Easy Street Part 1

And so it begins....I just love Bonnie's quilts and I am sure once this mystery is revealed I will love this.

Started with these fabrics.

Made my 2sies.

Then sewed, ironed, popped the seams in groups of 10.

Gathered into their bucket all nice and cozy until the next clue comes out next week. I only ended up with 12 extra...guess I can't count very well after all.

 

 

I forgot how long this can take at times.  It ended up taking my all day Saturday to complete.  Of course it was sew 10 or 20 then check the laundry, then sew 10, then make lunch, sew 20 then check the laundry...so it ends up taking me twice as long but that is ok.  The last of the laundry is done ( a day early for me) and I can rest and work on other things until next Friday.

 

You can see the progress of others at Quiltville

 

 

Have a great week everyone.

 

Michelle

Ready For A Mystery

As most know Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville hosts a mystery every Thanksgiving.  I finished Orca Bay (except the Binding), Roll Roll Cottonbowl top complete, and those are the only 2 I have participated in so far.  Anyway, a new one starts next week, Easy Street. So of course I had to get my fabrics all ready to go. I just have to decide on a gray.

I also finally finshed my bow tie blocks piecing, well I think I am done.  I still have some fabric left but I want to wait and see how many more I need or if I need more.  I coudln't believe how many I ended up with.  I have been working on them for over a year. 

I took the final tally before taking them out of their groups of 10 and throwing them in a bucket to start pieceing them together.

 

 

Can you believe I ended up with 664 of these little suckers.  I started sewing them into rows of 3's so I can make 9 patches out of them. Of course I couldn't remember the orientation of them to save my life so for every 2 I sewed together I ended up frogging about 10. I think I am now on a roll and have it figured out. I will sew my rows of 3, add to a basket and then after full pin together into 2 rows etc..etc until I have my 9 patches at that point I will move it from leader and ender to quilt put together status.  In the mean time I better start thinking of another project to make as my leader and ender.  I will really miss these.

 

 

Michelle

Design Wall Monday 1/30/2012

I actually made some progress this week. I finished my Orca Bay, Bonnie Hunters mystery...I am so glad it is done and I absolutely love it.

Working on the rows.

Center Done

Top Finished

I think I am going to send this one to a long armer...there are so many seams and it is so heavy and most importantly I want it done. Since I still haven't taken the time to learn how to use my mid-arm..I do have to fix that issue soon.

I also decided that I need to take this week and make it a clean up week.  My sewing room looks like a bomb hit it.  I am so tired of all the kit stuff and extra crap I have piled around. So this will be my week to organize and get ready for everything I want to do.

I received my schedule for Feb. from work and after this week I actually get quit a few days off. I work Mon - Thur so I figure I can spend every afternoon getting everything cleaned up and by the time my days off come  (which is a 3 day weekend yay) I will be ready to get some things done.

My first goal after clean up week is of course Dear Jane (agghh) and then I have some QOV to get done.  I have one ready to quilt and I have many ideas floating around in my head.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week and gets lots of projects done.

Check out more Design Walls over at Judy's

Sew in piece.

Michelle