Easy street part 5

I actually got all these done last Friday and Saturday. I have been out of commission since with the flu. Here are my sitting geese, since they are too fat to be flying geese.

Now to wait until tomorrow to see what part 6 brings us.

Wrong turn down Easy Street

So, I made a seriously wrong turn down Easy street this past week, Quilt Math gone wrong is where I ended up. Don't write notes out late at night, and follow the notes in the wee hours of the morning, not thinking of what you are actually cutting, just reading and cutting. We needed 64 flying geese with step 4, I have those. All of them, the right size and everything..................Times FOUR! Yeppers I made 256 flying geese instead. As I was sitting there sewing and sewing and sewing. Ran the spool out of thread, thought for a split second, that that was a little odd, because I had thought there was still plenty on there. Then sewing and sewing and sewing some more. Wow it sure is taking a long time to get these 64 geese done. I was using the no waste method (HAHAHAHA, well they won't really go to waste) So when I pulled the HUGE wad out from behind the machine to flip and sew the other side of the imaginary line, that is when it hit me. Something was really, really wrong. There were definitely more than 64 geese. I finished them all anyways, took way more than an hour and a half this time around, and more than one day at that.

Here is the pile waiting the last wing press.

 Here they are sorted and stacked, should be 6 in each stack, instead there are 24.

I did manage to get the green square count right............I think!

 I don't mind the extras, I will use them on the back or put them away for another project, my only thing is, will I have enough fabric now to finish the mystery. I don't think I have anything left in the stash in this color range, I might have to bring in other shades and values, because these were all pastel type, old school colors.
Because of that, I am sewing them together with those from step 2 yet, because I have to mix something up later on down the road. Might have me a flying geese border too if I make another wrong turn.

I did finish sewing the last seams on the Ohio stars for Orca Bay, went to sew the wing pieces together and couldn't find the HST's, I think I know why I don't have the wing sections done, another wrong turn. I have 1 inch finished ones, and I needed 2 inch finished ones or something like that............oops. So back to finding more fabrics for all of those too. Not my week for sewing, but working at the Post Office the week before Christmas will do that to you. I am going to bed, I hope I get some sleep. Maybe the fairies will decorate my tree for me tonight, I doubt it, but it is a nice thought.

easy street part 3 and the tree............yeah, the tree

Well part 3 for Bonnie's mystery is out. She wasn't kidding when she said this year would be EASY. Each step takes between 1 hour and 1.5 hours to finish. This could easily become a weekend quilt from start to finish. Here are mine:

 So in between clues I have been working on Orca Bay as well trying to finish that one too. I have all the Ohio Stars chin stitched together, and half of them finished, the other half waits those two pins, and stitch, two pins on the other sides, stitch, and press. Chain style fashion of course. Here is the mess pile of them waiting for me.

 See they are calling out my name. All those other blue and neutral squares they are sitting on top of are those HST's that I still don't know why I cut them or what I need them for. But I am stitching them all up too. I will figure it out, someday and be ahead of the game.

Here is the container I am throwing them in after stitching and cutting them apart. There are a LOT of them in here!

Last weekend I started putting up the cat tree Christmas tree. I knew I had problems when I only had half the bottom layer on. What do you think? Problems in the happening?!?!?!

 Yes he is sitting on TOP of the branch above. Now he jumped off only to attack the next branch. Oh boy.

This is their first time seeing one of these cool Cat trees Christmas trees. Took Merlin no time at all to get from playing with a branch while laying on the floor to the top of the tree trunk.

