Lupine mystery

 All pieces are cut and ready to be sewn into blocks. I think it’s going to be a long job…love the design.  Now to get back to the other mystery parts magnificent mystery  note the pinwheel from “kitty ears”

Finally one block! And the reveal

 I sure don’t have the energy to sew all day like I used to!  But I have one block. Still working on parts for this square and the second square.  Here’s what we have so far   Going to be pretty  I would like to see more blue but hard to tell at this point 

New year! Progress is slow

 Progress is slow but it’s still progress. Lots of squaring up to do on both quilts. For some reason I can’t sit down when trimming so it’s stand up only work. I might try using the higher kitchen counter for this, it means dragging stuff downstairs…

It’s so gray and gloomy this January,  I need to see some sunshine soon!  

Lupine mystery part 6

 Finished clues 1,2,3 and still working on clues 4,5,6.  Still squaring up clue 4, it’s slow going.  Make mistakes and have to redo, but will get there. I feel it’s a race against time, but then isn’t it always…

For the Majestic mystery I’m still squaring up the hourglass squares and have started on the checkerboard squares …need to put a photo

Lupine clue 5 and Working on two quilts

 I don’t remember why I thought this was a good idea!  But so far it’s working out, minus my mistakes😀. I got just one set of the Lupine mystery part 4 half rectangles squared up. I think it’s going to take a long time to get these trimmed!  I did buy the special ruler and it is great help  I realized I’ve never done this kind of half recs 

And it was fun to see clue 5 starting 

As for the magnificent mystery I’m still working on the September clue, squaring up hourglass squares. I’ll get there, eventually. I always hope once I get the hang of it I can power on through 

Red lipstick

 I learned something new tonight. While watching a delightful movie starring Michael Caine about the 50th anniversary of D-Day, I wondered why all the women wore red lipstick.  And thinking of other movies about WW2 and how women wore red lipstick.  So I searched and found out it was practically mandatory, to show patriotism etc. Elizabeth Arden was tasked with developing a bright red shade. I think my mother always wore red lipstick….

Redoing and fixing mistakes on majestic mystery and clue 4 lupine mystery

 I hope it isn’t always going to be like this!  Here are redone squares for the majestic mystery:

And here are the redone clue 4 of the Lupine mystery  I got so confused with these half rectangles!  Waiting for the (expensive) ruler to square up  I hated buying the ruler but felt it was so necessary in my case!  So I won’t be caught up before the next clue…that’s okay