Orca Bay Part 3...Madeline's progress...age 13

 All 350 hst's are DONE! 


And...52 qst's (hourglass blocks) are finished. 


Not too bad....for this week's progress. 


It's a good thing there are still a few clues yet. Madeline is working very hard...and I know with confidence that she will have all the parts done when she needs them. 


She went with a dark gray pindot as her black and this aqua swirl as her neutral. Should look great with her scrappy purples (red) and scrappy neutrals blue).  




I think even she is amazing herself at the amount of tiny blocks she has made...Even though this will not be the biggest quilt she has ever made...it will contain the most pieces! 


Way to go Madeline...keep up the good work! 

Orca Bay Part 3...Kristina's progress

Well...I didn't get too many hst's done this week...but I did manage to finish 1/3 of them. I helped Madeline though on her mystery. She made a huge dent in her fabric. 
Do you think my pinks (neutrals) are too varied in color? I sure hope not. 


I also was battling the flu...but I feel much better now...so I plan to cut more triangles...and start sewing. Isn't it something how when your body aches all over...even sewing doesn't help?






I leave you with this...
Here is picture of our local movie theatre...

A sign of the times...perhaps??
I never thought I would see the day when this would close down! 

Orca Bay Part 2...Madeline's progress...age 13

I was so excited when my 13 year old daughter Madeline decided to join in the fun of the Orca Bay mystery. I had to beg, plead persuade her a bit to join...especially when she saw how small the pieces were in Part 1. But since I told her I would help her complete those units, she decided to go ahead and get busy with Part 2. 


She did a great job. Her strings were larger than called for...some up to 3" wide...but none the less...blocks are blocks and she finished this step on her own. I am so proud of her. Her colors are beautiful too that she picked out. 






red - purples (scraps)
blue - neutrals (scraps)
black - black w/gray pindot (one fabric)
neutrals - aqua print (just one fabric) 


I will show the fabrics when Part 1 is complete. 


Madeline has been quilting with me for quite some time. I would say 6-7 years now. She has completed many quilts and even uses my longarm to quilt them herself. She loves to draw, has a beautiful smile, is hard-working and is a sweet girl! I love her...and am so proud of her that she is working on this mystery with me. I can't wait to see how her quilt develops. 

Orca Bay Part 2...Kristina's progress

Here are my brown 3-1/2" string blocks...all 72 of them.

 I did these a bit different than Bonnie described in her directions. I started with an 8-1/2" x 11" piece of junkmail. Don't we all get junk in the mail? I then started piecing my strings...most of which were cut down to 3/4" to 1-1/4" for more variety. When I was done  covering 12 sheets of paper...I removed the paper, then trimmed them to 7" x 10-1/2"..which after being cut down even further, yielded 6 mini string blocks the size that we needed for this part of the mystery. 

Orca Bay Part 1...

Done! 224 QST's made and waiting to find their place in this quilt! 

Isn't this the prettiest 'mess' you ever did see? I loev these colors together. These are the trimmings from my QST's...and NO...I didn't save them. 

I shifted gears from my original color scheme. These are the colors I am now using. 

red- aqua/teal 

blue - brown 

black - black

neutral - pink/salmon

I think I will like this color scheme better than the white originally planned in place of the red. Also, I went with fabrics that read more 'solid' for my teals, pinks and browns. 

To follow along and make your own Orca Bay quilt...read here! 

Orca Bay Mystery...Are you sewing along?

In case you haven't heard, Bonnie Hunter has done it again. It is the time of year where Bonnie puts out another mystery. I just love her patterns! This one can be found at Quiltville's Orca Bay Mystery!  The first clue posts Friday, the 18th. I can hardly wait. 


But, first, I have to quilt my RRCB from last year. It is going on the frame very soon...like, tomorrow I think! It may not be bound in time for this new mystery...but, by golly, it is going to be quilted! I am determined. 

My favorite blouse inspired the colors I am going to use for this quilt. Since I generally prefer to use black and white in my mystery quilts...this is going to be perfect! I will add in White with Black accents...and Black with White. Whatcha think? Doable? I say, YES!

On a side note...our Varsity Football team is going to the State Championships! 
Go Bobcats! Go! Fight! Win! Go Blue and White!