Mystery Modified

 Last week I was showing my progress with the Bonnie Hunter mystery and I presented these blocks. Now let's play the brain game...how are they different? Answer: The humungous purple triangles in the top block do not have the black flip corner. 

Here is the additional step that I am adding to Bonnie Hunter's mystery. We will call it the "How the Zombies Escaped" step. Happily, I only have to do this on three blocks because I had only managed to finish four of them. 

Also, I have a few new habits that I am working on this year.  One is to have a set bed time of 10pm. I blew through that last night because the battery in my sewing room clock died. So I have replaced that. The second habit I am working on is having a blog post everyday. So today I am going to go looking for the blogging battery and replace it. It's probably somewhere under all the 2021 widgets.

Broken Fiestaware: Project Quilting, Season 13, Week 1

I indulged my recent obsession with hourglass blocks but gave up the usual two color scheme to not only indulge "all the colors" but also "all the color combinations." Instead of "Broken Dishes," let's call this one "Broken Fiestaware". The quilt is 34 inches square and is quilted along the diagonals. 

To see the work of the other contestants for this week of Project Quilting: https://kimlapacek.com/2022/01/13-1-all-the-colors-challenge-1-of-project-quilting-season-13.html

Tied Up In Red

Yes, more bow-ties. This time they are a bit larger and floppier. The bow-tie shown at the bottom center is one from last week. If you would like to see less formal and more fun uses of red, hurry over to the Rainbow Scrappy Challenge.

Backstage

 I spent some time today trying to catch up on Bonnie Hunter's mystery challenge. I am using an "opposite" color way, and I must say it is a bit strange. Also, I started with a darker purple with the plan to use a very light purple as the garnet center. However, there wasn't enough contrast with the darker purple and the black. So now I don't have as much distance between the center and the rest of the flower. Oh well.

Meanwhile, Molly decided to spend the day hanging out.

Project Quilt Continues

 And why would anyone make a four patch if they could have an hourglass block instead? As a reminder, one can lay two four patches on top of each other (dark to light and vice versa), sew a quarter inch seam around the periphery, then cut the diagonals. Press and clean away the dog ears and weird bits. In theory, these hourglass blocks are 4 inches square.

And that's when everything when sideways. Buddy stepped in for Tim Gunn (formerly of Project Runway) and gave me an evaluation...BORING! Then Buddy said that I had to make a quilt from the scraps of the first version...

As I made the four patches, I had extra slices. If I sewed these together as before, the colors got scrambled.  Let's call these fractured shards. 

Combining Colors

Today I began converting the 3.25 inch strips into four patches for the "All the Colors" challenge for Project Quilting. Buddy thinks this is a team project, but it is not.

Catching Up and Keeping Up

I am catching up on step five of Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Challenge. I'm one step behind. As a reminder, I am using an "opposite" color way where her neutrals are my black and her pinks are my purples. 

And I am working on the first Project Quilt challenge that I mentioned in yesterday's post. The first challenge has very simple requirements...use at least five colors and finish it by next Sunday noon central time. I cut many 3.25 inch strips so I think I have met the first part of the challenge. I just have that "finish the quilt" part to do. Also, Molly is playing her part in this reality show by being the diva, saboteur and drama queen.  Buddy is playing the role of the emotional sinkhole who is traumatized by the drama queen. He hopes he is helping me out by nipping at the drama queen's ears, but he certainly is not.

And speaking of drama...my sister noted that yesterday's picture shows us dressed up for her junior high graduation. But this just begs the question of where are our twin brothers?