Bonnie Hunter Winter Mystery - Chilhowie

 Sigh, I was not going to participate in the mystery this year. I have 2 started that I have not finished, and I even purchased the patterns that I had misplaced so I could finish them at some point. On Ringo Lake 2017 and Grassy Creek Mystery 2020. So.... why am I going to make 2022's Chilhowie you ask?

The colors. 

Irises, orange, purple, teal and neutrals. How can you go wrong with those colors in a quilt? I might have even splurged and headed over to the shop recommended and attempted to grab the fabric bundles. 

Will you be playing along this year?

16 patch Stars.... progress.

I added a yellow and a teal star to the pile. The pink was nearly done - just has one seam to go but you can see what my trouble was with finishing it. Someone wanted attention. It was time to turn off the machine and go check out the F1 race, anyway.

The finished stars so far. I like the secondary pattern of the squares in the corner. I was thinking that a half square triangle there would look pretty neat as well, so I might try that with the other set of 16 patch blocks.

 

Row House Accuquilt Sew Along

 The Table Scrap Challenge this month was light or bright greens with the RSC and something 'Joyful'. It gave me joy to play with some new dies in my Cube for Accuquilt that I have not tried before. I also pulled some Kansas Trouble Fabrics that always make me smile. Playing along with a sew along was an added bonus! All in all, this project was a joy to create, and I love how it turned out.

Now I went a little rogue - and added the binding before quilting it. I knew it needed to get bound for this post, but I am planning to add some hand quilting to this in the house, trees and probably some in the brown ground area and maybe the outer border. There is F1 this weekend so I should have plenty of time to add that stitching in. 

Linking up with Joy at the TSC 2022 and the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.... despite not using bright green.

Emily and I just got back from the fairgrounds where there was training for the record books, buyer letters and some instruction on how to show the heifer and what the judges are looking for. We also did a tour of the grounds. Emily was feeling better today, and the Sudafed kicked in so there was minimal blowing her nose and coughing during the 2 hours we were there. There was a pile of Kleenex in the car on the way there before the Sudafed kicked in! The kids informed me I need to go sign out another box of Sudafed from the pharmacy as they are down to 2 pills. Trust me, the off brand does not work as well as the real Sudafed. 

Bonnie Hunter Mysteries?

When I was doing a little searching in the sewing room this month, I might have come across 2 started mysteries. My computer that had the directions saved off died, so a little sleuthing and I determined that each was a digital pattern available at Quiltville shop! I got both patterns and now just need to start plugging away at them.

Neither project was added to my UFO list this quarter. I doubt either would get finished this quarter anyway!

On Ringo Lake was from 2017 and Grassy Creek was 2020.

It looks like I got to step 2 of On Ringo Lake. I love the colors in this one - peachy orangey coral, teal and brown with neutrals.

I got to step 4 or 5 on Grassy Creek.! I know I have seen these baggies somewhere in my sewing room recently.

These were my colors from the pull (or shopping pull!) I know I have been using some of them so I might need to restock. Good thing it is a scrappy quilt! I swapped her grey for blue on this one.

The girl has been home sick Wednesday through today with a terrible head cold. Let's just say - about 4-5 boxes of kleenex have been used already. She is a little better today but still coughing and blowing so she stayed home and I got her a Dr. appointment this afternoon to get her note to go back to school next week. If they are out 3 days in a row, a parent note is not sufficient, so we need to pay that Dr. co-pay and get a note! Greg will have to take her as I need to go pick up the boy from school.

Greg has been getting dizzy still in the afternoons so hopefully he will be ok to take her. The Dr is about 5 minutes away from our house, vs the 20 minute drive to the school for pick up. 

Unfortunately, I have a feeling she has shared her germs with us. I'll have to clorox the house down each day this weekend.

*** Update on Emily. Greg took her to the Dr's. It is not Flu (she had her shot a few weeks ago) and it is not COVID. Just one of the many viruses going around. We got the needed Dr note to get her back into school on Monday with an excused absence. I picked up the boy....who sneezed and blew his nose on the way home. Seems everyone at school is sick! Welcome to winter a wee bit early. I guess those 2 years of home and masking got everyone's immunity down a bit this year. 

