Finishing up Christmas gifts.

 I am busy crocheting gifts for family.   I also have been machine embroidering gifts, too.  Here are the cute Mandala purses.  I purchased the embroidery file from Kreative Kiwi.   She has so many cute designs.   Check out her website, Kreative Kiwi. I need work on sewing straps for these cute purses.   

Here is a warm sweater for my mom.

Starting Rhododendron trail quilt mystery

Clue 4

 clue 1 & 3

clue 4

 I'm off and piecing my fabrics.  I knew I had most of the colors for this year's color palette.  I do need more yellows, though.   I could also use more teal/ turquoise.  I thought about using my Accuquilt. But for now it seems easier to use my specialty rulers...Bonnie's Essential triangle tool.   I really like having my fabrics in various size strips. It is easy to pull and cut into the desired shapes and sizes.  Here is clue #1 and clue#3 sewn together.   I am about halfway with clue #4.   I can hardly wait for the reveal.   This will happen usually on the start of the New Year.

Working on Grassy Creek in November.

 This is last year’s mystery quilt sew-along with Bonnie Hunter.   I was torn between using whole pieces of grays for the sashing bits, but I thought, why not go with string piecing?   I had plenty of bits and pieces of a variety of grays from other sewing projects and guess what?   I used them up!  This is a good feeling. I purchased more and am currently sewing up the last 20 for the sashing.  I have 3 rows sewn with the last two sets of blocks waiting to be joined.  I’ m looking forward to sewing the borders of more strip piecing!   I know I won’t finish in time before this year’s mystery begins, but I’ll still join.  I’m digging through my stash and it looks like I’ll have to purchase more turquoise teal.  On to the fabric store, whoo hoo!

Here’s my Grassy Creek in the soon to be flimsy stage.