I just want to celebrate !

I danced out of my sewing room, quilt in hand... singing to Ranchman !

I just want to celebrate another day of sewing

Oh, I just want to celebrate another day of fun

Don't let this big thing get you down, 

Don't let it turn you around and round,

Oh, I just want to celebrate...celebrate

Because the Grand Illusion mystery quilt  is finished!

This is a very big quilt with 3000 and 25 seams, or something like that.

 I'm kidding, I have no idea how many, but it's A-LOT.

You might have noticed my outside border is different.
I turned it the opposite direction because I simply like it better this way.

  I'm thinking I'll bind it with the gray polka dot. 

I'll be showing it to my quilt guild next week, then it's off to Angela .

I'm finished and happy with it.

Yes it's true, I just want to celebrate !

Have a wonderful week, God bless you.

Christmas Sewing

We haven't had our family Christmas yet, because Ranchman had the terrible, awful, really bad flue ! We didn't want anyone else to catch it, so we put things off until Sunday. Nope...I didn't get it... I bleached and sterilized everything and slept in another bedroom so I wouldn't breath any of his air. 

He's much better today....Thank goodness ! 

I thought I was completely ready for Christmas, but this morning I realized I had a problem !

I didn't have a gift for my DIL's younger sister. She house sits for us and takes care of "The Ranch Patrol" when we go out of town, plus she's an all round good girl who needs a good gift. I pieced this quilt to give her when she graduates college. Since it was already pieced and hanging in the closet, I decided to go ahead.... finish it, and give it to her for Christmas.  

The pattern is Boxy Stars that I found on Quiltville's free patterns. 

Within a couple of hours I quilted and bound it...put a label on it ....problem solved !

 I've worked on a few more Women of the Bible blocks.

This one is called "Eve".

" Rachel"  

The fabric is my favorite of all time...Jelly Bean by Edyta Sitar.

The Grand Illusion Mystery quilt clue 5 came out his morning. It was fast and easy.

 These are all of mine so far. I wasn't going for scrappy in the beginning, but sometimes your just forced to if you don't want to buy more fabric. The only constants are the orange,which I subbed for Bonnie's pink, and the yellow. 

I was concerned about my fabric choices at first, but not now. I really like how it's looking.

Do you like how yours looks so far? 

I would like to wish each of you a Happy, Healthy and Wonderful New Year full of blessings.

God bless you.  

Grand illusion Clue 3

  

Only 50 more to go and I'll be caught up again. 

Easy Week !

TA-DONE !

 

 I said in yesterdays post that I was going to get clues 1 & 2 FINISHED or BUST.

Well hallelujah, I don't have to BUST ! I finished about 6:30 last evening. 

Bonnie posts the clues every Friday morning. All I have to do is wait a few more hours for clue #3.

I made my double diamond units doing Bonnie's **Alternate Method** (The no triangle method).

Doing it that way, you get bonus triangles...I think I have right around 400 of those little beauties, that's what's in the bowl. 

I placed an order from Superior Thread a few months ago and I ordered this by accident. When my order arrived I was really disappointed. But, I decided to keep it and try it.

 What a delightful surprise ! This thread actually disappears into the fabric, which helps your seams to lay flatter. With all the seams that are in the Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt, a person needs a  fine thread.

Give it a try....it's wonderful !

Women

Today I plan on catching up on the Grand Illusion 

 TODAY or BUST !

I decided to take a break from it and write a post about other blocks I've been making.

I hadn't realized until I started writing that two of my SAL's are about women. 

Farmer's Wife and Women of the Bible. 

Even though the Farmers Wife isn't one of my favorite SAL's, I'm doing it and keeping up pretty good. I thought I would show them to you since I always enjoy when Colette shows her's on her blog, so why not !

 Steak of Lightning 

 Grape Basket

 Single Wedding Star (that seems like an oxymoron)

Rosebud 

 Friendship Block

Star Gardener

While visiting Cindy @ Daisy Days during a recent blog hop, I noticed she was doing some blocks called "Women of the Bible".  So I followed her link to Little Quilts. 

This is a FREE  pattern series that will introduce you to the Women of the Bible through individual quilt blocks. Each pattern begins with historical references and devotional reflection.

 I missed blocks 1 & 2, but I'l get them from Doniene  later.

I'm using Edyta Sitar's Jelly Bean fabric which I love with a purple passion ! 

 

Block 3: Sarah

 Block 4:Noah's Wife

 Block 5: Hagar

 Block 6: Jezebel

 Block 7: Rebekah

 Block 8: Ruth

I downloaded blocks 9 & 10 last night.

Now, back to the GI ! 

God bless you. 

Grand illusion Progress

I'm still plugging away at my Grand Illusion quilt. I lack sewing up 50 of the four patch blocks and cutting out and sewing  100 of the other blocks.

Along with Pat Sloan's One for You & One for Me fabric, I'm also using a couple of fabrics from Adorn-it Chamberry collection, Bobbins and Bits, April Showers, and WISHES.

I ran out of the Wishes (the low volume) and haven't decided what I'll use to cut out the other 100 blocks....decisions.....decisions !
I've also run out of the Chamberry. I'm replacing that with gray and white polka dot.
I'm definitely having some fun with this !  How about you ? Are you having fun with this mystery too ?
Linking up with Mystery Monday Link-Up Part 2

Grand illusion

Are YOU in?

 I think I'm gonna jump off the deep end and participate in the Grand Illusion quilt mystery.

However, I'm not completely following the suggested color pallet.

I've been collecting Pat Sloan's "One for You and One for Me" and I think this a good time to use it. 

 My black will be gray (I think) and my pink will be orange (I think).

Wouldn't it be interesting to know how many people are making this ! 

If you're doing it....are you following the suggested color pallet, or are you using other colors ?