I did finally get the tree all put together along with the lights on it, went out to the garage and dug out the tubs of ornaments, came inside and 6 of the branches from the top of the tree were MISSING! WTH! Found a few lower in the tree, a few others feet away from the tree. OK, regroup, I am NOT putting all my good glass ornaments on this tree this year, (black streak goes across the room, who was that? Rustle, Rustle, Rustle...........glance towards the tree, Merlin is looking at me from the top of inside the tree, before I can even tell him to get out, there goes that mysterious black streak out of the room, just as fast as it came in). So a week later and there still isn't any ornaments on the poor tree. I will be digging out the other containers, that have ornaments in them with things that aren't breakable. So it will be interesting to see what the tree looks like when we get it finished, hopefully before Christmas gets here too. More interesting is what the tree will look like the first day I come home from work after it is all decorated. Stay tuned for that update.

Easy Street Step 2.................and a winner!

Well Easy Street has been really EASY, so far. I did all my flying geese tonight in no time flat.

Tomorrow, (since it didn't happen today) I plan on digging the tree and stuff out of the garage and getting that all done. Then onto HST's for a project I still can't remember. LOL!  Oh and we have a winner from my 100 follower giveaway too.......

Happy Cottage Quilter said...

I have quite a few ufo's. Maybe about 20 ;-) It's much more fun to make the flimsy then to finish the quilt!

I have emailed and asked for snail mail address.  I hope everyone else is having fun doing Bonnie's mystery too. This year is really easy compared to the last two. I can play catch up on everything else in between this years clues. Maybe I can even get Orca Bay finished?!?!

Easy Street part 1

Well Easy Street has started, and I am done with part 1, Woo Hoo! 203 little 4 patches. So I have a few extras..........we will see where they end up later on. Now the hard part...........waiting for step 2, won't be out till FRIDAY! Good thing I went back to work today!

In the meantime I am working on sewing all those HST's that I still haven't a clue what I am making them for. Oh well, I will have tons of blue and neutral HST if and when I need them.

I also got the last border on the Christmas string quilt, got the backing sewn together and washed it too, since everything on the front side was washed. Now to start quilting it, so maybe I can use it for Christmas. Which reminded me I made hubby a quilt or should I say a quilt top for Christmas last year, need to add the last border, piece the back together, and then quilt it too. So we will both have one. We hardly ever turn the heater on, and sometimes it is just too late to start a fire in the wood burning stove, so we just cuddle up with quilts.

Oh yeah, don't forget to enter my giveaway if you haven't already done so.

Beginning of Easy Street

Well have you heard??? East Street has begun. I finally picked my fabrics, it was kinda easy since they were all in a pile on the table already, just needed to add a constant color to it. Can't remember what I put all these together for before, but since they never got used.............now they are. They were taking up tabletop space.

 Here are a pile of twosies waiting to be upgraded.............

 into 4 patches. This is two stacks of 25. One at a time, I am getting there. Or should I say, 25 at a time I am getting there. Dinner time now, more sewing afterwards.

Here are the photos of some other sewing I have been doing. This top has been sitting around for almost 2 years waiting for the blocks to be sewn together, done!

 Then I took the stack of leftover fabrics and started sewing them together to make a back. Another pile of the tabletop! The back is realllllllllllllllllly long, so I will cut that fabric up into strips and squares for the organized scrap bins.

and yes another box of fabric has arrived from Tonya, have you checked out her fabulous prices on her facebook page yet.............CLICK HERE TO SEE      just go there and join on in the fun and tell her I sent you. Click on the photos tab, and then each picture has others in it, click to each separate one and see if you can get any at a great deal. There is lots of competition, and you have to be quick sometimes. But it is worth it. They will invoice you once a week, and you can either have each invoice shipped, or become a Large Flat Rate Box CaTeer, and have the box shipped when it is full, around 25-35 yards or so. This is what was in the last box I got.

Oh and these Panda's.........there was almost an all out war for these guys! I was glad when she ordered another bolt!!! Aren't they adorable?!?!

My camera battery died, and as I came downstairs to plug it in, there was a box in the hallway. My quilt has arrived home from AMY's and Panto'd out!!!! Woo Hoo, it is ready for binding now. It looks AWESOME! Thanks bunches girl, thanks, thanks, thanks again!!!