Spring

Finally having some decent weather and the snow is just about gone. I've neglected my blog badly. Will try and catch you up on what I've been up to.
Finished Bonnie Hunter's Celtic Solstice, I call mine "May The Wind Always be At Your Back" an ode to my Irish Roots.

I have had quite a few finishes over the winter, and it makes me happy to have them off the UFO pile. 

 This one is called Mountain Flowers, lot's of applique which I enjoy.

"Snowy Days" a Crabapple Hill design, enjoyed embroidering the blocks. 

A simple rag quilt with large flannel blocks. 

'Heart" string block quilt. 

I am still working on the applique wool blocks, have one more to do. Here are four more of them. I love wool applique!

 I hope that you have all had a wonderful Easter weekend with family and friends. Ours was just wonderful.

Celtic Solstice and more

On January 1st we got the last step for our Celtic Solstice Mystery by Bonnie Hunter. As I was putting my blocks together I decided to make it 8x8 blocks...so spent some time making extra units, so as to have it Queen size and fit my bed! Here is the progress so far, I have five rows done and now have to sew more blocks together. I LOVE her mysteries, this is the third one for me and I am always so amazed to think wow I made this quilt! I am loving Celtic Solstice with the bright beautiful spring colors. As today it is -42 with the windchill, and folks it is the kind of day to spend in the studio playing with lots of color :)

I love how the blocks are forming the circles...a bit of magic.  I've been watching Bonnie's page on FaceBook and there are some gorgeous Celtic Solstice quilts and different color combination.

I like to stitch in the evening. Here is another one in progress. I am doing a wool felt quilt, the background is almost like pillow ticking ( I believe that is what it is called) I purchased the kit at Buggy Barn in Washington last Fall when my sister and I visited.   I hope you all have a lovely Sunday and are doing something pleasurable...I always say sewing is my sanity .

Happy New Year and Celitc Solstice

Happy New Year to you all may your year be filled with lot's of color and wonder!
I spent yesterday making mug rugs for two gals who did not receive any ... in a swap that I hosted :) Ahh the wonders of being a swap host !

Today I put the tree and decorations away. That is always a bit sad for me, it is so pretty and festive. We will continue to turn on our outdoor lights to light up and add some color to  our world of white. This is out the front door...lots of snow.

 I was sure we were going to have more little units to make! Here are the blocks sort of laid out and I've started sewing the star one together. Hopefully will get some time in the next few days to get it all together. Again it was another wonderful mystery from Bonnie.

Happy sewing :)

Celtic Solstice Step 5 and Love Entwined Step 7

I had a wintery snowy day to spend sewing and accomplished quite a lot.  Maggie my helper was a real big help!

I did manage to finish all of Step #5 and loved working with the bright colors...I need more blues!

And here is step 1 - 5. Does anyone know how many steps we have ??

I am also just about finished Step #7 of Love Entwined. Just have to stitch the top left corner and it is done. More applique than I've ever done on a 32" square :)
I hope you have all had a happy Sunday. So much of Eastern Canada is without power and storms heading that way, I pray that you are all safe.

Celtic Solstice Step#4 and Mountain Flowers

I am managing to keep up with Celtic Solstice and am really enjoying the bright colors. We have had more snow then we usually have for the whole winter, so it is pretty white out there. Very cold temps...for weeks -30 to -21 and a lot colder with the windchill. A little Chinook blew in just in time for Christmas +4 and rain yesterday making for very slippery roads and sidewalks. I do hope anyone traveling for Christmas has a safe trip.  Here is step #4...lots of little four patches. I used Missouri Quiltings method and they went together very fast.

 And here are all the steps together, one to four. This will be a bright happy quilt.

 This pattern, Mountain Flowers , is from a 2004 quilt magazine. Found it again one day last winter so it has been a long work in progress. Today I put the last floral border on...just needs a teal border and it is ready for the PMQ pile (Please Quilt Me )

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and all good things for 2014!

Celtic Solstice Step#3 and other quilty things

I am finished step #3 and I must say I am loving working with all these bright sunny colors. It has been overcast and snowing here for a week...we have a lot of snow! The sun did peek through today while I was making the pinwheels.

 Here are the first there steps all together. I am loving the colors and believe this will be a very happy Irish quilt :)

 Got scraps? Make a string quilt. This is the second one I've done and love the layout...added to my PQM(please quilt me) pile.

 A table runner/wall hanging I just finished. Love the blues.

 Here are the two mystery quilts of Bonnie's that I finished and I love them both.Easy Street and Orca Bay.

The Christmas Tree is up, and I have hung my wall hanging from last year...now time to take a break and do some Christmas baking. I did make Lefse on Tuesday...it is all gone. I do hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

Celtic Solstice Step #2

I have finished step #2...must say those little chevrons were certainly time consuming, but what better to do on a snowy cold day :) My background is showing white, but it is cream with dandelion design.

 Here is step 1 and 2 together, I am loving these bright refreshing colors.

I spent a lot of time checking out others progress on Link up Monday, however I have to confess with over 200 blogs linked I didn't make it to them all. What a wonderful show and tell we will have at the end of this mystery :)  Thanks for stopping by, and have a happy day.

Celtic Solstice has started ! Color choices and Step #1.

I am thrilled to be doing my third Bonnie Hunter mystery. Love the color suggestions for Celtic Solstice, as I do have an Irish background. So for this mystery I am going with Bonnie's suggested colors.
Here are my fabrics; I may be adding more as we go along.

 And here is step #1...had a busy Saturday so made up for my lost day and sewed yesterday. . We had quite a blizzard happening so a great day for staying in snuggled up to my fabric and sewing machine.

Thank you Bonnie for providing us with another Mystery, and I look forward to looking at everyone's progress. 

Winter

I made myself this snowman wall hanging. And just in time we had our first real dump of snow today.  This pattern is offered in one of the current quilting magazines as red work. I decided to do it in wool and am quite pleased with the results.  I did some hand embroidery on the snowmen.   I love to stitch while watching TV...or maybe I don't actually watch but listen :)










Waiting patiently for Nov 29th and the beginning of Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunters new mystery Quilt) . Being of Irish descent I will be sticking to Bonnie's color suggestions this time :)

Celtic Solstice

We have had the most gorgeous Fall. No snow yet and a bit cooler , but beautiful sunny days. I am getting excited to start Bonnie Hunter's new mystery quilt 'Celtic Solstice' on Nov 23.  Here are the colors I've pulled some will be used, more might be added, one never knows with her Mysteries :)

I have finished Step #5 of Esters BOM, just two more corners to do :)

Hope you all have a beautiful day!