Clue #9 of Old Town Mystery - Building those MULTIPLE Units ;-)

 Yep, there are MORE than a few parts to Clue #9, in fact I was joking w/one of my Quilty friends that Clue #9 of Old Town Mystery could actually be FIVE (5) Clues ALL rolled up into ONE!  No Worries - we'll take it one piece at a time...kinda like eating an elephant...right?

After reading through ALL the instructions a couple of times, decided to construct ALL the sashings for BOTH Versions - Classic Bonnie & Patriotic, FIRST.  I knew IF I didn't, I'd start putting blocks together and once complete, I'd take another look at those sashing instructions and put EVERYTHING away for 'another day'...which would not come for several YEARS, lol!

I must admit - once assembled CORRECTLY, these sashings are GORGEOUS, aren't they?

Sashings - Classic Bonnie version

Sashings - Patriotic version

Once the sashings were complete and I celebrated w/coffee and chocolate, it was time to move on to the Flying Geese units - these were a Piece 'O Cake after those UNFORGETTABLE Sashings...Bonus!

Flying Geese units - Classic Bonnie

Flying Geese Units - Patriotic

...and Finally - those cute lil corner units - again Easy/Peasy 'after' the other parts of this Clue!

Corner Units - Classic

Corner Units - Patriotic

A few pics of assembly:

Snowballing the corners of Sashing unit

Chain piecing HSTs for corner units - my differential feed came in handy
for this unit and especially for assembling the sashings and corner units

Probly would've been done 'building' these units a day or so sooner BUT, we had a snowstorm show up right when I was trying to cut/piece...darn it!  Had to do some scooping in between cutting/piecing/pressing/pruning:

6"+ of that White Stuff!

Snow pile - freshly scooped

The first day got to scoop the sidewalks & driveway.  The second day was the deck and 37 steps to quilting studio...it's time for coffee and chocolate...again ;-).

Later,

~Deb

Ringing in the NEW Year w/Clue #8 of Old Town Mystery!

 What a way to start off a Brand-NEW Year, than w/sewing ALL day on a Mystery Clue...Clue #8 of our Old Town Mystery!

Clue #8 of Old Town Mystery = Classic Bonnie version ;-)

Those following along will remember that I've chosen to not only go ALL scrappy w/my version of Old Town Mystery BUT, I've opted to 'also' do a Patriotic version by swapping out the Corals for GOLDS and the Aquas for Sapphire Blue!

LOTS of wings to assemble!

Wings for BOTH Clue #8's

Chain piecing is the ONLY way to assemble ALL these wings:

Chain piecing the 'second' set of wings

Once I got into the 'groove' of chain piecing these wings, things went fairly quickly.  I assembled the geese for BOTH clues on one side of each goose triangle, pressed and assemble the second wing, then gave EVERYTHING a final press/pruning:

Clue #8 = BOTH versions for Old Town Mystery

After those were complete, decided to finish quilting up some of my potato chip pot holders - these are such FUN to create...can't make just one!

Potato chip pot holder getting quilted
(I use 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" logs for these - SCRAPPY!)

Hope 2025 is a Wonderful Year for Us ALL - Happy New Year, Everyone!

Time to bind those pot holders...

Later,

~Deb

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