Double Delight Clue One is Done, Clue Two is in Progress!

I was determined to finish up clue one tonight after reading all the blogs and posts of people's progress on Bonnie at Quiltville's Double Delight so I set to work! I got all done and realized that when I recounted I forgot to include the four up on the wall already so that is partly why I was short! I had a few wonky ones to fix and that was the other part of why I was short. So I now have an extra four blocks for part one...we will see if they are all there at the end though! I decided to quick whip up ten of clue two so I could feel progress...so I now have 10 pinned together, four on the wall and two that need trimming so I am at least started--read that 104 to go! I really do enjoy sewing them though so many at once is nuts! Kathy cut a few strips I had already sewed for part three so I may do a few of those here and there between sets of ten. Someone on our group mentioned that doing them in sets of ten (sewing then trimming and pinning) really helps with the wrist fatigue and such and so I thought I would try this set that way and change it up a bit. Smile. You know I was thinking that one day quilt historians will be able to date this quilt by saying there was this Bonnie at Quiltville Craze and many people all over the world made pattern x in year x. Seriously I wonder if there is any other quilt group this large and this spread out that makes the same quilt at roughly the same time as Bonnie Hunter's group? That seems like a story for a magazine to me! Mark Lipinski are you reading? LOL...just seems like one heck of a phenomenon...We have almost 3000 members now on the list and I am sure hundreds are sewing on this quilt. You can even go to http://www.zazzle.com/forestjane/gifts?cg=196611343877289267 to see the AWESOMIST quilt block replica of Double Delight and other Quiltville quilt blocks that Jane put together for us along with the new button on my sidebar...I put a few of the items on my Valentine's Day list..one is greater than the next. I loved Orange Crush, but I am thinking I might love this one more! Which is really a good thing because we gave away both Orange Crush quilts and I seriously mourned the loss of the second one (which has never happened to me before!) so I know I am keeping this Double Delight!

And I played around today trying to make some Andy Warhol prints of me for a challenge I am doing on the lgbtquilters list. Couldn't resist trying it out on Orange Crush too!

Kathy put both her NYE Mystery Quilt tops together (two crib sized) the other night too. She did a great job matching up all those seams! The back of these ones will have circus ticket fabric on it!

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The Quilting Studio Pics and a Binding Done!

Here are the quilting studio pictures at long last! I have been working hard on this and have been getting in some sewing too! This first pic is as you face out of the room which is a loft. To the left is a small hall and a bathroom! Down the hallway you see the door to our bedroom and just past that the door to CJ's future bedroom.
Here is facing inward into the quilting studio. You can see Rachel's "Outside the Box Quilt" on the wall yet. I put up an inspiration buletin board with cool stuff on it including Bonnie's "Boxy Stars" quilt pattern that I am foolishly thinking about joining in for the Quiltville July sew in! The pic on the left is by an artist who lived in Chippewa Falls who I love! I need to get either a cushion for the chair or a new ergo friendly chair soon!
This is facing outward, over and below the railing is the living room so I can hear the TV from the loft if I am interested..can see it if I am just so too. Though the loft has a cable jack if I really want a TV in there I can add it later on. The drawers have my stash sorted by color and the large drawer (I bought today) has my strips Bonnie style sorted in them and the bottom drawer has orphan blocks I plan to do something with eventually. The old microwave cart has kits inside it and Katmandu fabric on the shelf since it is inspiring in itself!

Tonight we watched "Becoming Jane" which I enjoyed though Kathy lost interest within ten minutes...lol. I finished up the binding on this NYE Mystery of hers and sewed her doggie label on it at the same time. This one is for her brother Rick in MA. She sewed the label on the one for her sister JoAnn in MA so we have two gifts to bring or send out there soon!