The Mystery continues to Frolic Along

My Bonnie Hunter Frolic Mystery is gaining momentum even though I only sew a few hours here and there. I am looking forward to Friday when I think I can do an all day sew day. I have all the parts and pieces so now it is just the tedious sewing of piece by piece. I am not one to say I don't enjoy it, but I can get a bit bored with the same over and over. I am not one to say I lose interest but I can begin to think of how much more...how much more. I know this is where the process of it all keeps me going and not the hunger for a finished product. My goal of having this done my January end will just not happen so the two quilts I need to start will be pushed back a bit. The deadline for them is the last of April as they need to be gifted in May. I have a retreat weekend in March and that will help with the two quilts giving me just them to focus on and good friends to cheer me on.

I am AbSEWlutely having fun.

AbSEWlutely Great Mystery

Quilting for me is the love of the process and not about getting the end product as fast as I can. I love the feel of the fabric, the sound of the machine, the heat of the iron, pinning when needed and the design board first look at a block. I love the quiet of the sewing studio with the color of fabric surrounding me. I love the sound of the rotary cutter or the Accuquilt cutter as I take in the design in the first stages. One of the reasons I love doing the Bonnie Hunter  quiltville.com mystery quilt each year is it gives me time with each part, time with color, time with cutting, time with sewing and time with design. I don't feel rushed to get each part done in the week but love getting what I can of that part and know I will have to maybe come back to it to complete. This year with Frolic I pretty much kept up. My main goals of getting the new hip (now 7 weeks in) stronger each day; love my gym and trainer for the workouts and making sure I take it somewhat less busy (yea like I can do that). But I do use the hip as somewhat of a reason to spend hours in the sewing studio working on Frolic in that it keeps me out of trouble with breaking the hip protocols. The grabber also in the sewing studio keeps me from bending over when I drop things (OK so maybe I bend over...don't tell my doctor). I now have 10 of the 25 main blocks done...here is the first one that hit the design wall.  There is still time to go to the Bonnie Hunter Quiltville site and get the pattern for this wonderful quilt.

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New Year New Decade and Same Me with Word of the Year

Word of the Year for me is .....drum roll please....

AbSEWlutely  
 It seems to fit the fun stuff I want to do in my sewing studio this year ...get the fun done