A Finish and More HP...

I put the last stitches in the binding on my Wonky Bear Paws quilt... I'm so glad I got this one done, though I don't have a recipient for it yet, I'm sure that will come in time... (At least I hope so!)

STILL working on the endless quilt, the Harry Potter quilt-a-long... Got another two blocks done, same pattern, one for each of the two quilts I'm making... Introducing: (drumroll, please)  potions!:

Still waiting for this week's block to be debuted.  I have a feeling, there just isn't going to be one this week at all, and tomorrow we'll just have a new one (the designer was on vacation, returned last Saturday and said 'two days', but two days has stretched now into a week, and the next block is due to be out tomorrow, so I suspect that is when we will get it, which is fine... a little breathing space is welcome.

I have been feeling a little overwhelmed by UFOs of late, so anything that isn't calling me to finish by a time limit is a welcome respite.  I love sewing and quilting, but I am cautious of getting too far behind on too many things and feeling pressured - it will take the joy out of what I love to do. 

I Love a Good Mystery

I DO love a good mystery (quilt)... I'm not so good with mystery books... I have a tendency to read a chapter, then flip to the end to find out whodunwhat to whom and how... I've been doing that since my Nancy Drew days back in my single digit and preteen years.  Drove my friends nuts!  Anyway... I'm starting a new mystery quilt next month called the Meadow Mist Mosaic Mystery Quilt.  Initially I chose a bunch of cool fabrics and then rethought my choices... I need a break from black backgrounds and the fabrics I chose called for black... so I changed to a dark teal Dimples fabric as my background, with batiks as the A, B, and C fabrics... The instructions simply said that the A, B and Cs will all touch the background, but never each other... so this is my final choice:

The batiks all have some turquoise/teal in them, but each has such a different texture from the others and from the background that they should each stand on their own... I hope it all works... I think the lightest of them will probably be my border as well, though that may change in time when I see the quilt taking shape. (I know I posted most of this in a previous post, but I had to repost to get the right image for a linkup party).

If you're interested in seeing more or even want to get involved with the mystery, here's a link to the Meadow Mist Mosaic Mystery Quilt.

Come play along!

The Quilt that Never Ends...

This Harry Potter quilt never seems to find an end....  More blocks keep getting released... the 'extras'.  So far, we've had the 4 house crests and the Deathly Hallows... and still to come:, another (different) Dobby block (which I probably won't make since I already made one for each quilt), platform 9 3/4, who knows what else might still come... wouldn't at all mind if there were a Draco Malfoy block or a Luna Lovegood block too.  But oh, what to do with them all... I already have enough blocks to make 2 king sized quilts WITH pillow shams. 

Here are the latest blocks I've made for the quilt:

I also 'fixed' the June block for 'Out of This World' which I initially made with a mistake (the star block), and made the July block in the series (the one with the moons):

And I haven't been shirking on my Dear Daughter quilt either.... the latest (month 8 and 9, left and right below).  I am really loving this quilt and can't wait to finish it and present it to my daughter-in-law for her birthday in February. 

I'll be starting a mystery quilt in August, called the Mosaic Mystery Quilt by Meadow Mist Designs.  We only need 4 fabrics for the quilt - background (the dark teal), and three others... I chose a dimpled teal for my background and batiks for the A, B, and C fabrics... Hope they all play well together... The instructions say all colors will touch the background, but never touch each other, so the varied textures and colors should work okay... I hope!  Ah, the uncertainties of making a mystery quilt!

I do love a good mystery quilt... which is weird, because I'm not a fan of mystery books... I read one chapter, get bored, and then skip to the end to find out who did what to whom... then I go back and skim the rest of the book to see what happened to get to that point.  I've always read mysteries that way, starting with Nancy Drew as a child... more weirdness on my part, I guess.  I don't read anything else like that...

While I'm working on all the above, I've got other projects getting left behind in the dust... sigh.  I really do need to get to work on them and finish some UFOs.  But I'm having so much fun with the new Harry Potter game, and still playing Pokemon Go, and they take some time out of every day...  I need some time management skills!  Help!