It's a mystery

I have begun the new Bonnie Hunter mystery On Ringo Lake. I have had a slow start, and I am only to the starch stage. I decided after I had found and gathered my strips for part 1, that I would try starching this year as a new exploration. We had a guild speaker this year, and she was adamant that it would make a difference in our accuracy. I didn't remember and decide until AFTER I had cut. Next time, I will try to calculate and soak the fabric in 1:2 liquid starch. We shall see if this makes any difference. It will be fun experiment.

I have a few parts of boxy stars ala patriotic ready to sew together. I blogged about the endless 2 1/2 inch strip bin here.

over Thanksgiving I haven't found much time to sew, so I am trying to play " what was I thinking" with my projects
 En provence is nearly ready to quilt - I need a back and binding.
cheddar sampler has not moved much from here.

The triangles are done for Holy Toledo
I am sewing the glitter blocks into pairs

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and there is a mystery link up at Quiltville

cheddar again

I haven't forgotten about the cheddar sampler. I took photos of the rest of the blocks and laid them out together.

leaf block

missouri star

I don't remember

cups and saucers

It's time to add the sashing

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indecision

I have hit too many "wait and sees" and it has affected my mojo. I just haven't been able to decide yet on a few projects. I seem to be in a thinking mood and not a doing mood. I have been pondering next year's quilting goals and just not sure what I want to see accomplished.

I have almost finished my owl rug hooking, but I want it bigger. So the fight in my head begins. Finish it the way the pattern requires or invent something else. More work, more indecision. sigh...

As I was webbing En provence, I realized I was one block short. I think I know what happened. I quickly glanced at the note I had made which said 15 inch block make 16. And I made 15. sigh...
There are 25 blocks in each block. And I can't find the leftover fabric. So do I make the quilt 3 x 5  or make another block from scratch. wait and see ...sigh...

I want to pare down Christmas, and I want a smaller 2 old folk size tree. So I am hoping to choose and get rid of the other old and orphaned trees I have gathered over the years.The one I like the best is just too short. And the lights are dead. Do I move on to making this one work ( adding lights), maybe putting it on a stool, and use what I already own too many or just get what I want . wait and see...sigh...

I am trying to make do a quilt frame for a rug hooking floor frame. Every step forward there is a step backward. Do I just get a new properly designated rug hooking frame or keep ruminating for a solution to using what i already have to use. sigh....

more photos of cheddar sampler blocks.. what next?

steps to the altar

double x

I know eventually the right solutions will come to me, and I will move forward, I am not liking the "wait and see" time right now.

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a new goal

A new month and time for a new goal. Halloween came and went. We had no trick or treaters. sigh... I don't even have any pictures of my Grandchildren. sigh...

But the big news is published about the new mystery quilt with Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville. 

My one monthly goal for November will be to piece the blocks for my EnProvence in civil war colors.Given the changing seasons, and the Thanksgiving holiday, I am hoping to get the top pieced but not quilted.
I have some un sewing to do first, since I added the wrong color of tri recs units to the block. I blogged about en provence wrong.

I have more cheddar blocks  photographed

broken window

dove in the window

indian plume

Here is a row of my Linda friend's glitter blocks. I have used scrappy backgrounds, but she is using all the same. 

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calling it done for October

I feel like I have been working on these blocks forever, but it's only been a month. I started with 2 blocks finished and now I have 56. I will set them 7 x 8. I have all of the 125 string pieced sashings pieced, trimmed, and de papered. I have 50 of 72 cornerstones paper pieced. I really made a great start on this quilt. I'd like to think I will keep going, but if not I have it on the list for 2018. So I have met my goal for One monthly Goal OCtober.

Carrie Nation...

gentlemans fancy....

I was worried the blue was not dark enough to show.

but altogether, they are soft but sweet, maybe even "smokey". this is called smokehouse

domino net

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Stash report OCtober 29, 2017

Boo
I found some great stuff at the quilt show's garage sale.
This was a ziplock bag of vintage 3 inch squares more or less. I love the fabrics.

 just a few of these orphan blocks

 and a cute tiny purse handle

 a baggie of 3/4 hexagons and papers, many of the fabrics are vintage. One of the silent auction items was a huge iris container full of 1 inch hexies already basted. Oh my. It went for nearly 100.00 dollars.

 a bag of flannel scraps

 and a roll of 1/4 yards of black and white fabrics... someday...

I am still working on the Marie Webster block

But I am pretty excited that I have finished sewing all the cheddar sampler blocks which was my goal. I am still piecing string blocks for the border.

Stash report

Fabric Used this Week 1 yard
Fabric Used year to Date: 344 1/2 yards


Fabric Added this Week: 2 1/2 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 315 1/2 yards

Net Fabric for 2017: 28 yards used more than added.

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Not much pink

Here is a few glitter blocks with pink, but mostly just scrappy. The rainbow scrap challenge is found at  So scrappy

The cheddar sampler blocks with no pink whatsoever.
But I am moving them ahead.
This is darting birds

and this and that

and squares and diamonds

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More cheddar blocks

I have really concentrated on the cheddar sampler quilt, trying to get 56 blocks made by the end of the month. I have nearly 50, so it is still doable.This block took a little studying to decide how to approach it. Mostly, I am going by picture. I know that if there are 2 columns the blocks are 3 1/2, if there are 3 columns the blocks are 2 1/2 ,and if there are 4 columns the blocks are 1 1/2.
This is called mosaic

I spent one day making a block, making a pass on a customer quilt, making another block, repeat, because I wanted to get both of them done.

clay's choice

 fake lemoyne star

chained star

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crazy mom quilts

my owl rug

I have mr. owl on my floor frame in the living room, trying to catch a few minutes here and there to hook a little. It is the right season since He is sitting on a pumpkin. Every owl in the workshop had a different personality. Every stitch angled by a different hand created a different result.

Mine...

looking left?

  staring?

 sad?

 surprised?

 not sure?

funny funny owls.

still trying to make cheddar sampler blocks. Flock of geese

 and a few glitter blocks

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