Snow Day Sew Day Ahead!

Good morning, friends!

I'm starting off this post with a bit of studio clean up while I watch the snow fall beyond the QPO window.

Just look at these two finishes hanging off the long arm rail - it makes me smiley all over!

Old Town on the left, and Huka Falls on the right.

And yes, that's a bucket of your gifted aqua strings behind the take up roller just barely peeking out.

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Old Town Mystery - The Reveal!

Yes, that's right!
Part NINE is actually our REVEAL!
I'm sure plenty of you figured it would happen today. After all I leave for Los Angeles on January 7th, this coming Tuesday, and our flight to Brisbane, Australia departs LAX Wednesday January 8th.
I need to have all of this buttoned up before I go - so here we are!
That means that this post will contain any missing units and the assembly of units into blocks, sashings and borders.
Are you ready?

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New Year's Day Things : Some Quilting, Some Hard.

January 2nd and reality sets in.
Festivities are over - and yes, Christmas decor is already put away and I am diving into the 5 days remaining before I leave for Los Angeles on the 7th and meet up with my Craftours group on the 8th as we make our way to Australia!
That means there will be little time for quilting over the next several days as I get all my ducks in a row and ready to fly.
However...there was time yesterday to finish this ONE LONG SEAM that joined the diagonal row I shared in yesterday's post that was half finished from New Year's Eve jammie sewing and tv binge watching.

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Quilting The New Year In -

What? You didn't think I'd actually go OUT on New Year's Eve, did you?  

Don't you know me better than that by now?

I think the last time I stayed up until midnight to wish the new year in was when I was.....wait, was it? 

I do believe it was the first New Year's as a married couple.  When 1981 was turning over to 1982.

And even then I found it hard and wanted nothing more to be in my PJ's curled up on the couch watching something on TV (Not that ball drop thing.....that's way boring!) and heading to bed by 10:30.

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