The Mystery of the Mariner's Compass

Ahoy Mystery Quilters!

My huge apologies to those of you who have struggled with the MC block - and thanks to Terri and Siobhan for bringing the discrepancy in the block, to my attention.
I have now had a bit of time to re-visit my diagrams and can see the mis-matched seams - my only excuse for this is poorish eyesight and bad counting - I miscounted a point along the chart when drafting on EQ and in my final quilt layout the discrepancy didn't jump out at me. I have actually had to re-draft all of the blocks for this QAL as my originals from class were all lost a few yrs back in a computer muddle.......hence my surprise Terri, and comment about my students not having had the same problem!
Today I upped the scale and felt sick when I saw the mistake - I am so sorry to those of you who are thinking they have gone wrong.
I have to say the blocks that have been completed so far don't look any the worse for the blunder but of course, we all strive for perfection in a block like this.
  The pic below is of  the completed block with matching seams and before the day is out will get fresh patterns uploaded to ScribD.
Almost at the last fence too! Trust me to fall............. 

  

Updated link now HERE.

The Prodigal

Was working Saturday, and then yesterday, favourite son graced us with a visit. He was staying overnight so my sewing room (spare room) was slightly compromised and my sewing style rather cramped.
However, I did make a start on my Scrappy Goodie.....this is for the low key swap I have taken part in. We have to swap a fat 1/4s worth of scraps and a goodie made from scraps. I have stalked my partner and played about with my scraps (I have rubbish scraps)and did a bit of stitch and flip..........I will reveal my further plans for this block later in the week, I hope.

So, more of that later.
Got up rather early this morning to take The Prodigal to local airport - he's flying off to Spain for a week to watch Scotland v Spain footie match..........and soak up some sun.
My plans for today include a little light wallpapering...........

Modern Missus

So - not long in from work to find a lovely package on the mat -

 Oh, we love these don't we?

It was my recent win from Little Island Quilting, courtesy of Cotton Blossom Farm in Mississippi! What a small world this is.
and inside?

21.......yes, 21 fat quarters od Veranda by Amanda Murphy for Robert Kaufman.- I am just so thrilled to have won such a great prize and this really boosts my growing love for the modern fabrics we are becoming surrounded by.Now I just have to think of a nice, new project. Thanks again to Alison for hosting the giveaway - (I think Alison is my lucky charm as she was also my very first swap partner in the 1st Brit Quilt Swap)..and of course, thanks to Cathy from Cotton Blossom Farm for her generosity.

Earlier this week I got going on my first baby quilt for the coming grandbaby - I am going to make a couple to cover pink and blue baby options and let my daughter choose.
So my first cutting was done on this.........

This is part of my stash of 1001 Peeps by Lizzy House and this is the dusk palette, I love it but think it might be the girly option. This range reminds me of Aladdin which was my daughter's favourite Disney film when she was a wee girl. I have designed my quilt on EQ6 and will keep you posted on its progress.

And. still on baby stuff, daughter asked me this week if I would make a "taggie" for her friend's baby, Lily.
Didn't take long to do, made from scraps of fleece and ribbons...............

Lastly, I got another couple og hexies made last night - my hexie mojo was a bit dented last month - my classes had all started back and time was a bit limited for me.Am now settling back into a routine and happy to hex again....
Have a great weekend everyone.

My name is..........

bluepatchquilter - why? Dawn from As Sweet as Cinnamon is asking just that question. She is offering a giveaway prize if you blog about your name and link up to her blog.
So - my incredibly original and wacky name, not, came about from my ebay sign in.........when you get to my age (lol) you don't need too many identities and I remember way back (yes, I do) when I used to ebay a lot, they gave ideas of how you could choose a sign in name which would be unique to yourself. Choose your favourite colour they said, and your hobby or pastime...........and bluepatch was conceived. When I started my blog I laboured for hours before coming up with the ingenious addition of quilter.

bluepatchquilter

Playing with colour........

When Lynne posted about a Dead Simple Quiltalong, I knew I didn't want to do a big quilt but anything to help with colour has to be a good thing, yes?
Lynne gave us ideas of where we could find colour palettes to inspire our fabric choices. I pinned a few but chose this one to start looking thro my scraps..........

My "quilt" is only going to measure about 18" x 20" so might end up as a floor cushion or similar - I don't think Lynne will mind that I am not following the rules properly, she is a bit of a rulebreaker herself.
Out of interest, these wee squares were my first cut using my Accuquilt Go - more of that when I have had more practice.
I think I might do some machine embroidery on it.......but then maybe I won't.
I love the way the colours all look good together because they were inspired by a pleasing pic.

Another Giveaway.........

........this time Susan, Canadian Abroad is the generous benefactor.
Why don't you pop over and enter her giveaway to win some lovely fat 1/4s. She has made this an easy one to enter, no hoops to jump thro.

October

Busy month September - all my classes up and running and keeping me on my toes. It was the month when I had a go at mugrugs - great fun, made two for the Goodie Swap, one for a pressie, and received three!Then some goodies to go with the mugrugs, and alongside, I worked on three things for my giveaway.Lastly I made a few blocks for Judith's Bee Blessed.

As always, linking to Lynne's Fresh Sewing Day.