First Daffodil

Since I started blogging in 2012, have been keeping track of when the first daffodil in my yard blooms.  Yesterday, February 18, 2019 was the day.  The same day as last year.  Some years I will have a lone daffodil for a week or so.  This year I already have two more almost open and several more buds ready to go.

2012             Before 2/1/12
2013             2/21/13
2014             3/10/14
2015             3/13/15
2016             2/4/16
2017             2/19/17
2018             2/18/18
2019             2/18/19

Surrounded By Scraps

 Surrounded By Scraps was Charlotte Hawks' mystery quilt from 2 years ago.  I finished it up, but it sat for a long time because I didn't like it.  I used a soft gray print as the background, and it made the whole thing look dull, even with all my bright scraps.  I decided to try and fix it with a colorful border.  I put it all up on my design wall yesterday, and already I can tell that this is an improvement.

 I used fabric from my scrap trash, huge bins of unsorted, wadded up fabric, and unorganized bits leftover from other projects or given to me.  There has been no obvious change in the amount of scraps in my scrap trash bins.

  I want to commit to 15 minutes a day of sorting scraps.  Not cutting, just getting them out of the scrap trash into the right color boxes and throwing out things that are too small to use.  After making Wild and Goosey, I started saving very small scraps.  This is just not practical, given the state of my health.  I don't think I have enough time left to make another one of these!

Linking up: http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2019/02/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-mixed-bag.html

Summer Stars On Fawn Lake

Summer Stars on Fawn Lake has sat in a box for many months. This was last year's mystery quilt by Charlotte Hawks.  I pulled it out this week and finally got the top together.  All I needed to do was to sew 7 rows together.

I used  a lot of odd balls and ugly fabric in this quilt.  This quilt is ok. I like that I got to use up scraps, but the top isn't something I'm excited about finishing.  Sometimes when I feel this way about a quilt my longarmer can fix it.

It is a big quilt (84"x96") already, but I think it would look better with some sort of border.  I am used to more dense piecing, and it doesn't seem finished to me yet.

Stash Report: Used this week: 6.5 yards (SSFL top)

Used year to date: 15.5 yards

Added this week: 0

Added year to date: 24.25 yards

Net Added:  8.75 yards

Good Fortune, Top Done

I got the last 5 border pieces on my Good Fortune.  Hurray!  The top is done!!!

This top is 71"x 71".  I thought long and hard about adding another border or two to make it bed sized.  So far I have resisted the temptation.  I just need to get it to the longarmer before I change my mind.

 Whenever I finish a BH mystery, I get a huge feeling of accomplishment.

Linking up:  http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-last-good-fortune-mystery-monday.html

Sedona, February

Sedona's February row was super easy, I guess to make up for how time consuming January's was.  I am sewing them together as I go.  February's row is the with the white zig zag on red.

Under the Sedona rows you can see part of Good Fortune, Bonnie Hunter's mystery.  I have 9 of the 16 border pieces sewn on.

Linking up:  http://whatahootquilts.blogspot.com/2019/02/boms-away-journeys-end.html

Good Fortune, 3 Borders to Go

I think that the final link for Bonnie Hunter's Good Fortune is coming up soon, so I want to check in.  All the blocks are together, and one border is on.  I am happy with the colors I chose.  I like them as much as Bonnie's.  Sometimes, I am not as lucky with my colors, especially in a mystery quilt.

 I have the other borders ready to go, but I can't get motivated to sew them on.  I may have to play the game of one side a day until it is done.  There are so many other quilts I want to work on!

Treasure Hunt, Quilted and Bound

It has taken me almost a month to get this quilt bound, but it is now officially my first quilt finish of 2019. 

I took it outside in an attempt to get truer color, but you still can't tell that the binding and part of the cubes are  purple grunge.

The quilt was made using the one block wonder technique.  I put a piece of the original fabric on the back.  This is Treasure Hunt by Marcia Derse.

Vicki Johnson of Threads That Bind Us did the longarming.   Again, I can't get the true color of the fabric. The backing is not as blue as it is in the last picture and not as gray as it is in this one.  My camera has problems with purples.

 The quilt  is 68"x 76".  I don't know yet who will get this one. We really have more quilts in this house than we need, but all my boys like this one, so I may have to keep it.

Stash Report:

Used this week: 5.0 (Treasue Hunt backing and binding)

Used year to date: 0 yards

Added this week: 0

Added year to date: 23.5 yards

Net Added:18.5 yards

Linking up:http://busyhandsquilts.blogspot.com/2019/02/postcard-from-sweden-baby-quilt.html