Happy Christmas

Merry Christmas to all! DD and me made a quick dash to drop off gifts and goodies to Mom & Dad on Christmas Eve. All the gifts have been picked up, so we're having a very quiet Christmas today.

Masks were in place and we were very quick so we could keep good social distancing. It was so good to see the folks-It's been a long time. But with the Covid precautions it's much better to be safe. Dad is doing better-he was in for an esophagus procedure and ended up in the hospital over night for observation. They said his heart was concerning. Hmmmm, I don't know if I trust those medical care providers.

And on the mystery quilt front, I'm caught up! Here's the clue four work. The next clue will come out tomorrow.

 The piles are accumulating and looking pretty good!

And All the Sudden it's December!

Thanksgiving was pre4tty low key around here. I had to have pickles on a platter-it's not a holiday without that!  

Hubs did a turkey breast and DD came over and we had stuffing and green bean casserole too. 

And some King's Hawaiian rolls too. 

Hubs was working hard in the kitchen-I just stand clear!

And the first clue of the Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt along is complete.  Tons of Half square triangles.  The next clue came out Friday and I'm deep into it now.

Since I had time, I cleared out the scrap batting drawer-it was totally stuffed. I cut all the scraps into 2" strips and rolled them up so I could make another jelly roll rug.  A certain dog chewed the heck out of the laundry room rug, so I thought I'd make one to replace it. 

I got all the scraps of 2 1/2" strips from the scrap bin-funny how I got a lot out, but the basket doesn't look auy emptier at all!

I made one of these rugs a years or two ago and it's held up wonderfully in the bathroom. SO here we go....

I think , just a little bit bigger.....

There! All done. A little bit wavy, but I washed it and laid it down to dry and smooshed it out flat. It looks pretty good! Now I need to get busy with Christmas stuff. 

 

Finishes and It's Mystery Time!

Here it is all finished. It's been a little cloudy the last few days, but these pictures are closer to actual color I think.

Nice even scrappy binding, I love that nice even stitching! And loopy loop quilting.

And good looking corners too! Sometimes things just work out well.

I also got a few more masks made up. A friend of my Mom's who lives in the heart of Cyclone Country, is a huge Hawkeye fan, so I made a few more Hawk masks for her to send to her friend. 

And a special mask for Mom too.  I got this Bernina Fabric in FLA when we were on vacation last February.

I've started using This Pattern  for this batch of masks. I like the extra nose piece. To me they are comfortable and fit better so my glasses don't fog up as badly. I made these masks with the nose wire in them this time too. Really it is a better fit with the wire.

And I saw this Holiday Hawkeye fabric and knew it would be  loved, so I made a few of them to mail off too! 

And it's getting to be that time, yes, Mystery Quilt Time. If you follow Bonnie K. Hunter-she's a very popular quilter-you'll know that she creates a special mystery quilt every year and you just have to go to her blog, HERE  to quilt along. She published the inspiration and the colors on Halloween and the 1st clue (or step) is coming up on the day after thanksgiving (Black Friday). This year it's called Grassy Creek. 

Last year was Frolic...here's my Frolic Quilt from last year......

I switched up a few colors from her choices. 

I love the look of this quilt and but was such a different assembly method, I hope this year's will be a little bit easier!

And here's her inspiration and color choices for this year....Photo from https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2020/10/grassy-creek-quiltville-mystery.html

And so the mystery begins! Photo from https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2020/10/grassy-creek-quiltville-mystery.html

Here are my fabric choices...I'm attempting something different, because I really don't have any red or orange in my stash and not much gold either! I started out with this-all from my stash...but it kind of seemed not good. Ringo, likes it though! I'd need to go scrappy on the grays, because I don't have enough. The Mystery quilt is always scrappy-that's kind of what they're famous for, but I'm going with yardage this year!

So then I took out the aqua solid color and put in a more subtle teal color and then I purchased one gray instead of multiple scrappy gray.... . I like it a lot better. I tried to not buy any fabric for this quilt, really I did! SO Mine will look quite a lot different! I'll keep you posted!