Mystery Monday Link Up and Design Wall Monday

What a whirlwind week!

This getting up early and out the door has messed up my head.

We get home about 8:30 from getting the kiddos on the bus and

by the time I get done with the stuff I need to do,

I'm too tired to sew.

But I made myself go in and sit down and 

pretty soon, I was happily doing what I love to do.

All parts of Good Fortune are complete. 

I had to set it aside for a while though.

I have a special baby quilt that needs to be finished 

and in the mail tomorrow. 

That is my focus for today.

Saturday and Sunday were baking days.

I made up a bunch of breakfast muffins and bars to take to the kiddos for the week.

Then I made Ernie a lemon meringue pie. 

It's our favorite pie and I don't make it often.

It felt good to be in baking mode for a bit.

Now back to quilting mode. 😃

Check out all the goodness over at

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and 

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Have a wonderful week.

Wishing You Good Fortune

 I wish I could say I am finished with my Good Fortune Quiltville mystery.

 I  cannot.

I have made great progress and have had a blast with this mystery.

I still have some red and orange blocks to complete.

I think there are 15 more that need the last seam. 

Of course it isn't any fun if you don't get to use your seam ripper.

Whoospie.

I didn't see these until I was pressing to make my first block and

saw one of these things is not like the others.

Turns out that one thing was the only right one. 

Before long all the seams were out and 

blocks were sewn correctly.

Then the fun begins.

Which quarters to sew together,

which halves to sew together.

Can I do it without having 2 of the same fabrics in the block.

The answer is no.

It happens, it doesn't bother me.

It happened in the very 1st block.

Of course it did,

why would it be any different now. 

To me this is small stuff and I don't sweat that.

I have 4 left halves of the half square triangle border together.

I sewed one strip set between each section,

starting to use a pair as a leader/ender but got to excited to "see what it will look like".

I'm anxious to head over to Quiltville Mystery Monday Link Up

and see the fabulous progress and reveals. 

Don't forget to check out 

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Have a wonderful week.

Mystery Monday Link Up and Design Wall Monday

What do you do after Christmas?

I sew. And sew and sew.

Did you know neutrals are my favorite color? 

How fun to spot my picture as part of Bonnie's collage!!

First I needed to finished clue #5 for Good Fortune.

I really like making this block.

I can't wait to see where it lives in this quilt.

I learned something while removing pages from my phone book.

I didn't knew there was a reverse directory in it. 

I had to look for my own phone number.

Bonnie suggests only working on 2 pages at a time.

I wanted to try 3 just for the heck of it.

It blew up in my face pretty fast.

2 pages sewn together meant the tape and the scalpel seam ripper came out.

That blade wouldn't cut melted butter so it had to be changed.

I love the removable Scotch tape for paper repair.

It doesn't get sticky and gunky when it's ironed.

Of course I don't apply the iron to the tape, 

only to the fabric.  

Like everyone else that is working on Good Fortune,

I cannot wait for the next clue. 

Next up this week will be cutting into some of these lovely sweater knits. 

I figure if I cut it out, it will get sewn up faster.

Pieces have been matched to the patterns.

Crossing my fingers for a new top or 2 this week. 

See what others are working on at 

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and

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Quiltville Mystery Good Fortune Step 5 

How fun to mix up all the colors!

I love pulling neutrals out of the bin.

I had fun cutting from the orange yardage.

I strip from each piece. 

I'm sure I won't be using all of this.

I am so glad I made sample blocks first.

I used my piecing machine to sew a couple gifts 

and that means taking off the seam guide, 

so when I put it back on, I had it so wrong.

I even questioned myself when I did it.

But it's all fixed now and these blocks are fun!

I finished my string blocks Thursday.

They were so much fun that I made about 20 extra,

I knew part 5 wouldn't happen for me until after Christmas.

I'm excited to check out the link ups this week.

Quiltville Mystery Monday Link Up 

and 

Small Quilts and Doll Quilts Design Wall Monday

Merry Christmas

Mystery Monday Link-Up and Design Wall Monday

No sewing has happened in my house since Tuesday and 

I am not happy about that! 

I plan to make up for it in the next couple of days.

