Grand Illision Clue 5

Grand Illusion Clue 5

I finished up clue 5 while watching Bonnie Hunter's webcam about 8 hours after it was live.

Bonnie Hunter's mystery

Here is my quilting partner, Gabe.

I am machine quilting Blue Moon. a kit I bought at the Bernina quilt shop.  I am using a wool batting for the first time and it is showing more depth to the quilting, especially on the back.  It is so large that it is not a great deal of fun manhandling it. I am using Sulky30 weight variegated thread on top and plain regular weight navy in the bottom.  I am having quite a bit of thread breakage.  Once again....not a great deal of fun.

 

Love to Read??

Let's Read

I created a google spreadsheet of the 2015 reading challenge. The reading challenge is Here.  If anyone wants to join, feel free to email me (etuss45@gmail.com), and I will add you.   It is a list of 50 different books which may diversify your reading.  As the challenge states, you don't have to read all 50, so join us,  Since it was suggested by Kim to two of her teacher friends, we started during Christmas vacation.  We might get to know some new authors.

I got my computer back from HP.  They replaced the hard drive, so it has been time consuming to reload everything,  I have been posting as frequently as I had planned because I just couldn't figure out how to get the pic from the ipad onto the blog (on ipad),

I finished the first 3 clues of Bonnie Hunter's mystery Grand Illusion a day before clue 4 comes out. I am getting anxious to see how all of this is going to go together. I don't have prints for my neutrals, and I think I am going to like it.  

I worked on this little mug mat.  I am not real excited about how the edges turned out, but it will be functional  There are some others in the set.  I wonder if I will do them????

I did a bit of Christmas shopping.  The traffic was pretty crazy.  I still have stocking stuffers to buy.  Gifts are mostly done.  I have some binding to put on place mats and have to make another trip to the bank.

I am working on Christmas presents (can't show those at this time)  in between working on step 2 of the Grand Illusion mystery quilt.

I am using Bonnie Hunter directions #2 for the block.  The seams are not matching no matter how I pin or sew.  I have unsewn and resewn several times and just decided that I would live with them being a little off.



Here are some Christmas wallhangings that I put up: