FNSI... Results

Well I didn't quite get the things that I wanted done last night but I did get some things sewn. No finishes but hey at least the sewing machine was running. The best part is I did more in the last 24 hours than I have done in over a week. Now if I could keep up the momentum that would be great!! So here are some pictures of what I got accomplished:

This is clue 3.. not finished they have since been cut into HST's and I need to square them up so that I can use them in another clue but the sewing is done.

This is clue 4 minus some ironing. So I did get something done last night.. Maybe we will actually have a lap quilt for next Christmas. All in all I am happy with what I have gotten done. Hope everyone else had a great Friday Night Sew In.

Thursday Night Sewing

Well I did actually get something done tonight. I completed 2 of 3 blocks for our guild block of the month. I still need to write up the instructions but that is easy. Here they are..

Common Threads Block January 2012

Simple but I think that they will make a great quilt for whomever wins the blocks. I have debated getting a jelly roll to make the same quilt but I am going to pass on that until I get some other things done.
I also completed step 2 of a mystery quilt that was supposed to be worked on for Christmas eve and Christmas Day. I cut a bunch of stuff those days but wasn't up to sewing. I decided to do a scrappy christmas quilt. Here are my squares cut for clue 2:

Christmas Mystery 2011

I am working out of my comfort zone on this one. Its supposed to be scrappy and I decided to use some green fat quarters that I got through the Cotton Patch stuff your stocking deal that they had this year. They picked the greens, some that I wouldn't have touched with a 10 foot pole but its supposed to be scrappy. We will see how it turns out.. Smiles

Tomorrow is belated Christmas with my family. So tomorrow Maggie (the dog) and I are going to hop in the truck and drive to my parents house. I don't think that I will have the chance to sew tomorrow but you never know.

Online Shop Hops

Have you ever participated in the FabShopHop online? I have several times and have come out with gift certificates and things a couple of times as well. Mom even won some neutral fabrics once that was awesome.

I have also participated in shop hops her locally. The San Diego Quilt run as well as the Southern California Quilt run. Both of which are awesome it was fun to see the shops that you don't normally shop at and make friends with people you didn't know were so close. Being that I have moved too far north of San Diego to be able to participate and enjoy the time in the shops to look at the new gadgets and gizmos and the new lines of fabric, I have resorted to shop hopping online.

There are quite a few shop hops when you actually look at it. They are kind of hard to keep straight and keep track of. Last night I decided that I was going to participate in the Mystery Quilt Dash. Its actually Mystery Quilt Dash #6. If you haven't seen it or have never tried it, its pretty easy there are 7 shops that are participating and when you have found the Mystery blocks much like the bunny for FabShop, you will have all the clues to Mystery Quilt #6. This would be a great thing to do when you don't have the ability or the motivation to actually sew or quilt. I reccommend taking your time and looking through the shops but you don't have to.

So who's up for the Mystery Quilt Dash? Who's going to join me? It actually ends on January 14th but, there will several others that I will try to post as they come along. You can always sign up for the FabShopHop that will be ending this month.