I was added to the list, one that I could decline and decided to join. It was a small group of people. The person I got listed favorite color as blue and favorite hobby as horses.
I was happy to make a mug rug and pleased that my skills could handle a small mini quilt during this time of year. I plan to shop at Lassens in the big city on Friday and will pick up some no-nut cookies to go along with the mug rug. I love this silhouette and made it earlier as another gift. It really is charming for anyone who loves horses.
Gifts this year are almost done. I need to buy an art book for the youngest grrrlie-grrl and bake some cookies. And tomorrow, I work on my cards. I plan to hold off sending them so recipients don't feel like they have to send one in return.
Why do we do that, I wonder? It really is ok to receive without giving back to the same person.
As a tester, I am 'sworn' to secrecy about the steps to this Mystery BOM called By the Numbers. I can write about it, but cannot show photos. I've been working on it for several days now. Last week, I bought fabric, and this week, completed the first two steps. Its taken a bit of time to do. My version is a 'throw' so its made of 2.5" squares. Each size depends upon the size of those squares.
We were to get six different fabrics, which included the background as one, a focus, and then two shades of two more coordinating colors. I bought mine at one of the local fabric stores that has a sale wall.
Funny, I thought that this was a different Mystery BOM, and pulled out fabric from my stash for that one. It starts in 2019, as the one I am testing does as well.
I did catch up on the other blocks, and tomorrow, another one is released for the holiday quilt. I have yet to return to the yellow BOM I am making as a graduation gift. And that comes next.
I've been in Cali for almost 19 years, and only retired a few years ago. That meant in my travels while I was working, I scheduled time in Minnesota to see family and friends. Now I return for high school graduation parties for the Grandkids. The last was 2 years ago and the next is this coming June. So people have been coming out here.
Tehachapi is pretty quiet and 3 hours from LA, from the ocean and from Disneyland. While we visited 2 Pumpkin Patches, we bought them at the local grocery store.
While company was here during the month of October, I put away quilting projects and now am playing catch up with all the BOM groups I am in.
I just put my head down, printed off the patterns, selected fabric and started cutting, pinning, piecing & pressing. And just when I thought I was caught up, this week's pattern for the MERRY & BRIGHT block was released. The studio was a mess and I knew it had to be re-organized before I got too much farther on the next full quilt project, so time was spent colorizing the scraps. I will do my best to take quilting photos for the next blog posts. For now, know that I am back at it and simply doing 'behind-the-scenes' work.
