Meadow mist mystery complete

Another finish! I am getting projects completed and am so glad. 

This is the Magnolia Mystery by Meadow Mist Designs.  I like her geometric patterns. Instead of one color, I used a different colors from a Layer Cake.  My background is a grunge dot. I ordered it as an extra wide back and ended up ordering far more than I needed. So you will see more of it.

Here is a close up of the center and a photo of the back and binding which are all the same. 

These photos don't show the beautiful blue color  but do show off the quilting pattern done by my long arm quilter. I really trust her judgement and she selected the pattern for me which so compliments the pattern in the fabric. 

And I had my grandboys for a few hours this weekend. We are counting down until school. My 4 year old starts kindergarten this year. A practice night happens already this week while the parents talk to the teacher.  But the first day of school is not until September 4 after Labor Day. I start back for inservice meetings next week. I have already been in to start planning and get ready for a different position.

 

Finally something to show!

And this is not sewing.  But I am so excited.  I have my 30's quilt I am making strings for in between my blocks.

Believe it or not, I am running out of fabrics, 30s fabrics only. I have had a bag for many years and have completed at least 5 quilts of different sizes out of it.  So my good news is that I got the first selection as the left overs from my guild's raffle quilt from a few years ago. Bargain!  

The 2nd assortment came from a friend with whom we had shared 30's fabrics for a quilt earlier. I had a wonderful container full of inch and a quarter strips that were leftovers from a quilt of hers. I knew I would have repeats of many of the fabrics that are currently in my quilt.  

This is some of my Rainbow scrap challenge blocks. The blues  and the  purples are in 2 strips each: one of 6 blocks below. ( Which  I see I am going to have to take apart and redo as they don't line up. ) The 2nd strip of the 2 colors is 14 blocks long. ..not photographed.

Next is my Magnolia mystery from Meadow Mist Designs.  I have lots of the blue for borders and  backing.

Another mystery is the Square Dance by From my Carolina Home.  Using up more of my homespuns. I did buy Kona black on sale for the background.  I like how the black makes a great contrast.

Seriously, my issue was that I left my phone at school for a 3 day weekend. Ugh..!