Monday, November 24, 2014

Winter is Here and Getting Ready for the Mystery Quilt

Winter has arrived in Santa Fe, which had me scrambling for hats, gloves, socks, and 57 layers of clothes.


We had snow that stayed for a few days, then slightly less cold weather, and then graupel on Sunday, and then cold windy weather today.











Gomez and Stella are taking advantage of the pile of quilts on the couch and spend their days curled up.


I have most everything ready for our Thanksgiving dinner this week (which we are having on Friday since I'm working on Thursday).  I know there may be one quick trip to the grocery store for a couple things but not much.  

I am really looking forward to starting Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt on Friday.  Even though I don't *entirely* have past years' mysteries done (ah hum), I'm going to join in on this one.  

I'm using Bonnie's color choices this year but a bit more toned down. Here are the slightly different paint chips that I am using as a rough guide to my color choices.

















Yellow is not one of the colors I use very much so I did purchase yardage but the rest I mostly pulled from stash. 





Blacks and neutrals are pulled and waiting to go also.  

Can't wait to see everyone's fabric choices this year.
















2 comments:

kristie said...

I'm joining in too! Still pulling colors..glad we will be quilting "together"

sophie said...

Every time I drive by that caboose, I miss the dancer that used to be painted on it ... I had been sitting on the fence about Bonnie's mystery, but given my new physical limitations--thanks to the menace with a cell phone--I probably will have to pass :-(