I now have the time to cut and begin piecing Bonnie Hunter’s 2024 mystery quilt, Old Town. I’ve chosen her color way and am using what I have on hand from my fabric stash. Last week, I had to purchase more neutrals and some melon fabrics. The melon color is one color I don’t have. I have lots of teals and reds and large amounts of white. I decided to add more patterns with my neutrals instead of using plain white. Here are my pieces for clues #1 through 3. I am working on clue 4. Bonnie added another clue this past Tuesday, so we have 6 clues to piece, with another upcoming clue this Friday.
I am using my vintage Singer 403a. I love sewing with this machine! 
For Christmas, I got the Little Rebel sewing machine and set her up on my quilting frame. I love how easy and quickly she sews my quilt top. She is available through Grace Quilt Company. Her sewing area is 13 inches. (Last Christmas, I invested in buying the Q-zone quilt frame also from the Grace Quilt Company. It suits my space and I have been able to finish a couple of quilts this past year.)
I have the Sweet Sixteen machine made by Handiquilter; she is a table top model and I get tired pushing and pulling my quilts under the needle. I have to manipulate the pinned quilt top and it is not easy especially with the larger tops. I have a full length queen quilt frame, but I do not have the room or space to set it up in our smaller home. I had hoped to set up the Sweet Sixteen on that frame, but there is no room right now. We have plans to build a small studio for my quilting, but that will happen sometime down the road.
Well, it is back to piecing clue #4. Have a great Christmas!
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