Tossed Leaves REVEAL!!

After much waiting and anticipation, here are the final steps to the Tossed Leaves Mystery Quilt.  Scroll to the bottom to see a final reveal picture!

Here is my finished quilt top!  Haven’t had the space to baste it yet but I’m hoping to quilt it this summer.  I’m also looking forward to trying my pattern again without making it scrappy!

I hope you have enjoyed this mystery as much as I have.  It was so much fun to make and present the pattern to all of you. 🙂  If you’d like me to share your version of the Tossed Leaves mystery quilt, please feel free to send me a picture at quiltingbythesnowies@gmail.com!

Summer is finally here!!

Hello again, I feel like it’s been forever since I was able to spend time on my blogging.  Now that summer is here I’m hoping to get to spend more time posting.  Of course, life happens and we will see what the next few months bring.

My first goals are to to get some updated pictures up on the blog.  Despite my lack of posting, I have been keeping up with my block-of-the months and have actually dived into a bit of garment sewing.  My students participated in creating their tessellation quilts again this year, and I’m excited to share them!  I hope you are all having a wonderful time enjoying the beautiful weather and getting lots of time to quilt.

Tossed Leaves Clue #8

Surprise!! This will be our last clue before the final reveal.

Tossed Leaves Clue 7

My apologies for my tardiness in posting this.  It is my Spring Break this week and I just got caught up in other plans.  I hope you are all enjoying the mystery!

Good Fortune Clues #3-6

As usual, Bonnie Hunter’s big reveal of her mystery quilt did not disappoint this year.  I’ve really started looking forward to that time of the year even more because I know that I will get to work on a new mystery quilt.  It’s always a challenge and the quilts turn out beautiful.  Good Fortune is my third Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt and I’d say it’s turning out great so far.

I’ve had these clues done for a while and am working on Clue #7 currently.

Clue #3

Clue #4

Clue #5

Clue #6

Project Progress 3/3/2019

When I began my blogging journey about a year and half ago, I really thought it would help me to REDUCE the number of projects I had going.  As of today, I actually have MORE projects in progress now than I did when I started!  On the bright side, I have finished quite a few as well.  Part of the problem is that I love being part of the block-of-the-month groups my local quilt shop hosts.  The friendships and knowledge I have gained from these groups is invaluable.  At any given time of the year, I’m usually a part of three groups which means three NEW quilts each year. 

Mineral Matrix BOM 2019

I wasn’t super sure about my colors when I picked them out for this quilt, but each block I make is convincing me that this is going to be one beautiful quilt!

Here’s February’s block:

I posted a picture of January’s block in this post.

Candy Apples BOM 2018-2019

This BOM is almost done, we only have a few more months as it ends in May.  I’ve really been loving getting to use my Kansas Troubles fabrics.  I did discover this month that I had missed a previous month’s blocks so I got them done too.

February’s Blocks:

December’s Blocks:

North Stars BOM 2019

This is the BOM that is replacing Farm Girl Vintage from last year (which I sadly haven’t finished yet either).  The pattern is by Elizabeth Hartman and the BOM is being hosted by my local quilt shop.  The first block wasn’t necessarily difficult but it was a LOT of work!  My biggest trouble with it was keeping my fabrics straight as I am using my own and not the kit fabrics.  This might be one of the cutest polar bears I’ve seen….course I’m partial to it since I spent hours making it!

Forest Floor BOM 2018

I put the final borders on this one tonight!!!!  I’m so excited to have it done and will hopefully get a post up tomorrow with a picture.  I’m going to have to find somewhere else to photograph it as it is too big to fit in my living room.  This was my February goal for my “Finished is Better than Perfect” group at the Missouri Star Quilt Company quilting forum.

Farm Girl Vintage BOM 2018

Sad to say I haven’t worked on this one since the last month’s blocks were given out in November and December .  I’m hoping to get back to it soon!

Finished is Better than Perfect Group

This is my finishing group that runs on the MSQC quilting forum.  Everyone in the group makes a list of projects 1-12.  Each month a number is drawn randomly and that is the project you work to finish.  As mentioned above, I made my February goal and am still working on my January one.  That quilt is sitting in partial rows in my living room and I’m hoping to get back to it before spring break in a few weeks.

So, looking back at all of this, maybe I’ve made a little more progress than I thought, just not in finishing already started projects!

Tossed Leaves Clue 6

Here’s Clue 6!  Still hoping to hear back from you on how it’s going!

Still sewing along…

It’s still amazing to me how easy it is to forget to post here!  I guess I’ll keep working on it.

First, I’ve been working on a new BOM since August.  It replaced Second Saturday Sampler 17-18 and is called Candy Apples.  It’s a bit different than previous block of the months that we have done.

I chose to do mine in all of my Kansas Troubles scraps and I’m loving it.  Here are pictures of my blocks so far.

I’m also almost done putting together my Forest Floor BOM from last year.  It’s replacement Mineral Matrix just started.  It’s another Wing and a Prayer pattern and has been super fun so far.  I’ll post updated pics for Forest Floor soon, but here is my first block for Mineral Matrix.

 

Tossed Leaves Clue 5

Another month has flown by and it’s time for another clue!  I hope you are all enjoying the mystery quilt.  Please feel free to share your progress in the comments.

After the hustle and bustle of the holidays, this month’s clue is a little bigger.  Hopefully it gives you something to do on these cold, blustery days.

Here’s a link to last month’s clue if you missed it: Clue 4

Here’s a link to the main mystery page: Tossed Leaves Mystery Quilt

Tossed Leaves Clue 4

Hello all!  I hope your Mystery Quilts have been going well.  Since December is such a busy month, I decided to give a very simple clue this month.  Get ready to use some background squares and your “stem” fabric.

Here’s a link back to the main Tossed Leaves page.

Did you miss last month’s clue?  Clue #3 is here!