I hope you had a merry Christmas!!! Sunday we went to the
Farm where hubby grew up, about a 6 hour drive from our home, and we came back
today. My in-laws do not own a computer, so of course there’s no internet. We
had a very relaxing time.
Glory Hallelujah ~ Bonnie said that we’re done making flying
geese. Although I don’t mind them, I’ve definitely had enough of them for now!
I’m quite excited…before we left for the Farm I got all caught up with the Easy Street Mystery Quilt. Clue 5 was an easier one: make“sitting turkey” units, as Bonnie calls them. Since I’m only making 75% of the blocks, I had to make 48.
Bonnie suggested having the needle “kiss” the right side of the drawn line on the smaller square, rather than stitch directly on top of the line. This really worked well for me to get my units the right size.
While I had my camera in my studio, I took a photo of my sewing machine. My in-laws gave it to me (used) for Christmas 21 years ago. Based on the photos in the manual, my guess is the machine is from the mid to late 1960’s, or possibly the early 1970’s. This has been a faithful machine for me through the years, as I’ve made Christmas dresses for my daughter when she was younger, Halloween costumes, stockings for the kids, curtains for our first house, and lots of quilts.
Progress Report
Clue #1: four-patches: 144 of 144
Clue #2: flying geese: 96 of 96
2 X 3 ½”bricks of white background fabric: 48 of 48
Clue #3: Shaded 4-patches: 48 of 48 (see this post)
Green 3” squares cut in half diagonally: 2 of 2
Clue #4: Stacked geese: 48 of 48
Green 3 ½” squares: 110 of 110
Clue #5: Sitting turkeys: 48 of 48
I’m linking up to Bonnie’s Easy Street Part 5 post. Tomorrow,
clue #6 will go up…can’t wait!!!
Happy stitching!
6 comments:
I have an older Viking too, and have enjoyed it over the years. Your colors look nice!
Your Clue #5 blocks look like really cute little red houses! There are going to look so good with your darling 4 patches and flying geese. I think you are going to have such a lovely quilt!
Your units look so nice together. I'm hoping we start joining some together this week.
Thank you for lovely words on my blog.
I see you sew with red too. I`m looking forward to see more.
Sorry for my english.
Liebe Grüße Grit
I'm sewing mine on my grandmother's Singer from 1950. I've never had a problem with that machine.
I love your Christmas fabrics. Makes me wish I was doing one like it.
I had the exact machine. I bought mine in 1977 brand new, and they were $1200 at that time. I sewed on that machine until 2005. The presser foot bar was damaged during a move. I am usually not emotional, but I cried when my machine broke. I now have a Bernina 830 LE, which I love!
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