Hope you ALL had a very Merry Christmas and are eagerly anticipating our Brand NEW Year of 2022!
While waiting for our New Year to arrive, decided to get busy catching up on a few projects, including our annual Bonnie Hunter Mystery - this year's mystery has been named Rhododendron Trail by the creator herself ;-)
During Christmas and all the accompanying festivities, w/prep work and cooking/baking, as usual, fell behind on last week's clue, which btw, was a doozy! Got it ALL cut out Sunday eve and started sewing prior to Clue #5 being released Monday morning - nothing like a little pressure to get those motivating juices flowing!
Time to start sewing!
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| Chain piecing the hour glass units of Clue #4 |
And then there was the pressing of the 'first half' - took almost 2 hours just to press...Oh my.
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| First 'half' of the hour glass units getting pressed |
Finished pressing!
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| First half of the hour glass units pressed and ready for final assembly |
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| Hour Glass units assembled/pressed...Yes! |
Honestly, IF I don't see another Hour Glass unit in the near future, I'll be good w/that ;-)
Managed to get Clue #5 cut and assembled w/fabrics I had BUT, ran out and had to order another Pink fat quarter set to be able to finish. Should arrive by Friday when Clue #6 is released! NO worries - we've got the weekend...right?
I rummaged through my stash to see if I couldn't find some pinks to finish up with, that could also 'blend' with what I had already used. And I did find one pink batik that is a nice addition and got used BUT, it wasn't enough. Used up most of my pink stash last year creating face masks, and Pink is just NOT a fabric color I tend to purchase and/or keep on hand in my stash. Time to order more of some of my 'original' fabrics - thank goodness The Fat Quarter Lady still had some left...Lucky me!
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| Sewing the final piece of Clue #5 AND getting a bonus triangle unit for good measure |
Most of Clue #5 assembled/pressed and ready to be zip-locked:
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| 3/4 of Clue #5 assembled/pressed and ready for storage |
Here's Wishing You and Yours a Happy New Year!
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