Weekly update: Frolic begins, two finishes, the stash report, and a new OMG

Edited to add this post to  Sarah's "Show Me Something" linkup here [Scroll down to see my triangle quilt.]

We had a very pleasant Thanksgiving dinner at our friends' house.  On the way home, about 6 p.m., we passed Wal-Mart and observed that the parking lot was full.   We stayed away from shopping malls and big box stores all weekend!

all the seams are spun open

No shopping gave me time for sewing.

The first clue for Frolic Frolic, the 2019 Quiltville mystery, was released early Friday morning.  I was ready!   [In deference to Bonnie's request, I am not stating the quantity or the size of the units.]



 Frolic is the 17th mystery.  I've made 13 of them. (It's easier to state the three I haven't made: Carolina Christmas, Christmas Lights, and Allietare.) 

 I went through the archive of Quiltville patterns. I "met" Bonnie on the Stashbusters group before she became a rock star. I have a notebook with printouts from her website -- the original Leaders and Enders post and her early designs (Starstruck, Scrappy Mountain Majesties, Pineapple Blossom,etc.). I've also saved the mystery quilt instructions. There's a binder with the Addicted to Scraps blocks from Quiltmaker (61 so far) and printouts of various projects she's blogged about.  I have all the books. 

I went from "it's a flimsy" on Wednesday to "it's a finish."   Once again I observed that a quilt with no deadline and no destination comes together with no fuss.

I pieced a rainbow strip into the binding on each side.

 The back is a nifty retro print that I got at a Joann's red tag sale. When I pulled it out my first thought was, "Oh, I can't cut this up!" My second thought was, "Go ahead and cut it! It's just right for this quilt." The second thought prevailed . . . and I have 2-1/2 yards left over.

From that easy finish to another one.  I knew just how I planned to quilt the black/bright HSTs that I pieced earlier in November -- with hanging diamonds. I used the walking foot to sew the vertical and diagonal lines.  I finished the quilting Saturday night (November) and the binding Sunday afternoon (December).

Hanging diamonds quilting

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Stash report, November:
Fabric in:  27-7/8, $128
Fabric out:  36-7//8

Year to date:
Fabric in:  528-1/2, $1541 (average $2.91/yd)
Fabric out: 488-1/2
Net gain:  40 yards
Maybe, if I sew a lot and buy very little, I can come out even for the year.

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My One Monthly Goal for December deals with the ALA Biblioquilters' projects for the auction at the 2020 Annual Conference.  (a) I will make four book blocks for a quilt that J.J. is coordinating. (b) I will write instructions for blocks for two quilts that I will coordinate.

Linking up with
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 Oh Scrap!
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P.S.   Rabbit, rabbit -- holiday style!