Old Town Mystery - Clues #7, #6, #5, #4!

Been soooo busy the past couple weeks - just like EVERYONE else, haven't had time to blog, but I'll try and cram a bunch of it into this post!

Clue #7 of Old Town Mystery - BOTH versions = Patriotic & Classic Bonnie:

Clue #7 - Patriotic version.
Aren't these the cutest?

Chain piecing Clue #7:

Getting those hour glass units sewn

Clue #7 - Classic Bonnie version:

Clue #7 - Classic Bonnie version

Took a bit of cutting/sewing for this clue - but it was so worth it!

Chain piecing the flying geese

Chain piecing the hour glass units to the flying geese

Clue #6 a Surprise Clue on December 23, 2024 - took a lil hustle to get this one finished up prior to Christmas Eve:

Classic Version - Clue #6
LOVE the Cranberry REDs in this Clue

Patriotic Version - Clue #6

and then onto Clue #5:

Patriotic Version of Clue #5 - I swapped out the Corals for Golds
and the Aqua for Sapphire Blue 

Classic Bonnie version of Clue #5

...and finally - Clue #4 where we left off:

Classic Bonnie version of Clue #4

All cut and ready to sew!

Chain piecing Clue #4

BOTH versions - looking good!

All ready for our next clue!  

In between clues and Holiday festivities, been quilting ;-)

One of 'Our Doris's  Patriotic Strip Quilts' - coming off the frame

'Liberty' digital quilting design in Glide Silver

Front/back of quilting - I love turning a quilt over to see the back ;-)

Time to bind!

Later,

~Deb

Clue #3 of Old Town Mystery in the Bag!

That means BOTH the Classic 'BH' Old Town Mystery and my Patriotic version of Clue #3 are Complete...Whew!

Patriotic Clue #3

Had a couple of 'Helpers' to get things moving along - first, while chain piecing:

Chain piecing Clue #3

using this 'Clip-it' Tool is Fast & FUN!

Clip-it tool uses 'old' rotary cutter blades!

Clip-it...Clip-it GOOD ;-)

...and this little 'Strip Stick' pressing tool is da Bomb!  Was able to make quick work of pressing my center seams open:

Pressing center seam is Quick & DONE w/Strip Stick!

Clue #3 - Lookin' Good!

Clue #3 - ALL Pressed & Finished!

Ready for Clue #4...Bring it ON!

~Deb

It's HERE! The Annual BH 2024 Mystery is HERE!

 ...and I'm waaay behind in posting about this year's annual Bonnie Hunter 2024 'Old Town' Mystery - been so busy creating/quilting/Awarding quilts for Our Beloved Vets, making a Thanksgiving dinner for family, gotten a bit behind ;-)

Caught up...for now w/Clue #1 & Clue #2 - in fact, I got so caught up I decided to create a second Old Town Mystery out of Patriotic fabrics, keeping the REDs & Neutrals, swapping out the Turquoise/Aqua for Sapphire BLUE and the Coral for GOLD!

Patriotic Version fabrics:

Patriotic Fabrics for BH 2024 Old Town Mystery -
ALL cut and ready for assembly!

Clue(s) #1:

Clue #1 - Patriotic Version

Clue #1 - 'Bonnie' colorway

Clue(s) #2:

Clue #2 - Patriotic Version

Clue #2 - 'Bonnie' Colorway

Don't forget to Twist & SHOUT those seams!

Twist & SHOUT those Center Seams!

Thank Goodness for LEFTOVERS - Thanksgiving Leftovers RULE!

Turkey TOM

Pumpkin Pie

Happy Quilting!

~Deb

Time to Prepare for Our Country's 250th?

And what better way to start preparing for Our Country's 250th Anniversary, as our Amazing quilting Ancestors did, by creating Beautiful quilts...right?

