

I've made a start on the pieces for this first clue:

Because my current cutting table is too low for my height, I alternate between cutting and sewing.  That means I've only got about 25% of my pieces done so far.  I'm hoping to get the rest done before the next clue comes out on Friday.

ETA:  I'm planning on building a cutting table for my height (5'9½" - very long legs!) but I'll make due with this one for awhile.  I've already drafted plans for my new, custom, cutting table!

I am using the recommended color palette.  The variety of colors is more than I would normally use in a quilt, but so was last year's mystery and I ended up loving it!

If you want to see all of the other participants' progress, you can click here:  Monday Link-Up.  Not everyone is using the same palette, so it's great to see how different something the same can look with just alternate colors.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

2018 FIU Challenge Update

Hello!

I have progress on my list!  It's not much...yet, but it is better than nothing.

• Stitch a design for the candlescreen that I have
• Finish hand-quilting the Bullseye Quilt
• Finish the log cabin star wall hanging
• Start hand-quilting my grand aunt's grandmother's flower garden quilt top
• Clean up the nook area in my sewing room - made a start, barely
• Finish the mystery quilt top I've started - finished 3 February
• Clean and re-frame my hummingbirds cross stitch
• Post all the stuff I have waiting to be listed in my Etsy shop
• Clean up my scrapbooking area
• Make a start on archival scanning of all my family photographs
• Get my printed recipes put into my recipe software (Living Cookbook)

Here's a photo of the finished quilt top:

This was Bonnie Hunter's On Ringo Lake mystery.  It's the first of her mysteries that I've done.  I used her suggested colors because they were out of my comfort zone and it was a way to expand my personal horizons...so to speak.  ;-)

As a mystery quilt, this has been retired.  However, she does have the pattern available for purchase on her website (see link above).

Happy Stitching!

Stacy