Orca Bay Mystery Part 4

I can't believe we are on week 4 of the mystery quilt.  Time is flying by so quickly.
I loved part 4 - more string blocks, this time in reds, I am using rusts so I haven't deviated too far from Bonnie's choice.

I must have taken these photos on a dull day because the colours look very green.  My blocks are much more orangey/rusty looking in the natural light.

This is a better representation of my blocks.

I'm using up some real hideous fabric in this part.  I had a FQ of this - no idea where or why I bought this but I am very happy to have found a home for it and it doesn't look too bad at all worked into the blocks.

In part 2 I had teddy bears in my strings and guess what ?  More teddy bears in my rust strings!

For the first time ever in my quilting life I used starch ( because Bonnie told us to!).
I have to say it is fantastic stuff.  Cheap and easy to use - I can see me using a lot of this in the future.

Stack is getting bigger!!!

This is my working set up - everything close at hand.

So after a very enjoyable weekend I have all but 5 blocks finished.
Roll on Part 5........

As usual on a Monday I am linking this post to Bonnie's blog 
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/
Why not go and have a look at everyones progress.
Have a great week everyone.
Rhianon.

Lil Twister Quilt

It's taken me a week to make this little quilt in between my day job and working on Bonnie's mystery.
 I've been taking part in a block exchange this year ( a post on that to follow) and one of the ladies sent me a block using this pattern, then I saw a liitle quilt on Connie's blog:    http://conniekresin.blogspot.com/2011/10/worldly-lil-twister-quilt-and-giiveaway.html
So I just had to get one of these :

I'm in the UK and got mine from Creative Grids.
It's so easy

Sew together a selection of 5" squares.......

....... then start cutting.

It goes together easily and fast.

I ended up with this....

I machine quilted it lightly as I wanted quite a bubbly feel to it.  It measures 30" x 36" - just a nice size for a baby!

I finished it off with a cream binding and I love how it turned out.  I already have my next lot of 5" squares sewn up and ready to be cut.  It's a great little tool and I would recommend it to anyone.

So that is all I've done this week.  I am linking this post to TGIFF.  This week M R from Quilt Matters is hosting  http://quiltmatters.blogspot.com/2011/12/tgiff-wee-spy-quilts.html   so head on over there and add your link or just enjoy all the other friday finishes.

Have a great weekend everyone
Rhianon.

Orca Bay Mystery - Part 3

This busy quilting time continues with Part 3 of the mystery quilt.
Mission this week - to make 350 HSTs finishing at 2" square.

Production line - set up and under way !

First 100 completed, although they still have to be de-dog-eared.
Another 150 ready for pressing and I'm well on my way to completing part 3.

Head over to Bonnie's blog to see everyone elses progress.  There are some interesting colour schemes going on and it is going to be such a blast seeing all the different versions of Bonnie's Orca Bay.

http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/orca-bay-mystery.html

Hope you all have a productive week.
Rhianon.

Orca Bay Mystery - Part 2

The mission this week was to make 72  31/2" strip squares.
Bonnie is using blues - I am using greens , everything from limes to emeralds !

 These blocks are fast and fun to make.

Funny coincidence no 1 - my scissors match my blocks!

Funny coincidence no 2 :  Teddy bears on my fabric and teddy bears on my foundations!

As of this morning I have 60 blocks done just leaving 12 to do today.  That leaves lots of time until friday to work on Christmas presents.
Happy days!