Time to begin Part 5 of the mystery

Finished off appliqueing the circles of Part 4 yesterday, only that darn elephant to go... Today I cut out the pieces for Part 5, which include four strips and four sets of scallops that sit at the top and bottom. Those extra circles (fabric being brought from the web) will go in-between. After that I will attempt the last elephant (well, let's hope so).


I've been able to do this extra bit of sewing because my car is at the garage. On Friday morning on the motorway, passing a 18-wheeler truck I look down to see "Check Engine" looking back at me and the temperature needle on HOT!!! EEK, here's where my cool banana skills took my driving skills to another level... with cars up my bum and already 3/4 of the way past the truck, I put my foot on the gas and got in front of the truck then had to indicate quick and pull over at speed and not hit the marker sticks in the process. Made it! Cellphone in hand (thank goodness I packed it in my bag that day) I rang the AA and Bob's ya uncle. Out of action till the end of tomorrow so I reckon I'll have lots of free time to sew, sew, sew!!!

Part 4 continues

I knew those elephants would be sew-stoppers! I have to buy more grey fabric to make them. I also ran out of another shade of fabric and the original store I brought it from ran out and the other shops I purchase from also don't have it :( So pleased then that the wonderful world of the web exists! I will be purchasing my required fabric from 'The Stitching Cupboard'. I googled them awhile back and they have some in stock. The only down side is, I don't have a credit card. After setting up my Pay Pal account it requires either a credit or debit card, so it's off to the bank next week to get a debit card at least. All so I can start Part 5 of my mystery quilt!!


Tonight I am hand appliqueing the Part 4 circles, down to the last eight. My friend's birthday is next week and only the binding to go on her cushion, oh and buy a cushion inner...

Two to go...

Yes, you read it right!! Two more halves to go before my 16 blocks are completed! I was sewing three halves last night at my sewing group and for the majority of the time I was saying to myself, "I am soooooooooooo over this..." But since I am a true believer at only putting "happy stitches" into my patchwork I so got over that and thought about the special day when it would be all sewn together and be as one. I guess I'm not the only one who gets "block-i-tish" every now and again!!?


Now off to applique the remaining three scallops to my mystery quilt....

Mystery quilt Part 4

Hey, what's new, one week to go before Part 5 comes out and I just begun Part 4!! I got cracking and cut out all the bits last Saturday and on the Sunday begun the applique, yet again... It really used to spin my wheels, but sometimes too much all at once can become all too much of a task and not fun. It's a good thing I have lots of other projects on the go at the same time to keep the motivation going, and going, and going! All I ask for, is that Part 5 does not involve another elephant.... Snapshots to come.

Part 4 of the mystery quilt involves eight of these thingees and that elephant, which I haven't tackled yet.
I have yet to applique around the circles.

The end is near...

I took my 12 remaining blocks (left sides) to the weekly sewing group on Wednesday. I was able to complete three sides in two hours so I'm reckoning only six more hours to go to complete my blocks, yeeehaaa!!! It certainly will be rewarding when I have finally sewn all my sides into complete blocks and then those blocks become one...


For this weekend I plan to start on a friend's birthday present for next month. I'm guessing she will never come across this blog so I can write by saying that the fabric she initially picked out one day will be the focus of the project! I popped along to Cottonfields and selected three more contrasting shades.


I will also cut out Part 4 of the Susan Claire mystery quilt too. After seeing it is another elephant, I thought, golly gosh, where is this heading! Part 3 gave me a sore thumb with the applique work. I wanna get one of those thumb thingies that save yourself a lot of needle pain!


Took my wee Bella to the vet, $200, there goes my fabric budget out the window, ha! Happy sewing.