Mystery - Step 2 finished

OMG...97 pinwheels and 4 half pinwheels. I hope that I understood the directions and the bright/bright pinwheels are okay - everyone else did light/dark pinwheels and I'm worried I'll miss the secondary pattern. We'll see. These are obviously "untrimmed' so I'm going to go Netflix and watch some old episode of "Murder, She Wrote" and trim the tails before I start step 3. I just love that show, although something puzzles me..why do her relatives continue to invite her to events and let her come to visit? After all, doesn't it seem like everytime she shows up somewhere someone meets their end???? AFter a while, you'd get a little nervous accepting a holiday or wedding invitation until you learn whether Aunt Jess is showing up. Oh, well.

Shower Curtain

Okay, I've decided to something else with the upstairs bathroom - we painted it almost 6 years ago (never did do the trim), so it's time to paint again anyway.

So, I went to Greenbaum's and with Sylvia's help (I think I tried out all the "new" looking fabric in the place), I settled on Anna Marie Horner prints that I love. The towels we have are yellow, and I don't see replacing those, so this makes sure there is a hint of yellow. I'm thinking we'll paint the walls green - I can't imagine Jerry thinking pink is the way to go.

Back to the mystery. It's 4:30 pacific time and I've only finished 18 pinwheels - need to get to 100. Yep, 100. Need to make dinner and sew, sew, sew.

Mystery - Step 1 finished

All 182 four squares and 8 triangles are completed....whew. On to the next step which is Pinwheels...argh. But I can do this!

My tobacco road is much more akin to Oregon "Alternative" tobacco...we don't grow tobacco out here on the west coast, but we certainly have our share of product that grows well in our region that has been known, on occasion, to subsitute. Therefore, mine is a bit more colorful perhaps, but it should be fun. More tomorrow.

A Hopscotch Birthday

My friend, Shawn, gave me a pattern and a charm pack (Hopscotch)I mixed with white and 30s green I had. A quick trip to the LQS for the border and ...here is the result. Cute, huh? It will make a great table quilt for the kitchen. I am taking my Mega Quilter in - I am still ending up with "skips" in my stitching, which is terribly irritating...and I'm not at all getting the result I want. Hopefully a good cleaning will do the trick.

Messenger Bag

Well, good news and bad news. The good news is that: (a) I like the size..not too big and not too small; (b) I finally mastered gromets (spelling is off, but you understand. Bad news: (a) Once again I'm not smart enough not to use Peltex - oh, eek. Especially with gromets. It gives a nice finish, but nearly impossible to work with; (b) Remembering to put the magnetic snap in before sewing it together (now it won't lay flat). Also, the strap needs to be smaller. I pieced together ideas from 3 or 4 patterns and came up with this - so the first one is a trial anyway, right?

But, Lizzie likes it - so it's hers and I'll make another for myself. I bought some gorgeous Valeri Wells "Sole" fabric that I've been waiting for just the right project - I can see one of these, a wonder wallet, an "Amy Butler" portfolio, and maybe even an Amy Butler business card holder...wouldn't that be a nice set???

Becoming an Amy Butler addict

Okay, I have to admit it - I had a tough time moving away from the romantic florals (I have so much April Cornell and 3 Sisters it's frightening), but I have suddenly found Amy Butler and Tina Givens...and now I can't wait to use all the "old stuff" up and move on to other things.

I found this piece yesterday on the sale rack at a local quilt shop - I just loved it so much that I bought it intending (maybe) to make this pattern at a class given in September here. What do you think?

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