Mystery Quilt/Summer Challenge ready to quilt!!

I'm going to go ahead and share the photos of what I have so far with you all. Here is a picture of the finished top before borders. Ali was laying on his very cool bean bag of sorts so I laid it on him and he was thrilled. Still, he did not miss a beat on his show!

Here it is with the two borders on it. You can see Uki on the right hand side. She is so happy and hyper!

Yep, she took off and started darting all over the quilt. I was trying to get a good visual on it to see the final look and all.

She looks at me when called oh, so innocently! I did find little holes made by her claws in the top!!

Here she is with a little action. Did not really get any of her really digging in.

Here is the backing. I used the leftover bits from this block to make little pinwheels. Uki went to town on these pieces! You can see Peaches coming into the room and she too went bonkers on the pieces! I fell asleep and woke to her and did not get the camera in time!

Here is the completed backing.

My two friends helped me baste this morning. I went and bought nice threads to quilt with and shall get busy tomorrow! Stay tuned for the FINAL piece!

Oh, and I already made the binding!

1st block complete and sewn in the DARK!

Hi all, I am so bummed! The little light on my sewing machine burned out. I know, I know, I have the Bernina but don't want the hassle of getting 'to know him'. I just wanna get down and S-E-W!! So, I placed an order today for a new bulb and have gotten down and dirty. I was working and had to step away for a minute and when I came back; I saw this:

So, I let her sleep and tried to figure out how to take the little bulb out and find my paperwork on what to do next. By that time, Uki got down so I got busy again and made this:

It will be nice to see the complete quilt top done. I have ideas for the backing and the border and I am sure that I will stick to Stippling it. I thought about making some sort of star free motion design too though so the jury is out on that one just yet!

Tomorrow will be Eid al Fitr. This holiday is major for Muslims. I don't have to cook this year, thank God, but have other responsibilities. I will miss my daughter but she is having SUCH a great time! She called this morning to ask if she could open her Eid card today and if there was anything in it and I said "NO!" She was asking for presents and I told her to be grateful that her little butt is in MILAN, ITALIA!!! I did get her a present that is already on her bed! heehee

So, thanks for stopping by as always and please leave comments as they make me so very happy!

Clue #3 DONE!!

Here is clue #3. I have already begun putting the blocks together. Shall I show a picture of the first block!?

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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