Happy 2020! We stayed in on New Year's Eve and enjoyed our hygge lifestyle. Hygge is a Danish notion where you enjoy the cozy, simple things of life--a good meal of comfort food, hot drinks, warm blankets or quilts in our house, a crackling fire, cuddling our dogs, family time, etc.
I made the flying geese for the Frolic Mystery Quilt which was clue 6 that came out on New Year's Eve. I have never made flying geese with Bonnie's method--it cuts down on waste, but I am more accurate with the rectangles and squares method. I am glad we finally got to work with our green fabrics.
Clue 7 posted last Friday and I spent most of last Friday and Saturday completing it. Someone did some math and posted that there are over 3100 pieces already for this mystery quilt. I am excited to see how it is all going to come together. We have not used a lot of the neutrals we pulled for it, I have a feeling they will factor into the setting...
I am almost done with Clue 8 because it involved no cutting and just some easy piecing. I think we are making two different blocks because we are keeping things in sets.
My One Monthly Goal (OMG) for January is to get my Sunday Best Sampler top finished. I have most of the components done, but need to lay it all out to figure out my block placement. These are the projects I wish I had a real design wall for...
I have my first finish of 2020! This is a baby quilt for a coworker. I used the baby quilt design from Spelling Bee by Lori Holt--I did make mine slightly bigger, but I wish I had even gone a little bigger because of shrinkage. It measures 37 x 41 inches after washing.
The truck block is called Grandpa's Truck and can be found in Lori's new Farm Girl Vintage 2 book.
I used a minky backing and quilted it with the wavy stitch on my Pfaff. I quilted along the perimeter of the squares and on the diagonals. I only purchased the minky backing and the binding otherwise all the fabric came from my stash. I have five more baby quilts to make for March through June babies, so those will be taking up some time in the next few months.
Happy 2020!
That is a great first finish for 2020! I absolutely love how you put his name at the top and the truck is adorable!
ReplyDeleteI an anxious to see how your frolic mystery comes out. Those green and blue flying geese are great!
Wow, that is a lot of pieces in the mystery quilt! I have several of Bonnies' quilts in different stages of completion so I'm sitting this one out. I thought I'd pass along my easy design wall. My sewing room has bifold closet doors so I attached small Command hooks to the top of each panel. I hung small binder/bulldog clips from each hook and hung a flannel backed dollar store tablecloth from them. It's easy to remove when you want to access the closet. I think I bought the books and clips at Wal-Mart. Maybe something similar would work for you. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteTanya, your frolic is really coming along. Clue 8 was easy - not so much sewing. Your Austin quilt is super cute.
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