Happy 2009 !

Yesterday was the annual NYE Mystery on a lot of groups with Ann. She does the best beginner friendly mysteries. I only missed last NYE's one ( but I saved the pattern). I had the pleasure of testing the summer one this past year.

My son as long as I can remember has been a big Buffalo, NY sports fan. Bills and Sabres are his fav teams. And now that the Mets have a triple A team in Buffalo - he's in sports heaven. I found some Bills fabric on ebay and decided to to Ann's mystery in that. I managed to finish 5 of 7 rows yesterday and this morning. I need to make some more parts to the Bill's blocks and I can't find my kona I bought. So I ran to Joann's this afternoon and they only had the red- no royal :( . Somewhere are all the Kansas troubles parts and the extra blue is in that box. I'll look for it tomorrow. I have so much of the Bills fabric left over that I can make a matching pillowcase and with the extra blocks a wall hanging :) and probably finish the bottom tier of curtains. Now if you can imagine this room, painted in blue with red and white accents and all this Bills stuff and all the stuff hanging on the walls from the 2008 Winter Classic- you would think that this child would be thrilled that Daddy is relocating to Buffalo. But sadly no he's going to be a hard sale to make. I'm trying though- I have 8 months to change his mind and pack this house up- oh someone shoot me now,




I love to use the leader/ ender process that Bonnie taught us all. I managed to get 2 big 16" blocks done while I did the mystery yesterday :)



So what are your resolutions for the new year? Diets and exercise?
Cutting back on fabric buying? Finishing up some UFO's? Nanette wants to start her Christmas sewing early and having a Handmade Christmas in 2009. What a great idea! I think that her wall hangings and small quilts are just so wonderfull. I'm looking for fabric to make a spring one from one of her patterns.

I need to finish up some love quilts and a quilt for a Marine that's overseas and finish the quilt for Yogi ( hopefully before spring training starts)and finish a quilt of SB Sues from Hell for a friend that gifted me with her oldest UFO. I so think she needs to get them back for Christmas next year.

So all my quilty friends, I wish you health, love and lots of fabric to play with in the new year!

Final Finishes of 2008

Like the pineapple blossom quilt that these blocks were made from the spare hsts, everyone loves/wants this wall hanging.Granted it is striking as was the quilt. Which I actually got a phone call from the bf telling me how "awesome" it was and he couldn't thank me enough. Yeah!





A birthday present for my sil who's turning 40 on Thursday. All done and in the gift bag already :)



Yesterday I ventured out to the retail part of town to get some black kona for the fall mystery binding. I happened along the clearence section of Joann's. I orginally picked up the gold and red ones only. Golds for background and reds for the yoyo's I need a million of for a quilt.ANd thought they were a bargain at 50¢. When they rang up at 25¢ I ran back and got the blues and greens.
So I got a total of 26 fqs for a quarter each *VBS*



Tomorrow hubby and I are driving to Buffalo to look for houses/apartments to rent, go to dinner with the new board of directors etc. I found one quilt shop a few blocks from our hotel and I'm going :)
We'll be back on Tuesday late. Then Wednesday is Ann's mystery and I hear from the testers it's another great one. I'm using Buffalo Bills fabric to make it for my son. Get this, he asked today since I stay up most of the night on New Years, did I think i could get it quilted for New Years Day.....**rolling eyes**

Mysteries

Paula at Coffeetime Quilt Studio posted a very cute quilt that she made few years ago. I made the same quilt at the same time in different colors- it was my very first mystery and I've been hooked ever since :)

Our friend Ann, designed the mystery and at the time she said it would be available for only so long and that was that.

Others wanted to make the quilt and I don't think Ann will give it out since there is another pattern like it for sale
But in playing in EQ this morning and online I was able to redraw it.

Here's a mock up of Paula's quilt :



Here's the 8" finished block for the corner:


The morning star sashing:


Put 2 sashing parts, a corner stone and the 8" block together you get this:

It finishes at 12". All you need to do is figure out how big you want the quilt and make that many blocks and some extra sashing parts......
Quilters Cache has the Morning Star block without the Pieced block but that's easily done with a 41/2" square-4 2/12' X 4 1/2" sashings and 4 -21/2" squares
Here's mine :

Ann's Mystery Revealed- stash report

Looks like this is a popular setting for the mystery. Of the other 2 I saw they look very simular in settings but different colors.
Here's Leah's and here's Beth's. Great minds think alike or something like that.
Picnic in an hour or so last minute prep work like frosting cupcakes etc...enjoy your Sunday.

Stash report- let's see, no finishes, still waiting on part for frame. I brought in a jelly roll set, got orange charms in the mail for a pattern, I think there are 40 of them 3" and 3/4 of a yard of egg fabric for Nanette's cute pattern.And the backing for the ocean waves...almost forgot :)