I spent the weekend at my daughter's house with her kiddos.

I asked if I could go stash diving for oranges and yes I could.

My darling daughter needs to up her orange game.

But thank you for a few more orange fabrics.

This is a horrible fluorescent light picture of my orange yardage, 

but how about that texture!

I still need to get out my orange scraps, strings and strips for even more oranges.

I'm pretty excited about this clue. 

But first I will get these finished.

This is where I left off on Tuesday.

I can't wait to fill up this bin.

I'm linking up at

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and 

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Have a great week!

Mystery Monday Link-Up and Design Wall Monday

Good Fortune Clue 3

I have all of my squares marked with 2 lines each.

Frixion pen and Bonnie's Bonus Buddy ruler are an awesome team.

Again, I go to my Scrap Users system for my strips and squares.

I will always be thankful for the strip swaps that I have with my friends.

I spent Sunday afternoon on the couch in front of the tv.

Netflix had the new movie Dumplin' 

and I settled in to watch it.

I've read the book so the movie was a bit more sweet. 

I love my zebra lap desk but had to be careful to line my corners on the black 

so I could see where they were.

No greens were cut on Sunday so and

they may not be cut until Monday evening.

Monday is shopping with hubby day. 

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Clue 2 was to make blue and neutral half square triangles.

While l was reading the clue, I started laughing!

Blue HSTs! 

I love them!!

Needless to say, my blue strip stash has now been almost depleted.

Good thing I just bought new blue yardage. 

In May, I finished Jamestown Landing. 

In August I used my Triangle Gathering blocks with neutral string blocks to make this top. 

I thought I'd be slick and use my brand new Go! die.

That bit me right in the keester!

The blades just made a mess of my fabric so

I got out my ruler and rotary cuter and cut the old way.

I was happily sewing along when I remembered I had a bunch already cut 

from the other quilts.

(Do you like my Dollar Store bin that I saved with red duct tape?)

I got that bin down and finished sewing those up.

I chose the ones I wanted and put the remaining ones in the bin labeled HSTs of this size.

Here is my final few ready to press and trim.

I've been using Chunky Churndash (Free pattern at Quiltville) 

as my leader/ender project 

and made a bit of progress on it this weekend.

Whenever I needed to take a break, 

I sewed a l/e seam.

Today I'm linking up with 

Quiltville-Monday Mystery Link-Up

and

Small Quilts and Doll Quilts Design Wall Monday.

Enjoy your day in Blogland. 

Design Wall Monday and Mystery Monday Link Up...

...All Rolled Into One.

It's that time of year again.

Quiltville Mystery Time. 

Oh how I love a Quiltville Mystery.

For me it's all about trust.

I trust that Bonnie has designed another fabulous quilt in Good Fortune

 andI am not hesitant at all to jump in with both feet.

No hesitation on my part at all.

I love the colors she chose for this year.

I love that there will be lots of orange.

I love that I have lots of fabric in my stash for this quilt.

I love that I could add some new fabrics to my stash and into this quilt.

I'm excited to be almost finished with Clue 1.

Just a bit more spinning and pressing.

Then I will spend the rest of the week working on another project while

I patiently wait for Friday.

I have been a Bonnie fan since right after she started Quiltville.

One day she shared her Scrap Users System and I had to follow.

So when clue 1 said to use strips of red and neutral,

I went right to my bins and pulled out my red and neutral strips.

My strip bins are full from years and years of strip swaps.

For years at our retreats we swapped neutral 2 1/2" strips along with some colors.

Then we added different sizes into the mix.

Thanks to my friends, I have a wonderful collection of strips in all usable sizes.

Pretty soon there was a small mountain of strips sewed together.

Oh the fun I was having!!

Then I couldn't stand it any more, 

I had to cut some strips into units and make 4 patches.

Then I had to count to 10, spin those seams, press and pin.

Pretty soon, I'm left with just a few piles of 10 that need to be spun, pressed and pinned.

I will be working on this baby quilt later today.

It's always good to have a fun project to work on while I wait.

Fill you cup and enjoy your morning in Blogland.

I just betcha there will be lots and lots of 4 patches. 

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