Old Town Mystery (by Bonnie Hunter) Clue #4 Complete

 I was weary about using melon (or coral) for this part of the clue.  Would I have enough variety?  I dug into the scrap bin and la-de-da!  I do have enough.  A different set of fabrics for each set.  Some of the "melons" are very ripe.  I'm just going to go with it and continue to enjoy the process.

It always amazes me that most often on a mystery quilt that all of the units fit into a little bin like below.

Join in on the fun.  You can find all the info for the Old Town Mystery on Bonnie Hunter's blog.  As long as the mystery is live, she has a tab call Old Town Mystery at the top of her blog so that you can get all the details.  This link should get you quickly for now.

Charm Baskets Slow Sunday Stitching

 

Here's my completed baskets.  I continue to work on my stitching skills.

I love to see where my sew-to-go box takes me.  This was in the bowling alley parking lot where I waited on my high school bowler to finish practice.  He LOVES to bowl.  ...and yes, it was a two coffee day.

Here's a basket handle being stitch in a pre-k classroom while the kids are at lunch.

I'm carefully being supervised by my "outdoor only" kitten, Candy.  LOL.  My husband says, "no cats in the house."  LOL.

Last week I posted but forgot to link up.  The flu in the house with two needy male patients kept me busy.

The quilt pattern is called Charm Basket by Laundry Basket Quilts.  It is an Edyta Sitar design. 

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

Clue Three of Bonnie Hunter Old Town Mystery Complete

I'm happy to have completed clue three of the Bonnie Hunter 2024 quilt along, Old Town Mystery.  All my units were Accuquilt cut.  It was fun digging through the smallest of red and neutral scraps and finding just the right size scrap to use.  Some of the units have just ONE TINY PIECE of that fabric.  That's scrapilicious!

                                                                                                                                                                                                

I can't believe that I waited all these quilting years to finally buy that little tub of clips on Amazon.  You can find them here.  They definityly come in handy when counting out units and organizing them.  100 pieces for $6.49.  I used to just jam a pin through the sets which usually resulted in bent bins.  Oh the simple things in life make me happy.  Someday I'll try using them when I do a binding.

Above is my little pile of sorted dark reds to run through my Accuquilt cutter.

Candy (the cat that's not allowed to be in the house) was quite entertained on my desk behind the sewing machine watching a YouTube video.  I searched "videos that kittens like to watch".

Then Candy found the batting that I placed on the shelf for her.  She also enjoyed inspecting the crib-sized BitCoin (Bonnie Hunter pattern) and playing with the goofy mechanical toy that I bought at the bin store for $1 for a brief moment before being more entertained with fluffing up the batting.

I'm not finished with Clue Two of the mystery yet.  I've been using that as leader/enders.  Stay tuned.

Elf on the Shelf - Kid Version

Sometimes I get busy.  That's when our kid takes over and does his own elf scene.  Here's our elf family with the spy cam, drone cam, and notes.  I love his imagination!

I didn't get a photo of the flying drone hanging in the kitchen...

Elf on the Shelf Antics

There was a simple parade in the back room THAT SERIOUSLY NEEDS THE AREA CLEANED!

There was also a drink challenge this week.  Sick kid from Friday thru Wednesday.  He needed to stay hydrated.  He went along with the elves and then went right back to his chair.  He's back to school today.

 

WIP Wednesday 12.11.24

Here's what I worked on this week:

I have selected a bunch of fabrics from the "multi" colored bin.  These are fabrics that are not predominantly one color and do not seem to fit into the bins sorted by color.  After I cut out the three pieces needed for a basket block (my sew-to-go project) I throw the rest of that fabric on a pile.  These pieces are a fat quarter or less.

Next I utilize my scrap-user's system (Bonnie Hunter style) and cut into usable sized strips.  I love these craft bins that I bought years ago.  They keep my strips nicely organized.  This bin is now full after cutting all of the above.  (The above completely filled the bin.)

I also pieced basket pieces for my sew-to-go project.

When the pieces of the above scraps get tiny the last step in my scrap user's system is to see if I have enough to cut 1.5" squares.  I run them through the Accuquilt and they accumulate quickly.  I sorted the red/white for the Bonnie Hunter mystery for this year.  The rest are squares for future projects.

The bulk of my time this week went to our son and my truck.  I bought this truck aroud 2009.  I have loyally taken it to the same place for the oil changes and major maintenance to keep up with the "warranty forever" guidelines.  I have sewed and sewed and even taken my Accuquilt to the dealership when I knew it would be a long wait.  This time is different.  My transmission was slipping.  I made an appointment with the dealership.  I now need a NEW transmission.  Parts and labor are covered!!!  Woohoo.  It pays to keep up on the warranty guidelines and the fine print.  When I talked to the salesman that sold me the truck and told me about this warranty I told him that one day they would have to put in a new transmission.  This is the week.

Here's a picture of Mr. Sunshine today.  He's off school for the third day in a row due to the flu.  Hopefully he's back to school tomorrow.

Here's a list of things that I am working on and updates of what happened this week.  I'm setting a huge goal to finish 25 in 2025.  Highlighted things were worked on this week.1.  Random Ohio Stars -- Started in November, 2022 (needs quilted)

2.  Vintage Flower Garden Blocks -- Top completed 11.23.24 (needs quilted)

3.  Crib Quilt BitCoin -- Top finished 11.4.24 (quilted 12.2.24)

4.  Blue Embroidery Quilt, top completed Summer 2024 (needs quilted)

5.  HST Quilt, Three Six Nine RSC22 -- (needs more HST made and rows completed)

6.  Bubble Gum Pink quilt (needs a back)

7.  Hunter Green Star Quilt (needs a back)

8.  Embroideried Acorn Quilt (needs pieced together)

9.  Card Trick (needs a huge back)

10.  Kite Girl (needs sashing & borders)

11.  Bonnie Hunter 2024 mystery Old Town Road (Worked on Clue #2)

12.  Dogs with Sweaters started November, 2024 (blocks need cut)

13.  Sail Away started November, 2024 (All cut and ready to piece 11.26.24)

14.  Legendary started November, 2024 (fabrics selected 11.24.24 ~ blocks need cut)

15.  Christmas Socks started November, 2024 (block need cut)

16.  Bonnie Hunter Unity Quilt, Started during Covid, 2020 (needs decision on another row)

17.  Miscelaneous Block Lotto quilt blocks (needs decisions on how to arrange)

18.  Charm Basket Quilt (purchased pattern 11.26.24 as a long term sew-to-go project)

19.  BitCoin (#2) Started cutting strips and putting them in a box while cutting leftovers of multi-colored fabrics for the Charm Basket Quilt 11.29.24. More scrap strips cut this week.

Charm Baskets -- Slow Sunday Stitching

More baskets have been prepped for the sew-to-go box.

The quilt pattern is called Charm Basket by Laundry Basket Quilts.  It is an Edyta Sitar design. 

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