This one is especially appropriate, as it was originally created on Abraham Lincoln's Birthday earlier this year.  It's only fitting that the very first quilt we decided to quilt to help Commemorate our Country's 250th Anniversary = 1776 - 2026, would be this quilt:

1st Patriotic quilt to be quilted for Our Country's 250th Anniversary

  

...and the quilting design chosen was, once again, appropriately so - Victory by My Creative Stitches:

Victory digital quilt design

Quilting it out:

1776 fabric for the Borders!

The backs always display the quilting perfectly, don't they?

Quilting back

Getting quilted!

Back to quilting...only 249 left to Go!

Later,

~Deb

Gettin' in Some Quilting In Between T-Storms ;-)

 Another 'America The Beautiful' Patriotic quilt just came up in my quilting queu - I really do LOVE this quilt panel!

'America the Beautiful III' coming off the frame

Each one has been quilted w/a different quilting design - this one quilted w/another of Christy Dillon's great digital quilting design, Sea of Stars w/Silver Glide quilting thread in the needle/bobbin:

Sea of Stars digital quilting design

And as is typical w/My Creative Stitches digital designs - stitched out Beautifully with very little backtrack!

Quilting out Beautifully - NO thread breaks or shredding

Stars and MORE Stars

Stars Getting Quilting Stars!

America The Beautiful

Stitching PERFECTION

Quilt back - a Sea of Stars!Sea of Stars!

The quilting was 'started' on Tuesday - right before a major T-storm hit our area that same afternoon.  We were fortunate - we only suffered minor wind damage and a fallen tree that took down some power lines and 'temporarily' interrupted my quilting:

Service Workers on the job

In less than 24 hours these Amazing Service workers had our power lines repaired and our service restored...Thank YOU!

Power Restored!

Back to Quilting....

Later,

~Deb

Time for Another Quilt-Along?

Of course it is!  This one hosted by AccuQuilt and APS - it just started so there's plenty of time to join in ALL the quilty FUN ;-)

I will be swapping out the 'default' colors to Patriotic and creating a Quilt of Honor to be Awarded to a Veteran later this year.  Will probly be adding a few more borders to 'bring it to size' but, the interior is a wonderful design and pefect for just such a quilt.

Was able to cut out ALL the pieces in a little over an hour - despite NOT cutting enough the first time and/or mis-counting...Whew!

Pieces ALL cut and Ready to Sew!

I like to keep my projects organized and ready to go to the sewing machine - these baskets also 'stack' so... win/WIN!

They also fit into a rolling cart that I keep next to my cutting station - keeps things handy and organized.

Cutting Cart

I must say - there are PLENTY of ways to cut fabric BUT...AccuQuilt makes it Fast & FUN!

The 10" Cube is being used to cut out most of this quilt:

10" Cube w/Corners and Angles dies

Cutting 'chunks' of fabric to feed into the GO! cutter:

The Quilter's Select/QS rulers are my very fav -
a little more expensive but so worth it - NO Slipping & Sliding around
while cutting w/exclusive NON-slip see-thru coating!

Using the GO! Big for this operation - performed FLAWLESSLY
(An early Christmas present last year w/Saved up points ON SALE during Black Friday - what a WONDERFUL Gift!
Especially since I'd recently broken my right elbow and was having difficulty cranking my hand-turned cutter...the GO! BIG was a lifesaver for my quilting adventures)

Now that ALL the pieces are cut & organized, Time to Sew Mama, SEW!

Chain piecing these pieces together is a Breeze due to the accuracy of the cuts!

I NO longer avoid piecing more challenging quilts w/AccuQuilt cutting system - ALL the pieces are cut uniformly and accurately and fit together like a glove...NO worries getting a perfectly pieced quilt...EVERY time!

Please NOTE:  I am NOT an AccuQuilt paid Advocate and/or Affiliate - I probly should be but, currently just a very happy quilter who LOVES speed & accuracy while having FUN quilting ;-)

Loving how these units are turning out:

Square-in-a-square units sewing together Perfectly!

Time for MORE Sewing!

Later,

~Deb