Grand Illusion Part 4

This week has gone really fast. Grand Illusion Part 4 is not finished, but I have started it. Mom is still in rehab and my in-laws have been here since Sunday night. Sewing has taken a backseat to Christmas and family. I did make some progress on Clue 4 and have continued to use Clue 2 as leader and enders. Maybe next week I can do some catch up sewing so I will be ready for the big reveal on New Years!

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Merry Christmas everyone.

Grand Illusion Part 3

Thanks for a easy unit to make. Mom is now in Rehab and I still have to go see her about twice a day. She was doing really well, but as of today, things have gone south again. I have used sewing as stress relief this week. Clue 3 is finished as of 10 minutes ago. I have been using the Clue 2 units as leaders and enders and have about 80 single units done. Will continue to do the same with the next clue.

A few pics of the 2 by 4 units

Clue 2 as leader and enders, coming along.

I am really liking the colors I have chosen. I know they are the same as Bonnie"s, but I really like how bright they are.

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Grand Illusion Part 2

This is a really short and sweet post this week. My time to work on Grand Illusion was really limited this weekend. My mom ended up in the hospital on Sunday. She is doing fine and went to a skilled nursing facility today. She will stay there for a short period of time until she gets her strength back.

I was able to try methods 2 and 3 to put together this unit. I chose to use method 2 using the easy angle ruler. I have cut all the pink and black triangles and have a good start on the neutral diamonds. Only 3 blocks sewn so far. I am hoping to make up a little next week.

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Grand Illusion Part 1

Ok, It's been almost a year since I've posted anything because I am not a blogger! I just started this blog to chronicle my progress on Celtic Solstice last year. That was my first Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt and I enjoyed it so much, of course I am game to do this one. Anyway, I don't remember how to do anything like add pictures, links, labels. Starting the learning curve all over. Maybe I should do a post every once in a while so as not to lose all these hard learned skills.

On to Grand Illusion. Going to the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island is on my personal bucket list and I loved the pictures Bonnie posted when she did her workshop there. I think it is a great inspiration for a quilt, besides the colors are right up my alley!

Since last year was the first time I had done a mystery, my game plan was to begin the unit every Friday and have it complete by Sunday night. I did not want Celtic Solstice to end up as a UFO. Have to say that having the Monday link up really helped motivate me to finish. This year however, my time is not as free. I am not at liberty to sew all day or all night if I need to. My mother lives with us now which is so much better that her living in an assisted living facility. The trade off is that my free time is more limited, which is ok by me because she is happier and so am I. The plan this year is to have each part completed by the next Thursday and posted, before the Friday clue comes out. I won't feel so much pressure that way and it will not become a UFO.

Mom

Part one is almost done and will be finished by midnight tonight! All of the broken dish units are complete. I just have a few more half square triangles to finish chaining. I chose to do 10 broken dish units at a time, not too much chaining at one time and I could see progress. This worked better for me since I was having to break up my sewing time so much. My goal would be to do 10 or 20 units during a set amount of time. I will have to figure out how to break down each part as we go.

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