Blocks and more.

Twenty five blocks have been made, they are waiting to be joined to the sashing pieces.

The two smock dresses have arrived at their forever home and will be enjoyed by two beautiful little girls for many years to come.

As for the layout of all those mystery blocks... Above is what the end result should look like.

This is how far mine is, everything still needs to be sewn together. Used a lot more pink and faded teal greens in my version. Arctic cold is arriving tomorrow afternoon, for a snap.

The mystery continues…

We know it is cold outside, we can not stay indoors all the time. So we venture outside and walk. It snows, the wind makes it worse, so we wait for pockets of sunshine and bundle up. The air is crisp and cold.

Indoors we relax, after chores has been done. Hand quilting in the hoop on my lap in the evening. This quilt is in the hoop, currently quilting in the ditch on the borders. It keeps me warm, while working on the quilting.

Everyday a half an hour of sewing, ironing or cutting has been happening. The Bonnie Hunter mystery blocks are growing.

It may take time to sew all the pieces together, but slow and steady it is all coming together.

On monday while zooming with Kate, she was sorting her scraps into containers and knitting. I was ironing these traingle squares, sorting them into print and colour groups. Groundhog day with these, they were ironed and the box is too small. They got crammed into the box to close the lid and it wrinkled quite a lot of them. They all need dog ears trimmed off them. This is the RSC23, 24, 25 project I have been working on. Have decided to work on existing projects this year, before starting new projects.

Made a peppermint crisp tart this week, was going to do it over the festive season and it did not happen then.

Read this book more than ten years a go, a friend is doing a hole program on quilts and history. This one is a good one and well worth the time to read it.

Old Town mystery.

We had another snow storm last night and more snow expected today.

The sashing pieces for the Bonnie Hunter mystery has been sewn.

Flying geese units sewn into blocks. More components to create the next part of the big blocks.

This needs to be assembled, as it is currently on top of the cutting table taking up space.

We will be spending time outdoors today clearing snow.

Some socks happening with sock free wool.

Got a pair of these scrubbers from the local dollar store, tried it to clean the fluff and lint from the cutting board in the sewing room. It did the job and works well.

Pink is the colour for RSC25.

As luck would have it, pink is the chosen colour for January. The Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt that is my current project has a lot of pink, instead of the red called for colour. So this project will be worked on for the month. Part nine and the full reveal happened this past friday.

Part nine included these pieces as well, so they need to be finished before the sewing of large blocks can commence. Played a bit with some of the pieces over the weekend.

It feels good to get to the point where the blocks can be assembled. No rush, just bit by bit. It will get done in time.

A new year.

A first for me. When hubby decided to buy some fabric, he saw some fabric panels displayed in the window of the quilt shop. This was one of the pieces he choose.

My choice was a quilt kit and one piece of fabric. He chose quite a few, much more than I did. This has never happened before.

He wants to use them as wall art quilted pieces for his study and office.

A piece of fabric with Loons on it was also part of the fabric he choose. Never a dull moment when we go to a quilt shop. Especially when they have thread too. The things he finds for fly tying is truly amazing.

Antique mall and mystery quilt.

Hubby decided to stop at the local Antique Mall, in a hamlet close by.

I browsed the different vendor stalls and saw a few antique quilts.

Always fun to see them and look at the work, the stitches, quilting, fabrics used and embroidery.

The Bonnie Hunter mystery continues.

Part seven is sewn, it needs to be trimmed before the next part is revealed. These flying geese gets sewn to hour glass blocks.

Part two for the year.

Baby quilt for the youngest great nephew.

This is the replacement quilt for the one which got lost in the mail.

Winnie the Pooh baby quilt.

A playmat quilt.

A fishing quilt.

The Birthday quilt.

Two smocked dresses finished ein early December. It has been a very busy year.

Project bags got made this year, stitching projects have been kitted up and some have starts.

Last finish for the year, the train case.