Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Old Town Progress -- Wednesday Wait Loss 438

 I made more progress on my Old Town mystery this week.  All big blocks are sewn together.


I'm linking up at Wednesday Wait Loss 438.  I was super thrilled how my blocks matched so nicely.  

I've learned over the last few years of experience when I make a super scrappy quilt like this how important it is to make the unit and make make sure that the units measure correctly.  Yes, that's common sense.  But when I make my own type of scrappy patterns, I tend to just make sure that the blocks measure the same.  It makes me lazy when the blocks need to be a specific size.

My task today is to cut and attach the inner border.  It's been in the 90's here in Ohio for a few days.  Looks like the high today is still going to be 86 degrees (F).  Both my husband and son are at work!  I'm going to grab a fan and SEW for a few hours.

Bonnie Hunter's 2024 Mystery QAL is called Old Town.  You can find the pattern for purchase at Quiltville Quips & Snips here.


Monday, June 23, 2025

Old Town -- A Bonnie Hunter Mystery (2024)

 I made some serious progress on my Old Town quilt!


All of the sashing pieces were assembled.  Now all of the rows are put together.  The next step is to pin and sew into one piece!  It's getting exciting around here.

I can't wait to make the red/white checkered border.  All pieces are cut and ready.

Bonnie Hunter's 2024 Mystery QAL called Old Town.  You can find the pattern for purchase at Quiltville Quips & Snips here.

I'm linking up at Quilting is more fun than Housework for Oh Scrap!

Quilting is more fun than Housework

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Slow Sunday Stitching

 This week finds one more EPP flower...


I'm going to have to start putting them all together soon if it's going to be a table topper.

I'm linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching here.

Happy 13th Anniversary Slow Sunday Stitchers!

 Slow Sunday Stitching


Saturday, June 21, 2025

Lots of Orange to Show! -- RSC25

 I set a goal to work on at least one block a day of the Bonnie Hunter 2024 Mystery -- Old Town.


I sewed one block.  When I realized that I was just putting 9-patches together (because the sub-assemblies were done back in January) things really started rolling.  It was a rainy day.  It drizzled and poured and the sun came out and it was on repeat all day.  I decided I could be more productive sewing vs. pulling weeds.

There are over forty different orange scraps in the blocks above.  I have started assembling the sashing.  There are two tiny orange flying geese scraps in each one.  Those pieces are smaller AND more scrappy!  Hopefully I'll be able to show you my progress on those orange pieces next week.  Stay tuned.

Bonnie Hunter's 2024 Mystery QAL called Old Town.  You can find the pattern for purchase at Quiltville Quips & Snips here.

I'm linking up at Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC25 here.


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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Old Town -- One Block

 I set a goal to do one block a day for the rest of the week of Bonnie Hunter's 2024 Mystery QAL called Old Town.  You can find the pattern for purchase at Quiltville Quips & Snips here.


All of my sub units for this mystery are complete.  I stopped working on the QAL after school started back after the Christmas holidays (January 2025).  Now that it's summer break, I plan to keep making a block or few until this step (Part 9 -- the reveal) is complete.  

I measured the unit and it came out perfectly!!!  I need to note (on my paper pattern and here on my blog that I pushed the button to adjust my needle to the right until it read 1.5 -- SIX TIMES.). I also used my quarter inch foot.  Making notes like this is critical when I don't get every step done at once and have to pick up the project and work on it again at a later date.




Sunday, June 15, 2025

Slow Sunday Stitching -- EPP

 More EPP happened earlier this week.



And yes, you read that correctly on the calendar -- LAST TEACHER DAY.  Can you tell that I used a greeting card and some junk mail for some of the cardstock paper of the EPP?


I'm linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching here.

 Slow Sunday Stitching

Saturday, June 14, 2025

Dicey -- Orange -- RSC25

Here's two Dicey blocks in orange:




I love playing with all of these neutrals.  You can read why I started this quilt here.
I'm linking up at Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC25 here.


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