Daffy's Stitchy Friends

Saturday, December 31, 2016

More Mystery Quilt

One more post to end off the year...2017 is peeking around the corner! 

I've been hard at work and Clue 5 of my Mystery Quilt is Complete! Bonnie's Essential Triangle Tool is da bomb! I've tried triangle pieces on my own before with so-so results. It's all those "special" measurements one has to figure out that throw me off! This thing makes it SUPER EASY! 


I got to work right away on Clue 6! This one also uses the Essential Triangle Tool.


I made this looooong chain of triangles.


These were ironed open and since they were fed through the machine in order I just cut the chain between every pair and left the chain of pairs together so they wouldn't get mixed up. I only had to snip between the pairs and nest the seams and soon I had them all finished!


Bear in mind...I have not made these last two units before this. I was scared to do these! And yet, I have completed both of them in record time. Bonnie is such a good teacher!

Do you like my pink cutting mat? It was a Christmas gift from Dash. Along with the large Olfa rotating mat you see in the photos above. So handy!


My leader/ender pieces are adding up! I only get a few when I'm doing lots of chain piecing like this but look how full that box is! One day I'll have to move on to piecing these as four patches between my regular sewing. Bonnie is the genius behind leaders/enders too.

Ok, my studio is still trashed. I have piles of papers, fabric, tools, Christmas gifts, and every bit of junk imaginable still lying around everywhere. Now, I must be firm with myself and go clean it up!

See you in 2017!

Thank you for visiting my blog today!
xox



10 comments:

Julie said...

Happy new year.... With lots of quilting time in it .....

Bea said...

Looking good!

Wishing you a healthy, happy. crafty 2017!

WhatIfWeAllCared? said...

Pretty and looks to become a fun quilt . .
Happy and blessed new year to you!!

moosecraft said...

Perfection! Looking forward to seeing more of your progress on this! Nappy New Year!

diamondc said...

Beautiful colors, I will be looking for the finished quilt top.

Blessings
Catherine

Desiree Ehleiter said...

Wishing you a very happy and crafty New Year!

NanaDiana said...

Happy New Year and Happy Happy Quilting- xo Diana

Khristine Doiron said...

Happy New Year!! You are flying along with your quilt!

Unknown said...

The quilting is beautiful!!
I did send an email using the hotmail address.
Janeth

*-* said...


Your Half square triangle look great.
Kay.