One January block

I'm falling behind on my quilting these days, but I did manage to make a single block for the next Block Lotto drawing---cute, right? Sophie always comes up with great block ideas.
More soon, I hope!

One finished mystery quilt block, with sashing

I was fortunate enough to be away from NYC in Costa Rica for a week (my 85-year-old mom, pictured below, sponsored the trip and invited me and my siblings and our families) so I am late in posting but here's a block with the sashing around it with the corner post blocks. I'm a little sorry I don't have better contrast between my yellows and the neutrals (I changed around the colors Bonnie suggested) but aside from that I like it pretty well. And I thoroughly enjoyed participating, and linking up with quilters from around the world!
I am already looking forward to next year's mystery.....

My favorite Christmas gift so far...

is a lovely pair of pot holders made for me by my friend and fellow-quilter Robyn Bellamy. She's really talented and always works with great fabrics, and I think she was going to start an Etsy site. If I can get the link I'll list it for you so you can see more of her work.

Week 4 of Bonnie's mystery

I'm afraid this photo doesn't do it justice but I wanted to get something up so I could link up!

Grand Illusion Mystery: Week 3

Was anyone else as relieved as I was not to have to work with tiny triangles this week???? Please note, I'm not whining, I'm just really happy to be able to sew some simple squares together for a change. I'm having lots of fun working on this mystery, and love looking at everyone's progress on Bonnie's blog.
If you want to check out some of the others' work, please click here

Week 2 of the Grand Mystery

I managed to get a bunch of the pieces cut and a few of them sewn together this weekend. I used the 3rd method Bonnie suggested, with the bonus half-square units, thinking it would be fun to have the extras for some future project. Here's a representative sample so far:

Can't wait to link up and see what everyone's been doing! If you want to see their progress, click this link

Ginny

Week 1---Bonnie Hunter's Grand Illusion Mystery!

Woo Hoo! It's finally time for this year's mystery!
Here's a photo of a bit of my progress so far on the first week's clue. I've changed the colors a bit from Bonnie's suggestions, just for the fun of it. My main color is orange, instead of yellow, just because when I went to the quilt store to scout for fabrics that day it was the orange I fell in love with.
Greetings to all fellow mystery quilters! I know we're going to have a fun journey together.
Best wishes,
Ginny in Brooklyn