Orange Crush Mystery Project - Done!

Wanna see Orange Crush? Here it is as I was showing it to the ladies of the Second Saturday Quilting Club! (I am not that tall; I am standing on a chair.)

I will not be gracing my bed with it, as my husband has claimed it to be his. I will have to make another one! You can too - check out quiltville.com for the mystery instructions.

Mystery Project #3 - Strips and Squares

I checked out part 3 of the Double Delight mystery last night, after completing the last square-in-square. I think one of the hardest things to do in an online mystery is to control yourself from peeking ahead. I would think, "I'm almost done with part two, I can click on that next link..." At those moments of weakness, I wouldn't even go near the computer. It would be too easy to blow it. Almost like opening your presents when you found them hidden in the attic and rewrapping them so your parents didn't know you found them. "Yes! I got that spoon ring I wanted!!" So carefully lining up the tape back on the slightly ripped paper. "Oh, you are slick; no one will be the wiser!" But it just isn't as magical to open them again on Christmas morning, is it? Have you ever done that? Yeah, me too.

Well, THAT was a fun rabbit trail to visit!

Mystery Project #3 - Slow But Sure

Wins the race. Or at least finishes the race...

When I began Double Delight Mystery Project from Quiltville.com, it was a big job to get past step 1. Making the first set of 120 squares-in-squares was a slow process but the tortoise in me kept plugging away and these were done. Remember them? Yes, they were set aside and I was finally able to get to step 2.