Step 3 Orca Bay mystrery

Bonnie says, "350 HSTs that measure 2 inches square".
I say, "I don't want to do it!"
I going to take the day off, and maybe tomorrow too.

Sara

Gratitudes:
Found and purchased one Christmas present today
Made my "cookies" for after the concert tomorrow
Got Block Lotto quilt blocks into the mail

Ready for Step 3

What you see are the 72 string blocks required by Step 2 of Bonnie Hunter's Orca Bay mystery.  They are jammed into the same basket that is holding the 224 [+6] hourglass blocks required by Step 1.

Wow!  After being gone for five days over Thanksgiving, I thought I would be behind for another week.  But, "gotter done".

Sara

Gratitudes:

Survived exercise class, tho' my back has been sore since Monday
Survived quarterly meeting with financial advisors
Getting better at the Hebrew song for Saturday concert

Wordless Wednesday

Orca Bay, Step #1

Bonnie Hunter's latest mystery is called "Orca Bay", inspired by a scenic view she had there.  Step #1 was making 224 hourglass blocks that are to be 2.5 inches square and made of black and neutrals.  Here is a basket with the majority and a few on the mat to show the size.

Now I do need to tell you that I cut too many strips and ended up making about 305 of these blocks.  But as it happened, some of them came out TOO SMALL.  How that happened I don't know.  However, about 230 of them are the RIGHT size.

I now have about 70 that I had to cut down to 2 inches [peaking out on the left of the photo].  This kind of error explains why I always have plenty of "orphan blocks". These will go in the drawer labelled "2 inch squares" for now, and at some future point they will be discovered to be Just The Thing I was needing for a doll quilt or some other project.

Bonnie's other colors for the mystery are Red and an accent of Blue.   Step #2 requires the making of 72 strip pieced blocks, using her blue.  I'm trying to decide . . . not real enamoured of the idea of Red and Blue.  Maybe darker tones of yellow instead of blue?  Need to make a decision and get going on these because Step #3 will come out on Friday.

Sara

Gratitudes:

DD Martha helped me learn a new step for my iPhone
Last GRWC before-concert rehearsal last night went well
A quiet day with lots of sewing time