Design Wall Monday December 5, 2011

Happy December All!

Have not had a chance to post in the past few weeks. My day job is in retail and this is a crazy busy time of year, where I am working 6 days a week. This, unfortunately, this leaves little time for sewing.

This week finds me trying to work on the Bonnie Hunter Mystery in between all the crazy work hours.  I am happy to say that I have completed the first two steps and with a little luck will be working on step three this week and be caught up. Below are the hour glass units, all 224 of them, and the 72 string blocks.

Orca Bay Step 1

Orca Bay Step 2

 I also decided on a lay out for the Happy Birthday quilt, which was my UFO for November- will probably not get that one completed until the end of this month.  Decembers UFO will have to wait for 2012!

Birthday Quilt final layout.

Have a great week and don't forget to get in some sewing time along with shopping time!

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Design Wall Monday November 21, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving All!  Enjoy your turkey and all the trimmings!

This week finds me working on the first clue of the Bonnie Hunter Mystery called Orca Bay. Check it out, you may want to get in on the fun.  Below is my progress- I am about half way through the first clue with the quarter square triangles that I just need to sew into hourglass units. I am using gold instead of the black that Bonnie uses for this step.  My other colors are below, purple, greens and neutrals-all from the stash.

Clue #1

Orca Bay Fabrics

Don't forget to take some time out from sewing to go shopping on Black Friday!!  Have a great week!

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Design Wall Monday November 14, 2011

This week finds me working on my Happy Birthday Quilt. This quilt requires a whole bunch of half square triangles, that are then sewn into two different blocks based of your Birthday month and day. I will be making 80 of each.

Then the blocks are arranged  with a solid square in the middle.  You keep turning the blocks a quarter of a  turn, until you find the combination that you like, and then sew them all together. Here are a couple of ways that I arranged the blocks. Still a little busy, so I will keep turning. I am leaning towards the second one- but not completely sold yet. Will post the final later this week.

BD Block 1



BD Block 2

 See what everyone else is working on and get some great ideas at Patchwork Times.

Sunday Stash Report November 13, 2011

Not much to report this week- nothing used and nothing added. Still have a couple of projects in progress: Happy Birthday Quilt and Jamestown Landing. I am also gearing up for the first clue for the Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt, which will be out on Friday.

This past Tuesday, at Sunshine Quilt Guild, I was lucky enough to win the Christmas Tree Blocks. There are some really great ones with lots of embellishment's. Below are nine of the twenty blocks.  Now to find the time to put them all together! It will probably end up being a UFO for next year. :o)

Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 229.75 yards.
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 83.0 yards.
Net fabric used in 2011: 146.75 yards

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Design Wall Monday November 7, 2011

This week I am working on my Happy Birthday Quilt. I have about half of the half square triangles complete, with some to press and some to still sew. This quilt takes 672 of them. Would like to complete this as soon as possible as I am getting ready to join in on Bonnie Hunters Mystery Quilt, Orca Bay, which starts on   November 18th. The fabric list has been posted and Bonnie's colors will be red, blue, black, neutral. I am thinking of using green, purple and maybe gold or black with the neutrals. I will be using only fabrics from my stash for this one.

I have also finished  the Block of the month for Sunshine Quilt Guild which meets this Tuesday night. It was a pretty simple one and right in time for the Holidays. Below is my finished Block.

Have a great week and get in some sewing time! For inspiration, check out all the other Design Walls at Patchwork Times.

Sunday Stash Report November 6, 2011

First of all a very big Happy 24th Birthday to my daughter Kendyll- Hope you are having a great Birthday!

This week I am happy to report some usage. The Ruby Slipper quilt is complete! (See the finished quilt in my previous post.) This one used up 15 yards from my stash, including backing and binding.  Added only 3 fat quarters of orange for the Crazy Jacks Quilt, by Buggy Barn Patterns, that I will be making sometime next year.

Crazy Jacks

So here are the numbers for this week. I am almost to my goal of 150 yards used! 

Used this week: 15 yards
Used YTD: 229.75 yards.
Purchased this week: .75 yards
Purchased YTD: 83.0 yards.
Net fabric used in 2011: 146.75 yards

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2011 UFO Challenge November 1, 2011

Here is my finish for October- Ruby Slippers. It will be added to the quilting que, along with all the other UFO's from this year. Just can't seem to get my own stuff quilted. Looks like that will be my UFO project for 2012!

Now on to November's UFO #3. This one is my Happy Birthday Quilt- a pattern by Lyn Mann. It is a two color quilt that I have been looking forward to working on. Check out her other patterns at www.quiltsbylyn.com.

Check out all the other UFO finishes for October at Patchwork Times.