This is the last weekend of my 3-week December break from
the office but I am not overly disappointed.
We had great times with family and friends, I got plenty of quilting,
reading and relaxing done and I am one of those people who are driven by
structure and routine.
I hate not
knowing what day of the week it is or what the date is and between Christmas
and New Year these become a blur. Spoke
to another quilter yesterday complaining about this and her reply was “oh no, I
function extremely well not knowing the day or date” – to each his own.
Quilting friend, Sonja, invited me to join the Facebook page
“Mystery Quilts Anonymous” and I saw that they were starting a quilt-along on
New Years’ day. I then invited another quilting friend, Karin, to join too and asked both of them whether they
feel like doing the quilt-along. I
believe the more the merrier and I was pleasantly surprised when both said they
were in.
The hostess of the quilt-along, however, is from New Zealand
and the quilt was meant to be done in a day but their New Year started before
ours and the first clues came through by us on the last day of the year while I
still wanted to catch an afternoon nap before the New Years’ eve
celebrations. So from the get-go, I knew
I would fall behind.
New Year’s Day wasn’t any better (time-wise) and I only got
to print out the clues that came through somewhere during our evening or night
but after the many celebrations, we had, very little made sense. Luckily Karin phoned to wish me a happy New
Year and told me she made an all-nighter with her quilt, so I guess she’s the
only one fairly up to date. She then
suggested I should watch the videos released with every clue before cutting as
the written directions can be confusing.
When I finally got a day where I was less tired and capable
of quilting, I tackled the clues along with the videos until it made sense.
These are the blocks from Clue 1, page 1
And then the second block from Clue 1, page 2 & 3
I opted to go with fabric from my stash and not buy any new
fabric, so my blue might just later turn scrappy.
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