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Monday, November 26, 2018

Good Fortune

So I decided to play along with Bonnie Hunter and the Good Fortune Mystery. I have never done a mystery quilt along before, so I am looking forward to this. The first clue came out on Friday. You can find it here if you want to join us.
I decided to have a little extra fun with this so I pulled out my featherweight. I haven't sewn on it in quite a while, so I needed to anyway. It is an excellent machine for piecing.
This was my grandmother's machine. It was manufactured in 1948. My mother learned to sew on it, I learned to sew on it and my daughters learned to sew on it. Now that I have a granddaughter, I am hoping she will want to learn to sew, so I can pass it along to the next generation.
 I really want to try and make this a scrap busting quilt, so I began by pulling out my scrap bins to make these little beauties. They sew up really quickly, using Bonnie's tips for assembly. I have made four patches before, but I am always really happy to get new tips to try out for piecing. It's one of the best reasons to do a quilt along.
 Here is a stack, ready to be pressed open. I hope that I can get the rest of these done today or tomorrow. Christmas sewing is paused, waiting for some fabric to arrive.
And here is what I have done so far, almost half way there. I want to be ready when the next clue arrives. This is going to be so much fun to see where this goes. There is a link up every Monday so you can show off your work too, and see what others are doing. It is great inspiration.
So if you're looking, go to 
 https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2018/11/mystery-monday-link-up-and-cyber-monday.html
#quiltvillemystery
#goodfortunequilt


C'mon and join us! 
 

4 comments:

Alison V. said...

These are looking great! I love some of your neutral fabrics -- too cute!

Podunk Pretties said...

You have some really cute neutrals in the mix. Looking forward to seeing your brights come together.

Feathers in my Nest said...

So pretty!

Vireya said...

I love that your machine is a family heirloom. When I bought my Featherweight, my mother told me that she had had one when I was a baby. Pity she didn't hang on to it to pass down! Love your 4-patches, too.