Howdy doody all! Just give me a second to say we are all okay from that horrible storm. We had another bad one come through last night. It didn't produce any tornadoes, but it sure caused damage like it did. 2 dead, 120,000 without power. Scary stuff.
Rueben is technically old enough to be going to Sun Dawgs, but alas, there is not enough caring supervision for me to allow it. Christy won't be going either so Rueben will have some company. I'm not sure if my sanity will survive. I am still trying to get Mason into some form of pre-school for fall....just keep praying on that.
Okay....that's the update that I have, lets get on to the meet and potatoes so to speak. My lovely sewing machine is in the shop. But I've made the first payment and I only have 2 left. The payments aren't horrible expensive either, so I should be able to pay it off within the month. I have a ton to do before then, craft wise, so I'm hoping to have everything ready when I get my machine home.
I started on a Mystery quilt. For those of you who don't know what that is, neither did I until recently. Here is a definition for you:
A Mystery Quilt is a finished quilt that the shop has the pattern to and has made a sample so they know what it looks like. They then rewrite the pattern to break it up into however may "piece clues" or pieced patterns that they want. For example if it was a sampler quilt, each block would be different. They then advertise they have a mystery quilt available. You as the consumer, have NO CLUE about what the blocks or even the finished quilt looks like. You are given only vague ideas on each piece. For example, this one that I'm doing is broken up into 6 pieces. It tells me exact yardage that I need for 4 fabric pieces: Light, Medium Light, Medium Dark, and Dark. It also describes how much material is needed to make the quilt pieces themselves, the finished yardage (70 x 84" or twin) of the quilt itself, the amount of fabric needed for binding, bordering (if you want to make the quilt bigger) and the yardage needed for the back of the quilt in "unfinished" size 70x84 or with an 8-10 in border. The instructions for clue one tell me to cut 5 3"wide strips of the light and medium light fabric. Then I sew them together into 5 containing one strip of each. That's it. The next piece will have the next clue. Clues are given out at certain intervals. This store has them every two weeks until Aug. 23rd. Then, you have until October to "finish" them including batting, backing, quilting and binding. Unfinished quilts, but finished tops are allowed on display and they will have a contest of all the "finished" quilts in October. Everyone who makes a top or a quilt is invited to a party with free refreshments, door prizes and a little "gift" from the store. Then all the ladies vote on their favorite and one quilt wins. Don't ask me what the winner gets. The instructions/clues are free and you don't have to show your work to get the next piece like you would in a block of the month. I get my clues free each time. The money I put into it is in thread and fabric. Of course they will give you a 5% discount on fabric you buy at their store to use on this project. I could only afford their fabric if I had two jobs and Randy had 3. I can get similar fabric of equal quality at Walmart for 1/4 of the price or more. Fabrics I choose at walmart range from 1-2.00/yard and fabric at country sampler ranges from 6-12.00 a yard. I know I'll need 8 yards just for the back!! Hope this helps. There is a mystery involved, and I can't wait to see what others have done with the same instructions. It's just weird when you start a project and have NO CLUE how it will end up.
I picked up my four fabrics last night, and I wish that Walmart had a decent 1-2/yard inventory. The selection was horrible. It ended up being 4.44 a yard for each piece that I needed, which is definitely more than I wanted to pay, but less than what I would find at Hancock's or JoAnn's for example. I'll let you know, periodically, how the mystery is going. I'm hoping I can take a picture and figure out how to add it here, so you can see the finished product.
Enjoy the remainder of the weekend. We are supposed to go off somewhere for breakfast, but I bet Randy will be sleeping a while yet. See you soon!!
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Hi Melissa, I waved at you in the Walmart parking lot yesterday. I practically jumped up and down behind the van so you'd see me in your rearview mirror. I guess we know who doesn't follow what she was taught in driving lessons. :P
You jumped up and down and I missed it?? MAN.
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