Finishing a project

I have a small design wall with unfinished small projects layered on it, so this week I decided to finish one. I have always wanted to have a wall hanging for the seasons and occasions. This quilt (it is large enough to use a small lap quilt) / wall hanging I made way back in November 2017. I'm not sure I had in mind to make it as a wall hanging back then, but that is what I want it for now. It is from Missouri Star You Tube channel and is called Fall Shenanigans Quilt. I started by adding a thin black border and decided not to use batting, only backing, it is going to be a wall hanging and doesn't need batting as I was using a thick cotton backing that is too thick for quilts. I quilted it using a free motion meandering stitch. I added a hanging sleeve - is that what it is called?

I felt it needed a bright border, and I have a really large collection of plain fabric and orange was perfect for the binding. I machine stitched the binding to the front of the wall hanging and hand stitched the back. I must remember to do a label!!

Here are the first four rows of Sugaridoo Bernina quilt along. I was asked last week if the pink row was paper pieced. Yes, I will try to be more informative with my posts in the future. The first four rows are all paper pieced. 

Link Up Parties: 

Wednesday-Wait-Loss – The Inquiring Quilter

Finished(or Not) Friday – Alycia Quilt

Off the Wall Fridays - Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever

Put Your Foot Down - A Quiltery

Scrap Happy Saturday - So Scrappy

A Pageant of Finishes – From Bolt to Beauty

Mystery Quilt Time of the Year

I often spend my Saturdays, when I'm at home, catching up on YouTube quilting shows and one was Missouri Star's Jenny, and I happened to come across a 'Fall Shenanigans' wall hanging.  Even though we do not celebrate Halloween in Australia, it is our daughter's birthday, so parties were always Halloween themed. So out came the Halloween fabrics and in a day I made the top - who knows how long it will take for me to sandwich and quilt it!!!!

I have always looked forward to this time of the year - Halloween and Christmas. Not only is it getting closer to Christmas, a happy time, it is Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt time!! A time to create a beautiful quilt, step by step and spend a calming time sewing. Not all sewers would agree as at times Bonnie's Quilts can be quite involved, but never the less, I do enjoy the stress relief these mysteries have provided over the years.
Now that I'm retired, the joy of the mystery is still there, as is the relaxing, calming, peaceful time that it brings.
This year Bonnie's mystery is titled 'On Ringo Lake'. You can find the fabric requirements and instructions here. First impressions - I was very happy with the colour choices. I usually change Bonnie's colour suggestions, but this year I had all the fabric on hand - although I almost changed the browns for dark purples, but as they didn't look as good, so I went back to browns.

 Part one was released on Friday, and compared to other years this clue is quite easy - thank goodness. (This is not a whinge Bonnie 😊).

Bonnie's mystery is the start of the mysteries. I will still have two New Year Mysteries, (including Merry Mayhem's - with fabric and cutting instructions released today) and the Super Bowl mysteries to make - and I'm looking forward to it. We will be away on a cruise the next few weeks (woo hoo), so I'll be playing catch-up mid December. (See my travel blog: Are We There Yet?)
To see what others are doing go to Bonnie's Monday Link up.