Clue #1 Progress {Frolic Mystery Quilt}

The long wait was over on Friday morning -- the first clue of Bonnie Hunter's annual mystery quilt was released! At the beginning of November, I shared my fabric choices:

Unlike many lucky people, I had to work on Black Friday, so I spent the day chomping at the bit to get home and start on Clue #1.

For Clue #1, we were tasked with making a pile of four patches using our blues and raspberry fabrics. My coral dot print replaces the raspberry scraps and instead of using both my dark blue and dark teal, I just used the dark blue fabric for these units.

I also did my cutting with my Accuquilt cutter -- my mom got me a couple additional dies for my birthday over the summer and the one was the exact size needed for these units!

This is the first time I am attempting to do the full number of units for each clue -- my first two mysteries, I did half as many units for each clue. Doing the full number of units this time was not unbearable, but I will admit my sewing went very quickly because I wasn't going full-scrappy for this clue.

While I was pressing my units and spinning seams, I had things set out on a side table in my living room with one of my nativity sets.

Clue #2 will be out today -- and we'll see what that will be. My plan for tonight is to press the fabrics used in Clue #2 and start some of the cutting while watching a Hallmark movie or two.

Are you participating in the Frolic mystery this year? What other holiday sewing are you working on this month?

Patchwork Christmas Stocking Remix {Fat Quarter Shop Fun}

Today I am participating in the Fat Quarter Shop's "pattern remix" for their Patchwork Christmas Stocking pattern!

Click here to see the original post and pattern! Click here to check out the other "remixes" of this pattern!

For my stockings, I used the same instructions with the exception that the pieced and quilted part of my stocking uses slightly larger quarter square triangles made from charm squares rather than half square triangles.

For my fabrics, I used an older set of 5" squares from my stash featuring the older Amanda Murphy line, Nordic Holiday. My background fabric is from her Twinkle line.

Instead of using fusible fleece, I used scrap batting and quilted my stocking front.

I quilted it with meanders and snowflakes. I then used the template to trim my stocking front to size.

For the rest of the fabric of the stocking, I used some scrap flannel that I had on hand.

I used half of another charm square for the hanging loop. Finishing this up was pretty easy -- despite my trepidation about three-dimensional sewing!

My husband has given his stamp of approval and so I have been tasked with making another matching stocking, as well as two mini stockings for our rabbits!

Make sure to check out the other bloggers participating in the hop today!

Brutal Honesty {December 2019}

It is...December? Last week was entirely focused on Thanksgiving preparation and enjoyment, decorating our house for Christmas, and work. Let's see where my WIPs stand.

Completed tops:
1. Breezy Blooms C2C Bee -- July UFO project -- No progress
2. Radiant Jewel Quilt -- April UFO project -- Pinned, ready to quilt, have thread
3. Daisy Chain Quilt -- No progress
4. Rail Fence Baby Quilt -- Have leftover flannel for backing.

Tops partially finished:
5. Romantic Garden Quilt -- December UFO project -- No progress
6. Monthly Wall Hangings -- March UFO project -- No progress
7. Pineapple Stash Bee Blocks -- February UFO project -- No progress
8. Not Quite Christmas Ribbons -- No progress

Just blocks and units:
9. Sew Kitschy Blocks -- November UFO project -- No progress
10. Cubicle Quilts -- No progress
11. Happy Houses blocks -- September UFO project -- No progress
12. Birthstone blocks -- June UFO project -- No progress
13. Jingle Bell Square -- I made 6 more blocks in November!

14. Big Block C2C Bee Quilt -- No Progress
15. Marigold Quilt -- No Progress
16. Pave the Way Quilt -- No Progress

Quilt alongs and long term projects:
17. Monthly Island Batik Ambassador projects -- In November, I shared my two Hip To Be Square projects made with the Little Sir, Little Miss line. In December, I'll be making a stand mixer cover.

18. Mosaic Mystery Quilt -- I am all caught up with the November directions; the December directions come out later this week.

19. Frolic Mystery Quilt -- I have started on the units for the first clue, but no finished units yet.

My UFO for November was my Sew Kitschy blocks. I didn't touch this project. My UFO for December is my Romantic Garden quilt.

Easy Placemat Tutorials {Inspiration}

I am in full Thanksgiving prep mode -- and also working every day other than Thanksgiving this week -- so today I am doing a round up post of some of my favorite tutorials about placemats that are free! These are all quick and easy projects that you could potentially squeeze in before your Thanksgiving dinner if you're feeling ambitious.

Jet Setter Placemats: These placemats were made with yardage and precuts, but the small squares could easily be cut from scraps!

Bunny Patch Placemats: These are my favorite to use at home! These were made from 10" squares but could easily be made from your favorite yardage.

Chit Chat Placemats: These only use 3.5" squares and yardage, so this is another great project for scraps!

Finally, last year I made some placemat sets to donate to a fundraiser. The first set used the Bunny Patch Tutorial with Valentine's candy fabrics.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and I'll be back next week! I am looking forward to starting the Frolic mystery quilt on Friday!

Faceted Churn Dash {Finished Wall Hanging}

If you are in our Honey, Bunny, and Doll FB group, you've seen all of the progress on this wall hanging!

I hosted a "casual QAL" for our Faceted pattern collection on FB this fall -- it was a lot of fun to do something from an already written pattern rather than a brand new pattern and it's something I will do again!

Returning back to the beginning, I cut the majority of the scraps used in this project using my Accuquilt cutter. 

A lot of half-square triangles later, I incrementally made the pieces and parts for this quilt top.

Parts became the block, and I added the pieced border.

For the quilting, I used a flowerly paisley motif. This is different from my other Faceted wall hangings, where I did different quilting motifs in the piecing, background, and borders.

For the backing, I found a few large pieces of some of my scrap fabrics and sewed them together. I used four different WOF strips of different sizes, which was perfect because the quilt is 36" square.

For the binding, I had just enough of the grey/teal/yellow medallion print. For the hanging sleeve I also used the zig zag print.

Now to find a place to hang this beauty!

Quilt Stats:
Name: Faceted Churn Dash
Pattern: Faceted Churn Dash
Fabrics: scraps, scraps, and more scraps
Techniques: free motion quilting, Accuquilt cutting, endless HSTs
Quilting: Free motion flower paisley
Size: 36" square
Batting: scrap batting
Started: September 2019
Finished: November 2019
Future: Wall hanging for my bedroom

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