Celtic Solstice - Part 6

Nyt riepoo, pännii, hatuttaa, kismittää, kiukuttaa, per...hosittaa, krrrKRR!!!!

Ja syy on esillä alla olevan kuvan vasemmanpuoleisessa plexilaatikossa... krr!

I was very pleased late last night, when I got all Celtic Solstice blocks sewed in this stage... and before I went to sleep I wanted to see one Birthday Girl block and one 54-40 Fight block finished... and I also wanted to be really ready for next morning to start sewing blocks together.

 So I went and looked one more time Bonnie's clue 6 to see how she press her seams. AND... then I realized it! What I have done!?! ALL those Birthday Girl blocks (on left) were sewed wrong!

Great, you are very clever, Satu!

WHERE's the ripper?

I don't know what I had in my head that the Birthday Girl block should be like that... Maybe my head was still in a daze after quick trip to the island of Jersey.

I was able to unpick only eight blocks before I fell in sleep...

Well, I started with them...

... luckily I had sewed those 54-40 Fight blocks right;o)

Nyt ei enää niin paljon hatuta;o), mutta ratkojalle riittää töitä...

... before I continue unpicking, I'll go and admire wonderful Celtic Solstice quilt tops, here.

Hugs, Smiles And Warm Fuzzy Feelings

to every one;o)

Celtic Solstice - part 5

I had to rush to link to part 5 of Celtic Solstice before the link is closed...

maybe the first rush in this quilt-along;o)

The last clue...

(yes, I already know it was the last clue, because the mystery is revealed... 

Bonnie did it a festive New Year's Eve! FABULOUS!!!)

... was to make 100 SPLIT TRIANGLE units for the small quilt.

Because I like to remember my journey to Ireland... I picked up these memories for this week.

Clearly those split triangles resemble rock formations on the coast of Ireland... at least in my eyes;o)

For this clue I also took out my Easy Angle ruler to cut those neutral and blue triangles. 

I followed exactly Bonnie's cutting instructions... with the missing dog ears it was easy to sew them together with orange-yellow HST units.

Was it too easy... because my sewing assistant seems to sleep?

I also had a bit of time to play with sewed units...

... and I contemplated the ways in which Bonnie is going to lay out the pieces. That kind of contemplating is a part of fun in these mystery quilts...

The all 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" units are now finished:

 - 92 star point units with orange background

- 96 star point units with neutral background

- 100 yellow/green/neutral chevrons

- 25 orange/yellow pinwheels

- 120 green/orange 4-patches

- 100 split triangle units

Hopefully I have counted them right...

Hugs, Smiles And Warm Fuzzy Feelings

to every one;o)

Celtic Solstice - Part 4

This week we are making green-orange FOUR-PATCHES! Tadaa!!!

I don't know...

...why this photo of my trip to Ireland - Rock of Cashel - occurred to me, when I laid out some units together... especially those four patches brought to my mind stone fences of Ireland. I don't know why?

I like Bonnie's way to guide us through her mysteries. Her clue 'lessons' are always very informative! She gives us many useful tips... for example, this week to make a perfect 4-patch. I think it's worth of reading the clue pages, even if you do not sew it now. At least I have learnt a lot during the mysteries, although I haven't sewn them before.

I didn't sew many test patches to get an exact 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" four-patch... I have learnt to 'read' my B's presser foot;o) But I'm sewing quite short strips together, because I don't trust that I'll sew longer strips straight enough...

 To date, I have sewn 52 / 120 four-patches... I'm almost in the middle way;o)

Shall we begin to sew the units together on Friday... exciting!!!

... before that I'll go and see the progress of other CS quilters, here.

Hugs, Smiles And Warm Fuzzy Feelings

to every one;o)

Celtic Solstice - Part 3

This week the speed in Celtic Solstice Mystery has been more peaceful than the past two weeks...

We cut orange and yellow squares to make - only - 200 Half Square Triangle units.

My squares were 2 1/2" x 2 1/2", because I like to sew HST's little bit bigger than is needed. That way - with little bit trimming - my HST's are precisely the right size: 2" x 2". I know there is faster ways doing this... but this is the way, which fits me better;o)

Out of HST units we sewed 25 pinwheels and the other 100 HSTs are just single ones....

... Bonnie has shown us the photos of tiled floors of Christ Church in Ireland. They have inspired her doing this mystery quilt. I also took out my photos from Ireland. I was there in summer 2004... nearly ten years ago... where all this time disappears???

The result... three weeks of 'hard' work... ok, not so hard... I have still 30 HST units, which are not trimmed! But you see, I have no hurry in this week;D

I hardly can wait Bonnie's next clue... but before that I'll go and see the progress of other quilters, here.

Hugs, Smiles And Warm Fuzzy Feelings

to every one;o)

Celtic Solstice - Part 2

This week we are driving down and up the hills of Ireland.

I must be careful not to drive too fast...

... because... if the concentration slacks, it's very easy to sew the pieces in the wrong direction.

That's why I scheduled my UP&Down hills -week like this:

- on Monday 100 neutral downhills

- on Tuesday 100 neutral uphills

- on Wednesday 100 yellow downhills

- on Thursday 100 yellow uphills

- on Friday sew 100+100 down-uphill -units together

;o) ... so

...on Friday I'm ready for clue #3!

... but before that I'll go and see the progress of other quilters, here.

Hugs, Smiles And Warm Fuzzy Feelings

to every one;o)

Celtic Solstice - part 1.

As I yesterday showed you, I began a new Mystery with Bonnie from Quiltville.

The reason why I began it now...

- although I have other unfinished quilts and so on -

... was that I want to make a quilt, which reminds me of our journey in Ireland few years ago. I was there with my dear mother and we traveled around the island of Ireland with a bus. It was one of my many dreams to get there... and it happened!!! It was only a week... but it was a wonderful WEEK!!!!

I won't never ever forget it!!!

 Here is my color / fabric choices.

Bonnie is now

- first time? in her mystery history -

offering to us the mystery quilt in two size... 75" x 75" and 111" x 111".

I'm sewing the smaller one...

... so I'll need in total 188

these kind of background (orange / neutral) and side triangle (blue) units.

I have now sewn 47 units! ... tomorrow 35 more and day after tomorrow 35... and... on Friday I have them all sewed and I'm well prepared for the next clue ;o)

...
... but before that I'll go and see the progress of other quilters, here.

Hugs, Smiles And Warm Fuzzy Feelings

to every one;o)