Barnyarns "Mystery Box"

Last month I received an email from Barnyarns stating that their mystery box was “back and better than ever”. Always on the look out for a bargain, I ordered one and was keen to see what it would include.

My expectations were somewhat managed when the box arrived as by its size I could tell there would be no cutting mat, wadding or thread boxes inside. (To be fair, it is clearly stated that the image is for illustration purposes only.)

The box contained a variety of items covering a range of crafts, some of which will be useful but many of the items duplicate what I already have.

Cutting mat not part of mystery box

I think previous mystery boxes may have had specific themes (perhaps quilting, dressmaking, embroidery) and these may have been a better option for me than a general box such as this.

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Tiny nine patch progress

Good progress has been made on my Tiny Nine Patch Challenge quilt this month. It has gone from this:

To this:

The tiny nine patches have been replaced by making tiny Seminole style strips for the borders.

Who knows, maybe next month there will be a complete quilt top to show.

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The tiny nine patch project continues

In several of last year’s posts, I mentioned the blocks I was making for the Tiny Nine Patch Challenge. These blocks are tiny - each block is 1.5” finished size (UK 5p and 1 cent Euro coin for scale!).

The original timescale of the challenge was to get the quilt top completed in a year, but I only managed to get as far as making all the tiny nine patches (~550) I need and cutting over 400 setting squares. Good progress has been made this month and all the tiny nine patches have been assembled into larger nine patches. This means that I am now ready to start stitching the rows of the quilt together and working out what size edge triangles to cut for the on point layout.

However, I’ve taken a brief break from tiny nine patches to gather some supplies from my stash for some pattern testing. I pattern tested for this person back in 2013 and I'm looking forward to trying her latest pattern.

 I’ll update you on the project and show the finished item once the pattern is available. 

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