I’m baaackkk…..

 After a semi retirement, I decided I wanted to get back to quilting.  I have an apron cut out, I signed up for a challenge at a quilt shop to make a strip quilt - they provided the strips, and a 3 rd project, making a jacket out of one of my sisters quilt tops.  On top of that I of course want to do Bonnie hunters mystery quilt.  I missed the last two years and I miss the excitement doing it brought. But there’s one problem:  I gave away my stash and all my other fabric. So I’m slowly purchasing fabric here and there.. love the daily deal at. Missouri star company and the flash sale at fat quarter shop. Now that Bonnie revealed the colors for the mystery quilt, I’m looking to buy those colors.

Here’s a look at the quilted jacket I’m attempting to do, from a pattern on laundry basket quilts , I need to take in the shoulders and make the side seams smaller so the fronts will meet in the center  it has sleeves of course, this is just pinned together .  The quilt top is On Ringo Lake a Bonnie hunter mystery  from 2009 I think, that my sister made but never quilted  search this site to see my On Ringo Lake quilt!

Now it’s June 2025

 I looked back on my blog to see when I started the last 2 children’s quilts, it was march 2024, and I just finished quilting and finishing them. It’s interesting to me that in that time I had forgotten how to use the automatic needle threader, how to wind the bobbin and where reverse was!  But it all came back….since I donated the last of my fabric it looks like I might be at the end of my quilting career, sad!  The last thing is to give my Bernina to my daughter…here are my last two finishes

 

Still in a slump

 Can’t seem to get motivated to sew and as time drags on so does my lack of ambition, sad!

Gee here it is 2025 already and I’m still not sewing. Should make this a resolution!

 Well I have no excuses, still interested in getting back to sewing…. I’ve added two mysteries I want to do

GEDesigns quilt along for a cause, Homecoming for hurricane relief

 This is the November quilt along and it looks easy enough that I’m adding it to my project list.  I haven’t decided on 2 or 3 colors but will again be ordering my fabric  I think I like 2 color, sounds easier… many possible variations 

Marble Mystery

 I’ve done a couple of her mysteries and liked them. So I’ve decided to do this one and ordered fabrics. A fun way to not have to choose colors!  And since I’ve given most of my fabrics away..

November!

 Hoping to be back in “business”… I want to do Bonnie Hunters annual mystery so I went online and found a quilt shop who assembled the needed colors.  I love what they selected!  I’ve made all her mysteries EXCEPT last years. I cut out a couple clues and never did any more. But I might later on since I have all the fabric needed for it.  There are 12 different whites/beiges!

  

So I moved my sewing machine and a table downstairs, making it easier to sew. I’m getting to the age where the stairs are intimidating ! It s the first time I’ve purchased fabric for a quilt, I always had enough in my stash and scraps. But in downsizing I gave my scraps and precuts to the person in charge of Quilts for Kids in my area. Still have some of the stash but it is in tote boxes and not easily accessed