Are you sewing along with the Fat Quarter Shop's Christmas mystery?
Me neither.
It's too early for thoughts of Christmas, right?!?
But I do love a good mystery, and I wanted to sew block #2 called "hard candy" (click here for the pattern link). It looked quick and so darn cute! Well it wasn't that quick because I made a few mistakes as you can see on the red blocks.
I sewed the block on Elsie (a 221 Featherweight born in 1951) and she enjoyed the opportunity to sew again. Her tension is perfect and she is a treat to sew on.
Once I fixed my mistakes and completed the block I was quite happy with the fabrics I found for these sweet candy blocks.
And here is it with block #1 from last week.
And then block #3 was posted, so I checked it out. It took me a while to "see" the pattern as 4 Christmas cards. I couldn't visually decipher the card block, but once I "saw" it, I didn't understand why it took me so long!
I hope to sew up some fabric Christmas cards on the weekend for block #3. And I suppose I should admit that I have indeed started another mystery quilt!
Even though it's Wednesday, I'll link up to the Monday Design Wall posts over at Judy's.
6 comments:
oh how cute!!!!
LOL Yep, you're hooked.
Really cute blocks there!! Before we know it Christmas will be here...every
year it seems to take me by surprise somehow...hugs, julierose
I saw a lot of commentary on FB about the cards. Many like you just couldn't "see" it. Someone had found a hack to make them look more card-like. Sorry I don't remember whose page it was.
Once October arrives, I'm ready to start my Christmas sewing projects. I think your blocks look like fun and Elsie is a beauty.
I love how these blocks are coming together. The cards are cute but those lollies are very sweet too. I’m glad you fixed them without too much frustration.
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