Monday Meandering 5 - 29 - 2017

First up this week is the block of the month from Faithful Circle Quilters.  It has a lot of cutting up and restoring but it sure looks good.  (Sorry about the dull photo -- I'm sure I took this late in the day with not much in the way of natural lighting.) The block is called Avant Garde Double Disappearing 9 Patch. Scroll down almost to the bottom to get the directions for this block. 
   

Next up is small wall hanging Sharon made during the retreat.  She found the pattern at Crazy Cousins in Fredericksburg when she was down here for the in-home retreat.  The pattern is by Bloomin Minds. This wall hanging will be available for purchase at the 2018 Faithful Circle Quilters show.  Sharon does think ahead of the game.  I'm trying to emulate her.    

I also want to share the finished Scrappy Stars quilt.  I was so thrilled to see how this 2 color binding perked it up.  This binding sure gave a little zing to the finished quilt. You can also see the quilting pretty well in this picture. (Click on any picture to enlarge it.) 

And a close up: 

This binding is called Susie's Magic Binding and you can find the directions to make it here.  It does take a bit more fabric and time but the results are stunning. Have you ever tried two color bindings?  Have you used Susie's Magic Binding? 

Up next is my goals report. Last week looks fabulous because I was very dedicated to getting the Scrappy Star quilt finished.

May 15, 2017

Sew Scrappy Stars rows together√

Load Scrappy Stars backing on Ruthie√

Quilt Scrappy Stars√

Make and bind Scrappy Stars√

Plan project for beach house visit√

Who knows how I'll do this week but these are the plans:

May 29, 2017

Package and mail off Scrappy Stars

Make enough extra pinwheel blocks to make 3 quilts

Sew three sets of blocks together into smaller quilts

Enjoy the beach

Pick OMG project and start it

That's it for me today.   I'm linking up with Monday Making, Main Crush Monday and Moving it Forward Monday.  Take some time to see what folks are doing this week by visiting some of the bloggers listed at these linky parties.  

Also I hope you take some time to reflect on the men and women who have served our country in the military, including my dad, Robert A. Rowe.  He began his service in the US Navy as a member of the ROTC at the University of Southern California.  His group was moved through quickly because they were needed in the World War II war effort.  He rose through the ranks to retire as a Captain in 1973 after 30 years of service.  Both of my grandfathers served in World War I and my brother was drafted during the Viet Nam War.  I am sure my family is just a small microcosm of many families across the country.  We were very lucky that none of our family members gave the ultimate sacrifice.  

Happy Quilting All!  Bonnie 

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Photos of Table Runner

This is Mystery #16 from Mysteries for Relay yahoo group that Marge runs.  I haven't done all 16 mysteries but I have done many of them.  My hat is off to Marge because of her creative fund raiser for the American Cancer Society.  Several times a year Marge sponsors mystery quilt weekends.  For each $5 donation to ACS through her site she says thank you with a wonderful mystery quilt.  And believe me Marge writes a very good mystery.  They are all very doable although some of us take longer than others to finish them.  With no further ado, may I share Mystery #16?  Point of clarification "Duck, Duck, Goose," on the left, is the mystery part of this table runner. I decided to make it double sided so added an easy block done in Halloween fabrics and colors on the back. 

I decided it needed two sided binding to look right.  So, here's up close on the bindings: 

This side is the same green print as in the rest of the blocks.  And below is the black side.  Way fun to do.  You can also see a bit of the quilting -- I did some ditch stitching from the Duck, Duck, Goose side and was happy to see it worked fine for the Halloween side also.  Now to get this ready to mail, well, honestly it is so late now it won't make any difference if I mail it next week.  

Blogger and I are having quite the argument over the placement of these photos.  Sorry about that.  I hate it when blogger wins but some times you just can't fight it. 

Yesterday I finished quilting the Christmas Pineapple Quilt.  I also got the binding  sewn on by machine. Just need to do the hand sewing on that.  I also started sewing together the next bow tie quilt.  I doubt if I can sneak into the studio today but if so, I'll do some more on the bow tie blocks. Hey, even if I get a row sewn that would be further along! Hum, wonder what I will use for the backing? 

Now, to finish the Christmas cards and get them in the mail.  My goal was to have them mailed before Christmas day so I may actually succeed.  

Happy Quilting All!