mystery – Cookies & Moo

I can’t believe I haven’t posted on my blog since the 5th. I started pulling things out of closets and sorting what I want to keep and what I want to get rid of. I’m talking my clothes closet here. It also doubles as my linen closet since it’s so big. I have several shelves in there that I keep bath towels and sheets on. Anyway, I have has some of my bath towels since 1975 when I got married. That’s because I always used those towels for my “good” towels. You know the ones you put out to look pretty, but on the penalty of death you threaten your kids not to touch them. Well, after 40 years of marriage, they have finally moved into my everyday towels.

Then there are my sheets. I have held on to some sheets that won’t even fit on the new king sized beds. Some are brand new. I have always been the kind of shopper that when I see something for a good price, or “on sale”, I pick up a couple of extra of whatever it is. Guess you could say I got burned on that deal. 🙂 Of course I must have had them for 20 years. I saw something on, I think it was facebook, about folding your sheets into sets and then putting them in one of the pillow cases. I have refolded what I am keeping and have done that. They do stack nicely and it does make it so much easier to pull a set out of the closet.

My next pile is clothes. I don’t buy clothes too often as I don’t need the wardrobe of a career woman. I wore scrubs almost my whole career as a nurse. I am ashamed to admit it but I have things that are so old. You guessed it, right into the chuck pile. I have decided I am in need of some new duds. So, once I am done with the closets and before I start on the bathrooms I just might treat myself to a new wardrobe.

I have quilts folded on a large table I put in the living room. That’s my next chore, I have several quilt stands that are full so I guess they’ll have to go back into my closet. I can rotate them around my racks that are in different rooms.

Can I tell you that I am so disappointed. I have misplaced my pattern for Bonnie Hunters 2013 Mystery, Celtic Solstice. All I can put my hands on are the paint cards she uses for her color choices. I have looked all over. I wanted to make that one for my son and his wife. It is really a beautiful quilt.

Happy Quilting!

I don’t know how we go through so much food in this house. It’s just the two of us. Seems like we are always out of something. Oh well, had to run to pick up a few things at the grocery store. Then we headed over to have an early dinner at the Chinese Buffet. It was so good. This is from my fortune cookie from today.

So since I had the ancient fortune tellers sending me this message, I decided it was time to go to Lowes and pick up my paint cards for Bonnie Hunter’s winter mystery from this year. The first of the information was posted by Bonnie in October, and it just finished last Friday. I guess you could say I procrastinate when it comes to mystery quilts. Since Bonnie is the Queen of Scrap Quilting, I like to wait until the mysteries are revealed to see if I want to keep the same colors that Bonnie uses and if I do indeed want to make a scrap quilt. Well I have to say Bonnie’s quilt is absolutely beautiful. So I did indeed go with her color choices. :).

I also got the button for my blog for this mystery. Bonnie’s inspiration was the Italian area of Tuscany. The mystery’s name is “Allietare” which means Gladden.

I have all the buttons for all the mysteries Bonnie has done since I have known about her. They don’t remain on her blog for very long after the reveal because she often includes them in her next books. But I have all of the info saved and I have actually pulled my fabrics for each of them and started a couple. I will definitely get them done. Bonnie is so gracious to share her time and talents with us. Stop on over at Quiltville Quips N Snips, just follow the link on my sidebar.