Good Fortune Mystery Quilt clues update....Japanese New Year!!

Ok, well, I was unable to keep posting here as I tackled each clue, but here is a taste of some of my clues. I just need to redo some of the clue #2 (accidentally made the wrong size!!) and finish clue clue #3. I am loving it so far!!
Clue #1 finished, see prev post.

Clue #2
so sad that I made the wrong size, but I will use these in another project.
 I am able to use some of these lovely purples still.

Clue #4~ finished
Absolutely love these.
I used a variety of oranges and a thin strip of purple,
 so I hope that works well.

Clue #5
First time making quarter half square triangles.
Super fun, especially with Bonnie's new tool I purchased.
Finished.
Also, started using my purple linen I have had around for some time, love it!

Clue #6
Strip piecing again. Love doing this.
Love how they turned out.

Happy New Year!!!
We celebrated with a traditional Japanese New Year meal.
It turned out very well.
This made our Japanese exchange daughter very happy.

Misumi continues her mission to supervise and assist all quilting activities!!

Pencil Case
Made for my daughter out of her favorite cotton and steel
Japanese train ride canvas fabric!
Will make more of these.

More quilt updates coming soon.
Blessings to you...

Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2018

My goal is to truly document this mystery quilt well, as I go. I almost started last year's On Ringo Lake, but after having fun picking fabric, I was simply unable to get started and lost track of the whole thing. This year, I had half  of the fabric ready and I am a go for 'Good fortune'....so excited, and so far, I am having so much fun seeing the first clue come together. It's addicting.
Go here to check out the full instructions from Bonnie's website.

 https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2018/11/mystery-monday-link-up-and-cyber-monday.html

 Here is some of my fabric color selections....everything is from my stash.
reds~blues
greens~bright greens
blues~purple
oranges~ oranges/ coral
Neutrals~same

 I love seeing this chain lengthen at my sewing machine.

 Sew pretty.....

 Misumi is the fabric protector and supervisor and loves to keep me company while I quilt.

 I just love this sew much!!

 We had a major snow storm come in last night...all night...

It is still coming.... 

and we ended up with 13"!!!

The girls went sledding...is was K's first time...

Ninja Boy's Flannel Rag Quilt

I finished this quilt for the third born way back in November, but as you can see, I fail to get these things documented in a timely manner. lol

 Love that boy's smile!

We have fabric protecting, project supervising cats around here. 

Above is a better look at the color of the blanket.

He loves it, by the way. A special thanks  to my hubby for helping with all of the cutting of the edges. 

Sweet 16 Progress

The sashing has been now complete.

I decided to do this at home and not rent the long arm. 

I really wanted to do it all myself and save some money!

 Borders are on.

 Cute 'owly' backing is ready. 

 It's a sea of owls.

 Misi loves to be very involved with each quilt.

Here we go...quilting in the ditch first. So excited!!

Niece's Graduation Quilt 2017

Here, I am getting ready to put on the binding. I really love binding and pictures of binding!!

Kitty always loves to be the first to try out the quilt, to make sure it is nice and soft.

Finished!
Just needs a label.

Kitty is helping me bind the quilt. 

Machine Quilting Blog Hop

I will be attempting stitching along with the #MachineQuiltingBlogHop? It started on Monday, and we are working our way through The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting by Angela Walters and Christa Watson. 
I will be honest. I forgot, so when it came time to start quilting my nieces quilt that I am trying to finish in time for graduation, I simply dug in with curvy floral triangles and swirls for the white portion of my churn dash block quilt. I am starting sashing now, so I will be working on the week #1 Plumb line 
I have always and still do LOVE machine quilting. I hadn't actually done it in quite some time, so although I have some experience, I am starting over a bit, and hoping to get better and better each day.

 Here is my swirls and florals on my churn dash block quilt.

Excuse me!!!

Did you know that cats love to quilt too? #catslovetoquilttoo Every quilter I have come across with cats would wholeheartedly agree! 

Ok, there. Now I have officially worked some plumb line action. I have to say, I thought these ribbons would be super boring, but they gave me tremendous quilting pleasure! Not to mention, they are just cool looking. 

Switchbacks, which I turned into very wide ones, but I actually loved better. Really have to work on the start/ stops. Also, the sashing is a challenging spot to quilt. Oh my!

I am loving this quilt.

I will continue to post here on my progress. Meanwhile, I will try to update all of my projects I have made this year, which is something I really want to do for myself, to have a record and visual of what I have done over the years.

Magnanimous quilty blessings to you!