"Simple Life"

   

So, this awesome quilt is called "The Simple Life" by Thimbleblossoms.  It's made with "RUBY" flannel and if you can even believe me, I cut it out and sewed up all the alternating blocks in 1 afternoon.  A few days later I assembled all the stars and then got it assembled into a top in 1 afternoon.  The flannel was super nice to work with!

I sent it out to my favorite quilter Sarah and she had it back within a week.  With the holidays, I wasn't able to get the binding on but that was taken care of today.  Binding on and it's on the couch next to where I watch TV at night and it will be tacked down over the next week or so......

Flannel will keep some nice little girl warm this winter!

Quiltville Mystery Link Up Monday

    I'm back!  It's the Monday after the reveal and I'm back with my Monday Link Up.

    I don't always have the step from Friday finished by link up Monday but I do today.   I was happy to see that Bonnie gave us an east task this week since I was a little busy this holiday.....

I pretty much LOVE all of my neutral fabrics but these are my MOST favorite of them all.

Who doesn't like dancing ladies, words, carrots, bees, sheep, leprechauns and my "MUST" have in every mystery, a little piece of Olivia the Pig.  BTW, if anyone reading this has any of this fabric I'd sell my first born for some LOL

Look at this leprechaun......soooo cute!

Some pictures of the sewing process, my favorite blocks, my "Bonnie Spinning" of the center seam, and all 221 of my 4 patches.  In the blue basket are extra 2 patches since I obviously can't count and made way tooooo many units....BUT, I'll use them in the back or something down the road......

If you'd like to join in, by all means, it's not too late, here's a link to join in.....
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2016/11/en-provence-mystery-monday-link-up-part.html

I'm trying to be better at updating my blog so if you're so inclined to come back, you'll see my progress.....

En Provence! A Quiltville Mystery, Part 1

  If it's Thanksgiving Weekend, Bonnie must be in town with her mystery! Yes.....the  Quiltville mystery that we wait all year for is finally here.

Friday morning the Part 1 instructions are up on the blog.........I immediately go to my sewing room and pull out the bin of fabric.............

Here are some of my favorite "neutrals"....dancing ladies, carrots, bees, chicken wire, Dr. Seuss words, leprechauns, dots etc......

Then we have our dark purple, lilac, yellow, green and a hot pink.....I am loving all of the colors!

Step 1 is 4 patch blocks from our neutrals.............

First I have to gather some "stuff"...the fresh rotary blades, a ruler, pins, chocolates and of course the required gummy bears :)

Then I got to cutting my strips, sub cutting units and then making 4 sample 4 patch units.....SUCCESS!  They all came out the right size and are super cute!

First run yielded 119  3-1/2 inch 4 patch units.  I cut more strips today, a few more than yesterday so I should be able to get the remaining 102 blocks made.  I'm going to go work on them tonight.

Hope everyone doing the mystery is having fun, and thank you Bonnie for an easy Step 1.......

Peggy