Little Bits of This & That

Mystery #1 Revealed.....

It's time to reveal pictures from our first Mystery! I am very impressed with how many of you sent pictures of your finished project.  Here they are~

Pat Finnie~

Elaine~

Jennifer Watkins~

Sherry in NC~

 

Bonnie Carlson~

Judy W.~

 

Jayne Shindel~

Kathy Henderson~

Kristin Sim~

Béatrice~

Colleen Barber~

Judy Bergman~

Lorraine LeBlanc~

Laurie Becker~

Pam Dahl~

Linda G~

Nancy Tokarz~

Debbie Boatman~

Chris Green~

Regena Hardy~

Jessica Graner~

Jayne Shindel~

Vikki~

Linda~

 Ruth~

Cathy~

Nicki Kilpatrick~

Manon~

Manon (Her second one)~

Becky Fitzpatrick~

Judy Stokes~

Becky Spain~ (#1)

Becky Spain (#2) ~

Becky Spain (#3)~

CH~

Melissa~

Roslyn~

Krista~

Kristen~

Julie Belz~

Nancy Grandner~

And Julie S~

This ended up being a super long post but I just had to share all the picture that were sent in. You all did an amazing job and I am very thankful that you took the time to send me your pictures.

Now to announce the winner of the Layer Cake and collection of Christmas patterns (that is what I thought would be fun extras to the Layer Cake)......The lucky lady is Jessica Graner! Jessica, please send me a email with your snail mail address and I will send your prize off to you.

Thank you all very much for joining me in the first Mystery and I hope you join me for the second! Be sure to stop back tomorrow for the cutting instruction for Mystery #2. Also, I would love it if you passed on the Mystery to your friends so that they can join us too.

Putting it all together......

It is the last day for our first Mystery and today we put it all together!

Click here to Download Mystery part 6.

Since this is the last clue to this mystery, I thought that it would be fun for everyone to share with each other your finished projects. So, if you would like to share with us, just e-mail me picture of your project and I will do a blog post with all the pictures, kind of like a mini quilt parade!

Let's shot for November 5th as the last day for sending my your pictures. Here is another fun extra.....those of you that send me your picture by Novemeber 5th, you will be entered in a drawing for a free Layer Cake from Moda fabrics and some other fun stuff too!  I will draw a name from the submissions and announce the winner on November 6th.

Join me next week as we kick off out next mystery!

 

It's that day of the week again......

Did you have a good weekend? Are you ready for another little bit of the mystery?

Click here to download Mystery Monday part 5.

How are you doing on your Mystery? I am trying to give you small bits of the mystery each week so that you can keep up and not feel overwhelmed. I know how crazy life can be! Am I giving you enough to do each week? Do you want a little bit more or is it just right? Let me know your thought as I want this to be as fun as possible.

I would love to see your finished project when this mystery is over....maybe I should have a prize drawing from the people who send me a picture of their finished project? What do you think?

Mystery Monday...more sewing....

It's time for some more sewing on the mystery! Did you get a chance to sew up Part 3 last week? I got all my fabrics layed out but I haven't had a chance to start sewing. I will have to play catch-up when I finish up all the new patterns I have be working on for fall. I will be sharing them with you soon.

Click here to download your copy of Mystery Monday's part 4.

 

 

Time to start sewing....

It's Mystery Monday time again and today we start to sew! I am going to give you small parts to sew so that you will be able to get it all done in the week without feeling overwhelmed.

Click here to download Mystery Monday Part 3.

Suggestion~ Get a box that you can put your left over fabric, cut pieces and the sewn pieces in until your all done with your mystery. That way you always know where your project pieces are without having to search for them. Trust me, this a way better idea than being like me who ends up searching through piles of pieces and wondering if they are the right ones. Yes, I am a VERY messy creative kinda person but I am working on being better organized.

P.S. For some reason you maybe getting your Mystery Mondays in your e-mail box on Tuesday. For some reason, it is taking a day for the silly thing to go to the e-mails. So if you want to start right away on Monday's, just check out the blog and you can download the clue right away. I will call my web-lady and see if she can fit out why the e-mail is slow.

 

 

Cutting Time for Mystery Monday....

 

Did you get all your fabrics picked out? Because it's time to start cutting for our first Mystery!

Cutting~
Light background fabric~
*Cut (2) 2 ½" X 22" strips.
    *Subcut into (16) 2 ½" squares.
    *Cut (1) 4 7/8" X 22" strips. (Corner triangles.)
    *Subcut into (2) 4 7/8" squares.
    *Diagonally cut above squares in half.
Star point and center border fabric~ (dark fabric)
*Cut (1) 4 ½" X 22" strip.
    *Subcut into (4) 4 ½" squares.
*Cut (3) 2 ½" X 22" strips.
    *Subcut into (8) 2 ½" squares
                (8) 2 ½" X 4 ½" (Star points)
Alternate star point fabric~ (medium fabric)
*Cut (1) 2 ½" X 42" strip.
    *Subcut into (8) 2 ½" X 4 ½" (Star points)
Corner triangle fabric~ (medium fabric)
*Cut (1) 2 ½" X 42" strip.
    *Subcut into (8) 2 ½" squares.
Center fabric~ (focus fabric)
*Cut (1) 8 ½" square.
Binding fabric~
*Cut (2) 2 1/4" X 42" strips.

Next week we will start sewing. Be sure to tell your friends and have them join us too...the more the merrier!

Click here to download your copy of the

Blog Mystery part 2 (cutting).

P.S. What kind of fabrics did you choose for the Mystery?

I chose cute whimsical Halloween fabrics that I pick-up in Salem, Ma last year at the Marketplace Quilt Shop.

Mystery Monday's....

With a very busy summer behind me and school now in session, I have to tell you about something special that I have been cooking up......Mystery Mondays! Each Monday, I will be posting a portion of a mystery pattern for you to sew up with your stash or favorite line of fabrics.

The first Monday you will get the list of what you need to complete the project. I will tell you at that time what the project will be....bag, runner, quilt (you get the idea) but that is all....the rest is a mystery. Then every Monday you will get a piece of the pattern. I am breaking the pattern down to small amounts of work that are easy to accomplish in that weeks time...which means that if there is alot of cutting you will get 2 weeks of cutting instructions so that you can enjoy the process and not feel rushed or stressed.

I will probably have to work a few kinks once it gets rolling because I haven't done this before so please have patience. I think it will be alot of fun and I hope you can join me! Please tell you friends and get them digging through their stashes too!

We will be begin out first Mystery on September 19th...will you be joining me? Be sure to spread the word and ask your friends to join us too!

Until next time~ Sherri