Easy Street Mystery

Bonnie Hunter is at it again. A new mystery that is. It is called Easy Street and Bonnie says it is to be much easier than the past two mysteries.

I have yet to finalize my color choices for the mystery but did settle on the constant gray and the black and whites for the background fabrics. Part one was to make 192 4-patches that will finish 3 in.

Here is a picture of mine.

Bonnie is holding a linky party HERE. Go check out the color combinations others are using. We are off to a running start. I just hope I can keep up this year. Took me almost a year to finish Orca Bay...LOL

Can't wait to see clue two next Friday.

Have a great day everyone!

"New to Me" Sewing Machine

I found this sewing machine for $15 dollars at an estate sale over the weekend. Boy it was a mess, but after a good cleaning, she is as good as new. She has been well loved. I plugged her in and turned her on and she purrs like a kitten. Lovely.

She is a Singer 6234.

I cant seem to find out her age. according to the Singer website, LOL, she is a 1900. That cannot be right. This is according to the serial number which only has one letter in the front and it is an N. From the looks of her I am thinking perhaps a 90's machine.

If anyone owns one of these, let me know. I have some questions about where to get parts for it. It only came with one bobbin and it has a crack in it. Learning to fill the bobbin on this machine was quite interesting. I have never had a drop in bobbin machine.

We will have so much fun working together, I am sure.

Bow-tie top, Sewing Machine Cover, Halloween Mug Rug

Here are several items I have been able to finish over the last few days. 

Here is a pic of the Bow-tie top I finished. This was inspired by Bonnie Hunters Cheddar Bow-Tie Quilt.

Here is a sewing machine cover, much need. Now I need to make another one for the new sewing machine I just acquired...more on that in another post. 

Mug rug made with the scraps left over from a Halloween quilt I'm working on. I try to use up as many bits and pieces left over from all my projects. Always in need of mug rugs...LOL.

 Here is the back of the mug rug, or it could be vice versa.

UFO's to complete by the end of 2012, Can I do It?

 

Well I have completely forgotten about these. I have about 30 of them done, then life got in the way! I have some major catching up to do with this. I really want to finish this by the end of the year like the plan says.  Anyone else doing these tiny houses?

So another UFO to knock off my list.



I am hoping by the end of the year to complete these UFO's.

1. Crabapple quilt FMQ'ed, bound and given to my Dad.
2. Bow-ties, top finished, FMQ'ed,  bound and used as a throw in my living room.
3. Pink baby quilt, FMQ'ed, bound and possibly given to a baby at Christmas
4. Baby boy I-spy quilt in camoe fabric, top made, FMQ'ed, bound and delivered to the new mom.
5. Halloween quilt, Top finished, FMQ'ed, bound and put away for next Halloween. 
6. Cousin's Queen Wedding quilt finished, FMQ'ed, bound and given.
7. Building houses from scraps quilt, finish squares, complete top.

So now these are in writing for the whole world to see...LOL. I will get these done, not necessarily in this order. 

WIP Wednesday

I have two items going on here today.  I am trying to get this one off my wall and into a quilt my this evening and getting close...woohoo. This is all my blocks for my 3-D bow-tie quilt. Ill update a picture later to this post once it is finished.

This set of blocks are made from a 2.5 in swap that I am currently active with. All the fabrics are Halloween.  I will add a border, then a pieced border using all the fabrics in this, then one last border and it should be a little bigger than a twin. Will have to wait and see how big it becomes. 

These blocks are made using this video on Utube.  

Im linking up with:

UFO Sunday

I have had my Dad's quilt top for almost a year. I want to have this one finished. Yesterday I completed the backing for it and have it laid out on the dining room table to get it pinned so I can FMQ it.This is my project for today. I must get this UFO finished so Dad can use his quilt this year.

Linkin up with:

On another note, this little doll quilt that I showed a few days ago is Done, Done, Done. Isn't it cute? I am thinking this will go to my little cousin for Christmas.

Off to work on Dad's quilt, have a great afternoon!

Friendship Embroidery Swap Recieved and 3-D Bow-ties

 I got this sweet little mini quilt in the mail today. I joined in the Quilting Gallery's Friendship Embroidery Swap about a month ago. I showed you in this post the one I made for my partner. This one is perfect to hang in my living room. Lynette Rolston sent this beauty all the way from New Zealand!!

 Lynette also sent this candy, the coconut block is to die for!! She included a beautiful fabric pack.

Thank you Lynette, I love it all!

Many of you probably know about the year long project Bonnie Hunter had going last year with her Chedder Bow-ties, right? Well I made a bunch of 3-D bow-ties as my project. I pulled them out today and started working on making the center part of the bow-ties into cathedral windows. Bonnie's bow-ties measure at 3.5 unfinished. Mine measure 6.5 unfinished. 

These are a few of them that are finished. I have a ways to go with them. Bonnie inspired me to pull them out and get them finished. She has been sewing her's together for the past two days and was determined to finish them today while she was on QuiltCam. 

I cant wait to get them finished and figure out how I am going to put the quilt together. I am thinking I will sash them as they are way to cute by themselves. Ill just have to see how many I have. Bonnie now has a bunch of blocks (9 bow-ties to each block) made and plans to lay hers out to see how she wants to put the blocks together.

The backing for my dads quilt is also made. The quilt, batting and backing are all laid and ready to pin. I didn't feel up to pinning it tonight. I will get done tomorrow and then sewing machines will get moved around so I can begin to quilt this massive thing. It is going to take me a while...LOL. I am determined tho to FMQ this myself! I shall prevail.

Hope you are sewing your hearts out as well. Later.