More stars growing from the 16 patch blocks.

 These guys are oh so fun to make! I think I spend more time selecting the fabrics than piecing them. I get out my trust Fons and Porter Flying Geese ruler and get a 4.5 strip of fabric to cut out the parts that will finish as a 4x8 flying geese unit. The square in the corner is a 2.5 inch square and I love the secondary pattern it creates when there are 4 together.

I have one more cream all cut out for the 4th block. I just need to pick a 16 patch from the pile and select the matching color for the star points. 

Slightly quieter week, thank goodness! Em was a late pick up Monday and no scouts but Aidan did have guitar. Normal pick up Tuesday, Wednesday is a late pick up for both with Book Club after school and volunteering at the middle school for the boy. Thursday is normal and I get to ride a horse on my day off again this week!. Friday is an early drop off for Emily at school. Saturday she has some training at the fairgrounds for the February Youth Fair she will be attending with the FFA. I need to swap horses to Sunday instead of Saturday. Aidan has an F1 race again this week in Mexico this time. Another Sunday afternoon race. I wonder what hand work I'll have to work on this time. Another binding maybe? We will see.....

October OMG Finish - Crossed Canoe.

 

My goal this month was to finish the last few blocks and get it assembled, quilted and bound. I'm happy to report that this 36x54 quilt is completed! I'll link up to the October OMG Finish post when the link opens.

This is #14 on my Fall 2022 UFO list. Crossed off and onto the next UFO.

Slow Stitching Sunday

 It was a nice and relaxing day Saturday with no running for me! I did not even get near my car for once and it was oh so nice. Greg took Emily to horses, so I got to relax and play in the sewing room, then watched the F1 practice and qualifying with Aidan.

I have not made much progress on hand quilting the bear paw but hopefully it will move along this week a bit each night.

I have been working on hand stitching the binding on the Crossed Canoe and should get this finished up later today during the race.

I got the Row House sew along runner at Accuquilt completed yesterday. I pulled all from the stash - a Kansas Trouble line, then a brown print for the ground and a mottle sage I had for the border. I 'might' hand quilt this rather than machine quilt it. We will see. I need to pull a backing and batting for it and trim it up a bit and then I'll decided. It might just want to get finished. 

Linking up with the Slow Sunday Stitchers. 

 

As promised here are the sad looking girls who are in various processes of their yearly molting. They tend to molt in the fall and their feathers fall out so new ones come in. They tend to not lay eggs while they are molting, and their crowns change from a bright red to a dull red. Once they change back to bright red, they will be laying eggs again. 

These are the 5 girls. All the reds have passed on, which is a bummer as they were great layers being part Rhode Island Red and Rhode Island White mix.

The 3 Barred Rock or Plymouth Rock's are the black and white ones. Myrtle, Maple and DC - Daisy Chickalotta. The top brown with a beard is Poppy an Americana and she lay's my pretty green eggs. Rosie is also an Americana, and she lays small white eggs. From what I can tell, she is not molting as she has all her feathers. One of the Rocks is mostly through her molt as she has all her tail feathers back - I think that is Myrtle. She doesn't have a bright crown yet though so no eggs.

You can see the fluff feathers on Poppy, those will fall off and her tail feathers have mostly fallen out. 

A better shot with just 1 tail feather for Poppy and DC has bald spots on her back end and is missing tail feathers.... but the one on the left has her tail feathers all grown in.

I mentioned Emily made some Molt muffins for the chickens. It is a high protein snack that helps them to grow those new feathers but must be given in moderation. They get 1-2 muffins to split between them each day. She made 2 pans (24) muffins so it should last us through the molt. 

I promised Chicken Tikka Masala for the boy for dinner tonight, so I need to grab the chicken and prep it with the yogurt and spices for marinating in the fridge today.  Have a great Sunday.