My Sitka Bay or Bonnie Hunter's Orca Bay

I now have all the parts for my Sitka Bay quilt.  I tried 4 different layouts and my DH and I liked this version best.  We did an Alaskan cruise in 2008 for our 20th anniversary.  When we stopped in Sitka we did a whale watching excursion so that is why my vresion is named Sitka Bay.  It was rainy and cold that day, but it was the BEST time.  We were out about 45 minutes and then suddenly we were surrounded by whales.  The boat captain turned off the boat so we would not hit any whales.  We watched them jump out of the water for about 30 minutes before they left.  Did you know that whale tails are all different?  They are like our fingerprints.  We also got to see sea otters.  The momma's and their babies were in one area and the dad's off on their own in another.  The momma's would lay on their back and the babies would lay on momma's chest.  It was just so precious.

Thank you Bonnie Hunter for a wonderful mystery.  I will post another picture once this is quilted and bound.  If you want to see Bonnie's Orca Bay mystery go to her site here.

Sandy in TN

Bibs

I love to sew.  I have been sewing since I was 5.  My mom would make most of my clothes and it was just the natural progression of things.  I have been quilting since my oldest was born. That was 35 years ago.  I taught sewing at the Girls Club in Pasadena, California for 2 years when I was 16.  That was my first paying job. 

I have 11 grandchildren who range in age from 3-17.  So it is only fitting that I make baby bibs.  I have 4 cats and a dog.  I could only get 1 cat and the dog to be my model.

This is Dottie.  She is showing off the alligator bib.

Next up is Sadie in the the lady bug bib.  I think it really needed to be brighter.  The pattern called for buttons to be used for the eyes, but I was afraid that if they fell off a baby might choak on them, so I made the eyes out of felt.

I really like this strawberry.  I think this one was the most fun to make.

I forgot to get someone to model my bull bib.  Isn't he a cutie?

Sandy in TN

Orca Bay Update

This is my very first blog post and it is about Bonnie Hunter’s mystery quilt Orca Bay. I was not able to start in November so I started in December. I have almost all of my pieces done. All I am lacking are some of my red string blocks. There has been a lot of sewing and a lot of cut, cut, cutting. I just love how this has turned out so far. I cannot wait until I can sew all of this together. It will be over 4000 by the time I’m done. You can check out some other quilts over on Bonnie’s site here. It is amazing how changing the colors can have such a dramatic effect.

This was my first mystery quilt with Bonnie and I am so glad that I did it. I have been following her for about a year and a half. I have made a few of her quilts that I will be posting pictures of every now and then. Thank you Bonnie for the wonderful mystery quilt! I can’t wait to do it again this fall.

Sandy in TN