Mystery Revealed

Here is the paper pieced top of Paper Panache's Nativity Advent Quilt.

25 blocks, at least 2.5 hrs each = 62.5+ hours invested to date. Call me crazy.  22" by 34"

In my opinion, there are two publisher errors in the pattern. With something this complicated, the only errors should be mine.

He's a superb cook!

I'm braggin' on #1 son and his girlfriend. We ate delicious gumbo (Paula Dean's Seafood Gumbo) and roasted broccoli, followed by koeksisters! Koeksisters are a South African confection, a kind of a braided doughnut steeped in syrup. Difficult to get just right and time consuming to make. They were delicious! I am thoroughly impressed.

When I was living in the dorm at my university in South Africa, we were instructed not to "koeksister", which meant we should not entwine ourselves with, but keep a respectful distance from any amorous young man! I wonder if they still instruct the young ladies about that.

Mystery update: 24 done, one to go. Picture to follow.