Kathy, thank you for being the “kick in the pants” to get me back on the blog again. I did indeed finally finish The Splendid Sampler quilt and yes, that finger that was sewn through was a huge factor in why it’s taken me so long. That hurt. It still hurts. Anything that involves using…
Category: Hexies
En Provence semaine deux
I had a vacation day scheduled for yesterday so I got a few things done around the house but mostly got some sewing done. The second clue for the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt was released; it’s one set of blocks per week and most years she has about 6-8 weeks. This week called for 100…
Block 50 – Flights of Fancy
Halfway done! I was afraid we might celebrate with the hardest block yet, but that paper pieced dress still holds that distinction. I pieced this one per the directions to see if I’m at better now with those 1″ pieces than I was when I started. The jury is still out. The first thing I…
Block 41 – Sew South
Cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater. Well, kind of. I glue basted a bunch of hexies a few months ago and decided to make a Patchwork of the Crosses quilt instead. I can’t explain why, but the regular hexagons just don’t have that “wow” factor to me. I knew I wasn’t probably ever going to do anything…
Block 36 – Inchy Hexagon Club
I hope this post finds you well! I’ve been offline for the past few days. It started off with a medical emergency for a family member – but if there’s a bright spot in that story, it’s that I had time to take my bag of stuff to work on patchwork of the crosses while…
Bloom quilt top finished!
I didn’t spend an inordinate amount of time working on the sashes for the outer edges; Lori Holt had posted that she was going to show a copy of her finished quilt so that gave me the heads up that I shouldn’t expect detailed instructions on “use this fabric on row 1, block 1”. So…
TX quilt shows
I came across this today for any Texans (or anyone who’s up for a road trip) who are interested in upcoming quilt shows across the state the rest of this year – http://www.quiltersresources.net/quiltshows_tx.html . I also finished cutting out the other pieces for a POTC block. I bought a fat quarter of another fabric that has this…
Block 14 – Flying High
Many thanks go out to Janet Clare for a timely block for Thursday’s Splendid Sampler, as I will be flying out of state this morning for a long weekend. I didn’t want to stretch the fabric since it’s so tiny, so I glue basted the little birds on before I finished it. The son and his friend were asking last…
Easy hexies
I came up with a (in my mind – haha!) brilliant idea for Sulky to make. Wash away stabilizers that are pre-cut in various sizes of hexies. Picture this… You would be able to buy a package of their stabilizer that washes out, but the key thing is that the iron on stabilizer would be a page…