Oh, So Close!

I’ve reached center!  But I’m out of time….with just about 6 blocks left to cover with Baptist fan quilting.

Oh, so close, but yet so far.

My callouses were rebelling by 11pm and I just couldn’t keep my eyes open to push this quilt to finish last night.

But you know what?  It’s okay!  Because the next time I come up here it will be to celebrate my birthday on the 23rd.

I’ll have a tooth back in place on the 22nd, and this quilt will be finished for my birthday. That’s something to look forward to.

The “Oh, rats!” moment came when the dentist’s office called me around 5pm yesterday afternoon letting me know that my tooth had arrived and would I like to come in on Monday?  OH NO!  I’ll be flying to San Diego toothless on Monday, and I told them to just keep the appointment I made for the 22nd. 

I have been happily following along on YOUR On Ringo Lake progress!

I love the togetherness that mystery season brings! This collage was shared by Beth to my Quiltville's Open Studio group on Facebook! She writes:

"My 12yr old Granddaughter working along side me on the MQ today. She prepared the blocks ready for sewing. My heart is full "

This does my heart so much good as well! Thanks for sharing, Beth!

Another TOP is complete!

From @missquested – “On Ringo Lake top assembled. It’s a good thing there’s only one mystery a year because assembling the top was quite the challenge. I’ll need a year to recover.”

LOL!!  It’s gorgeous!  This has been so much fun to check the hashtags on instagram and see what folks have posted.  I’ve scrolled through all of the shares and chatter happening in our Quiltville’s Open Studio group on Facebook to see how fabrics and colors are coming together.

On Ringo Lake in Rainbow Colors!

From @messygoat – “Here it is, after some SERIOUS quality time with the seam ripper and realizing that I struggle with sashings that alternate direction like this. Ella tested the #onringolakequilt #quiltvillemystery and has declared it acceptable. I’ll trim it up and probably add a narrow border of bright to anchor the edge, but I chose not to overwhelm the edges with large chunks of more color mania. This was a fun one for me— and a challenging one! @quiltville_bonnie Thanks for another great mystery!”

And there will be more shares come Monday when we do our next Mystery Monday Link-Up.  So exciting!

There was more aviary antics outside of my kitchen window yesterday.  These little babies are BUSY!  Click to play:

A post shared by Bonnie K Hunter (@quiltville_bonnie) on Jan 5, 2018 at 8:08am PST

It makes doing dishes ALMOST fun.

I’ll fill the feeder up to the top before leaving this morning, but I know that food won’t last more than a few days.  I won’t be back for a couple of weeks so they’ll have to fend for themselves until then.

Am I crazy to say that worries me for them just a bit?  Oh geeze, I’ve turned into a crazy mountain mama singing “Feed the birds, tuppence a bag……”

This action continued and I love how different each block is!

36 on the design wall!

And they will be waiting for next visit, too.

The two kitted-up quilt parts are in my bag, ready to go home to be placed into my suitcase for evening sewing time while in California.  These blocks will stay here as “cabin project” for the next time I am up as well.

As soon as this posts, I’m warming up the van as I clear out the fridge, set everything straight and I’ll be on my way home.

Would anyone be up for a Sunday Quilt-Cam?  I’ll need to see if we can squeeze it in tomorrow afternoon, so I’ll give a definite in tomorrow’s blog post.  Be watching for more info!

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

That thing called gut instinct? Listen to it!

Don't let other people's opinions make your decisions for you.

(This one really hit home to me!)

Have a lovely Saturday, everyone!
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