Mystery Quilt/Summer Challenge...here we go!!

Hello!  I just wanted to post about my Summer Challenge.  In the local Guild, we joined a Mystery Quilt oh, hmm, last Fall.  Of course, I had to join but, of course, this got put on the back burner!  I ran out of the purple fabric.  Do I need more?  Uh, yeah.  Have any??

So, in May, when the guild had its' last meeting for the season; we signed up to work on a WIP (work in progress), and I signed on to finish this puppy by the meeting in September.  The penalty for NOT finishing over the summer months is to pay the guild's kitty 10 OR (approx. $30)!  What? I ain't payin' NO BODY NO HOW nothin'!!!!  So, I better get to work.

Crap!  I lost clue three but lovely Maya got it to me and then I have been hem-hawing about my choice of fabs. I think I used one in the Reversible Quilt (golden color)!! We had to make 12 of these.

CLUE ONE...

Then, we took some more fabric and made 48 of these. 

CLUE TWO... 

Stay tuned for CLUE THREE...

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Reversible Quilt - DONE!!!

OMG!  Another project finished!  I'm so happy with myself I could do a dance and just might!

This is my Thanksgiving side.  Fall if you will.  Yes, I somehow manage to either cook or go to a Thanksgiving meal.  It is my favorite holiday.  My Mom was here last year for the first time in 14 years at Thanksgiving time and I was so happy, and we invited our Scottish friends (their first homemade one) to our house.  I have pictures on Facebook if you care to see, let me know.

The funny thing there was I offered for her to cook the turkey but she declined rather emphatically.  When I questioned her response she enlightened me that she has never cooked a turkey in her life.  Hmmm....I thought about it and that was my DAD'S or Papi, as we call him in Spanish, job!  Just a funny little side to a memory of mine!

This is the Christmas or those colors for the holidays!

This is a technique taken from the book "Reversible Quilts", by Sharon Pederson. However, the class that was taught here in Muscat was by a famous British Quilter named Lynne Edwards. What a delight she was/is!  I thoroughly enjoyed that! 

The only bummer on this is, if you all don't already know, I hurt my right forearm years ago with Hardanger, if I don't take it easy or if I do too much hand sewing, it hurts like hell for a long time.  Plus, my hubby has severe acidity in his tummy and has been asking me to make fresh ginger juice.  The pressing of it and scraping of it on the garlic press is killing my arm! That is why I gave up my love of hand quilting and am just now getting to the point where I am machine quilting.  Anyhow, I had to only finish the binding on this little baby but let me tell you, it is an extraordinary technique!  You do a double binding.  It finishes a bit thicker than I like but I go with the flow.  I was thinking I just might make it thinner if I ever attempt this technique again.

So, the sashing has to be sewn on one side and then hand stitched to the other side to complete it and then the binding.  Lots of hard time on my wee little arm.

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