sao’s QUILTY NEWS
Posted By drsao on December 13, 2009
After the Country Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild Meeting yesterday, I went right to work putting the pieces of our BOM Mystery Quilt together. Sandie and Catherine did a great job of hosting and DESIGNING the mystery. It is scrappy – very BONNIE HUNTER STYLE. Some of you may notice the 3 baskets with appliqued critters – that is my “Abandoned” Bunny Hill – A Tisket a Tasket project. I only did the first 3 blocks and they FIT PERFECTLY into the needed block for applique….so voila….it was meant to be!
I am thinking now about what to do for borders. Right now I am thinking about a narrow black inner border and some scrappy border. I just discovered that I made a GAZILLION too many Broken Dishes blocks for Bonnie Hunter’s Carolina Christmas Mystery Step 3 – so those may appear in a border – who knows! 🙂 I have NO IDEA how I made SO MANY EXTRA!!! But I think I am noticing a pattern – I also have a GAZILLION EXTRA flying geese blocks left over from Bonnie Hunter’s OLD TOBACCO ROAD MYSTERY – I made two of those! I guess I am either over-zealous – or I just plain and simple cannot count! LOL!
sao's CP BOM MYSTERY 2009
And while I was sewing blocks together I decided to complete my Ann Smith 2009 Summer Mystery – so here are both the top and the pieced back – ready for Sara, my longarm expert……but in case she is reading this and fainting away – I will wait until the end of the year quilting rush is over. :):) I usually gravitate toward dark subdued colors – but this Summer Mystery is bright and light! 🙂
Ann Smith 2009 Summer Mystery top
Ann Smith 2009 Summer Mystery back
what lovely quilts!…keep trying those brighter colours Shirley..it looks fab!…my current project is 4 art quilt blocks by McKenna Ryan…I had decided to applique the pieces instead of raw edge …WILL HAVE TO RETHINK THAT ONE!
I love your CP quilt. I didn’t follow along with that one, now I wish I had. Are you ready for the NYE mysteries? I’m making half square triangles today. Missed you yesterday.
Gazillions of anything are grrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat, well, maybe not everything, fleas, ticks and wrinkles come to mind………………… I am in SUCH serious love with your quilt, MY, YOU make ME look good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s SO you and SO me, whata’ combo!!!!!! And yes, Sheddy, you SHOULD have played along and it’s never too late because each of these quilts, even while following along with the mystery, are just as individual as the person making them!!!!!! YEAH Sista’ and congrats on the lovely tranquil quilt, it’s just another of the ever so many myriad of facets that make you so incredible, you TOTALLY rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!