Where Have I Been (Part 4 of 4)????

 Hi There!

Last week, June 10th, a local Lobster Shop posted on Face Book that they had six 5 lb lobsters freshly cooked and their client cancelled their order at the last minute.

Did anyone want to buy 1 or all?

I quickly called them up, made arrangements to buy one and Zelda and I zipped over to Lorneville.

This is the biggest lobster that I've EVER had - 

5.5 pounds!!!

You're probably wondering, like I did, 

"Are the bigger ones as good as the smaller ones?"

Honestly?  This one was delicious.... 

don't get me wrong.  

But, the smaller ones are better.

As Gilbert is a vegetarian, 

he opted for a veggie sub.

This past weekend and week, I've been busy catching up on Bonnie Hunter's lastest step, with her Mystery Quilt, called "Lazy Sunday".  

It's published in the "Quiltmaker" magazine.

I've managed to finish all my blocks.  

The next Quiltmaker magazine probably won't be published now, for another 2 months.

I did, however, end up with all these small triangles and have decided to sew 'em all together and make pinwheel blocks.

As of yesterday afternoon, all the mini pinwheels are sewn up.  There's approx. 75 of them and they measure, give or take, 3 inches.... They need to be squared down to 2-1-2 inches, I'm guessing.

Late yesterday afternoon, Gilbert pinned one of my quilts onto "Bertha", our longarm machine.

"Le Jardin à Mémère" 

will probably be completed today!!!

Yesterday evening, I took a "Squedge" class.

Here are the fabrics that I had selected and cut into 2 inch strips...

And here's the finished table centerpiece.

Our class was from 6 pm to 9 pm but seriously, I think once you get the hang of this.... it would only take 1-1/5 hours to complete the top. 

FUN, FUN, FUN to make!!!

And apparently, there's a cah-zillion other patterns to make with the squedge ruler!

Looking forward to doing more!

Hope you all have a Terrific Thursday!

Rosa

Mystery Quilt - Step #2

 Hi There!

Finished sewing up Step #1 blocks for Bonnie Hunter's new Mystery Quilt called "Lazy Sunday".

Step #2, we get to cut some purple squares and start putting some blocks together!

Mind you, in this picture, I've still got more blocks to cut up in the oranges... and the blues have yet to be introduced but I, nevertheless, started playing with the placement of these blocks.  This setting is rather eye-pleasing.

As for this one, I really don't care for it.  

I believe that if I'm going to put a LOT of effort into cutting and sewing a lot of blocks, I like to be able to SEE a pattern emerging - A least to show off my efforts.

Something that looks like it was thrown together or worst, even...  looking like fabric got "vomited", is not "eye pleasing" to me. 

:-(

You really don't see a clear and precise "pattern" on the picture, here.

Yesterday evening, I finally finished piecing all of these blocks... all 24 of them.  The picture below shows the extra blocks that were left over.  These will probably go somewhere, on the quilt back.  Stay tuned. *s*

And here are all my blocks, on my Design Wall.

This morning, I get to work on my last quilt that I will be entering in our local quilt show.  I need to make and baste a sleeve.  YUCK!!!  I truly DO hate doing this but if we need to make a "sleeve" if we're to enter a quilt in a show.   Otherwise, how do the organizers hang it up, eh?

AFTERWARDS, I will play with these blocks.

Hope you have a Super Saturday!

Rosa

Another Mystery Quilt.

Hi There!

I decided to make/take the time to start Bonnie Hunter's latest Mystery Quilt, printed in the last 2 Quiltmaker's magazine.

I've got (almost) half of the 1st Step finished.

At this point, I counted and re-counted my blocks and read and re-read the instructions.

I was supposed to "cut" 48 pink and purple 1/2 blocks...
to finish with 24 pink and purple four-patch blocks. 

Instead, I made 40 four-patch blocks before I realized that I had gone overboard!

Picture below shows my bundles of 10 blocks.

The pink and white ones, on the left, are okay.

*sigh*

Looks like some of my extra blocks will be going on the back of this quilt!

Do you see the lime green, orange and aqua/sky blue fabrics on my Design Wall?  Those are the other colors that will be incorporated in this Mystery, as well as a white background fabric - not shown in picture.

Will be sharing my progress, as I go along.

Stay tuned!

Rosa