Some border action x2

I kinda like days where I have NO obligations; NO where to be; NOTHING to do

(except, NO ONE is allowed to come to my house right now, unless s/he promises not to pass judgement.  It's a DISASTER zone!!!)

I was downstairs at 7AM with no real plan on the day.  Somehow....I really can't remember how or why.... but somehow, I found myself in my main carpet area sifting through piles and piles of finished quilts and awaiting flimsies, and collections of centers awaiting borders.

I dug in and pulled out Frost 25, a QOV mystery (#25) from.....2009?  2010?  Ummm....I'd have to look back. 

Frost 25 (73" x 73")

I remember what stopped my progress oh so long ago:  I ran out of the dark purple, which I wanted to use as a border.  Hm.....I found a similar print awaiting in my Easy Street fabrics;  11" remained of it.  So, I cut it up in 1.25" strips for a THIN inner border, then finished it off with a 3" white border.  

The fabric was a Connecting Threads line:  "Twilight Frost," which is partially where the quilt's name came from: Frost 25.  

And I couldn't resist!  Do you recognize the movie playing??? :D

I had my own Twilight marathon for much of the morning hours.  And now that the top is finished, I find myself wondering why I needed to wait so long;  that thin inner border worked nicely to finish off the center.

Not interested in loading it on the quilt frame, I folded it up and moved it to my Flimsy pile. :D

BEB Fallswap (84" x 100")

After some self-convincing, I pulled out the Buckeye Beauty Fall swap center and pieced a 2.5" light border on it.  With oodles of 4-patches left over, a potential 4-patch pieced final border was tried out.... and then I recalled I had 4 yards of this "fallish" Mayfly fabric waiting on the shelf, meant for this quilt!  Cut, cut...sew, sew....press, press.

AND LOAD, LOAD!  I'm halfway through quilting this already!

However, at 2:30, I closed up shop to spend some time coloring with the girls.  Box Tops is offering up a cute lil' turkey for the holiday season.  (Can't you see how excited they all are to pose for this picture?) :}

Happy Sunday!

Frost 25 revealed; Chicks final count

Frost 25 (67"x67")
Despite making a mistake with clue #4's blocks, the colors were light enough that the blocks fit without causing a hiccup in the layout. As usual, I will be adding some form of border(s) to this quilt; it's just a wee bit too small for my taste; besides, a final "frame" is always most pleasing to my eye.

Eleven is the final count out of the 24 eggs that were incubated. They all huddled together when Cass and I lifted the fenced cover to snap some pictures. At first glance, they all look identical, but there are differences....

Meet CHIP, my claimed favorite. She's (He?) the lightest of all the chicks although there is another that is also quite light (that one was named SPECK since s/he has a speckled head). Can you guess why this lil' guy is called CHIP? That could be a chipmunk in my hand for all we knew :0)


Here is Cassie's claimed favorite, named NIGHT FUDGE. S/he's the darkest of the bunch.
If you look at the two chicks pictured in the background, you'll see CHIP (more center) and SPECK (along the edge).

Painting Cassie's room is on the agenda today, but I'm allowing her to set the schedule. She knows her room needs to be cleared before we can start, so we'll see what time that may be :0)

Happy Father's Day!

Frost 25, a true mystery

Today is planned as a "me" day after yesterday's painting fiasco. I started by finishing up Clue #3 of Frost 25, a QOV mystery venturing away from reds, whites, and blues. All corners double-sewn, trimmed and pressed.

Clue #4 HSTs were pieced, and the center strips were strip-pieced. Then came time to piece the final block. Despite DOUBLE-CHECKING.....I STILL ended up piecing the block incorrectly! After chain-piecing and pressing the top/center rows together, I checked the pattern (pictured). My thought....."aw poop!" BUT, rather than ripping out the 12 blocks, I just left 'em, shrugged and told myself this will be a REAL mystery now!!!

So, off to print the final clue (#5). **crossing fingers**

CHICK UPDATE: We are up to eleven chicks ;0)

Frost 25, Painting and Chick update

I'm glad I was motivated right away after posting about the chicks this morning, because by 6:00 am, I was downstairs sewing away. Clue #2 was finished, and clue #3 started. At 7:30, I shut the machine off to wake Paul since he chose to 'sleep in' and ignore the alarm.

I started prepping Caitlyn's and Candace's room for painting, and after some breakfast, we were raring to go by 9:00. The bed and large armoire remained in the center of the room, but everything else was hauled out.



Caitlyn's first job was to paint around the outlets.

Candace was parked in the corner to paint by the closet door.

Caitlyn and Candace each had their turn with the roller...




But my big helper of the day was CASSIE!!! Once the "little jobs" were done, I shooshed Caitlyn and Candace out---there simply wasn't room since we left the bed in the room. Cassie helped paint the lower portions while I handled the ladder parts. She'll be a pro by the time we paint hers, scheduled for Sunday.




Everything moved back in and ALMOST a finished room. We still want to add stamped flowers once we open up Cassie's yellow, but for now, it's a new sanctuary for the girls. They LOVE it! ;0) The ceiling and floor trim has been waiting since 2004, so I figured..."what's a few more years, right?"

I have no idea when this purple hair happened; we were just sitting at dinner when I noticed it. (She was shooshed out of the room before 11:00 am).

When Cassie and I finished up at 1:00, we headed downstairs to see if any more chicks had hatched. Our timing was PERFECT! Within 5 minutes of us being there, Chick #2 hatched!

S/He was NOT pretty. Sorry lil' thing, but even Mama's eyes can't lie about your lack of cuteness directly after falling out of the egg.

Now, there are five hatched....and MUCH better looking once dry and fluffy.

...with a couple more pecking away at their shell.

Paul will be moving the hatchlings to their new home soon. Picture to come of that once they move in and get all settled.

Time for me to go take a shower; I'm still speckled with purple ;0)

More fabric cut into...A new Project

Meet the fabrics for "Frost 25". This is Mystery #25 from the Mystery Quilts 4 Military yahoo group that has already been solved, however I have NOT peeked ahead, nor have I seen any "solved" quilts, so it's still a complete mystery to me. My red, whites and blues are pretty empty, so I ventured into other colors for this mystery to get them used. Most of the fabrics here are from Connecting Thread's "Twilight Frost" fabric line, so the name for my quilt came partially from the fabric line AND part from what mystery # this is.

Clue #1 quick and complete.