You can read a blog post here about this piece.
It's growing slowly but as you can see I have piles of patchwork pieces ready to add to it.
My favourite process here is making the actual 'grandmothers flower garden' pieces.
It's meditative. It's relaxing and I do have a love of the repetitive.
We hosted a baby shower for our Pastor's wife here at the house on Saturday. It was a glorious occasion, well-attended and the Mom-to-be was showered indeed! Their little one will be warm, cozy and well dressed for the foreseeable future!Naturally, I was especially touched to see her receive three handmade quilts! A beautiful string quilt that is meant to serve as a play mat for tummy-time and
read moreWe hosted a baby shower for our Pastor's wife here at the house on Saturday. It was a glorious occasion, well-attended and the Mom-to-be was showered indeed! Their little one will be warm, cozy and well dressed for the foreseeable future!Naturally, I was especially touched to see her receive three handmade quilts! A beautiful string quilt that is meant to serve as a play mat for tummy-time and
read moreIt has been a busy month for hubby with appointments, etc. Still, a bit of work did get accomplished.
Meet Section B of my hexie quilt. Can't believe that all these hexies will be assembled into a section! These will be put on hold for a while and will be worked on later while sitting in our new gazebo and also for cottage trips.
We've been having snow and rain lately. This coming week the temps are supposed to remain above zero .... so perhaps we will finally move into spring?! The snow we had overnight has melted on our driveway and the sun is shining today.
March was a productive month for me but not much for showing.
My hexie project has moved on quite well. The blue border in section B has now been fully sewn together. Yeah!
Here is the start of the next section on my Hexie quilt. The blue borders will go on first and then as hexies become complete, they will get pinned in the center and probably moved around and around many times until I’m satisfied.
Oh yes, I'm so looking forward to spring. We are supposed to get some more snow for the next couple of days. There is still about 2' of snow in our backyard and more where the sun doesn't shine. But, enough about that.
My hexie project is moving along. Since this photo was taken, all the fabrics for the next three sections have been cut and placed in their separate baggies. My plan is to have the same fabrics in each section. As each fabric was found and cut out, a blank hexie was pinned to the fabric ...
read moreWell, I didn't get the memo and forgot to change the clocks before heading to bed. Luckily my ipad is programmed to change and it did and when my alarm went off at 8:30 a.m., I thought it was 7:30 a.m. because that is what my beside clock said. Nope. No problem, I can have a nap later to make up for the lost hour.
Yesterday afternoon, I went to my niece's hockey game. The calibre of play was incredible for under 11 yr. old girls. They lost their game but improved for their ...
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I'm going here tomorrow for 10 days.
This little sewing kit should keep me going for a few evenings whilst I am relaxing on the balcony.
Hexagons of Liberty fabric and paper templates for Grandmothers flower garden motifs, all gathered and placed in a hand made pocket.
Meanwhile, if you get bored, there are lots of videos on this link.
And also on my YouTube channel.
I’ve had a great week ….. got to work on my hexies. I could just work constantly on this project and not do anything else, but I have a few goals to try to achieve this month.
This is 1/4 of the top.
read moreMr. Ridley is quite comfy to stay indoors these days. It is -17C this morning ...
Since I’m drowning in scraps ….. what is a gal to do …… but start a new Hexie quilt. I needed a project to keep my hands moving and this is perfect.
There will be a blue border all around and all other colours inside. I’m still designing as I go along and the inside could change.
I’ve started another project. I do have a lot of projects in the works, but since this is a Christmas project I didn’t think it would count, right? I couldn’t resist this one since it has hexagons (my favorite thing to stitch) and embroidery. I basted the hexagons first.
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This is called Merry Mistletoe by Lilabelle Lane Creations. This is what the finished project will look like. It finishes at 15” X 16” so it should be pretty quick to finish. Those are famous last words.
Since I love sewing hexagons, I went ahead and ...
read moreI’ve started another project. I do have a lot of projects in the works, but since this is a Christmas project I didn’t think it would count, right? I couldn’t resist this one since it has hexagons (my favorite thing to stitch) and embroidery. I basted the hexagons first.
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This is called Merry Mistletoe by Lilabelle Lane Creations. This is what the finished project will look like. It finishes at 15” X 16” so it should be pretty quick to finish. Those are famous last words.
Since I love sewing hexagons, I went ahead and ...
read morePatchwork, hexagons, stash. All relevant here.In this post I was stitching hexagons, building a stash.Those pieces will be used in artist books or as surface embellishments on embroidered pieces. Today it's another use for patchwork, specifically hexagons.Page keepers for artist books, closing sleeves for artist books.The first image below shows an unfinished page keep alongside
New fabric, or an opportunity to stitch more hexagons and grandmothers flower garden patchwork!I speak a lot about 'stash building'.These pieces will be kept safely with my other patchwork pieces my 'stash' and used in artist books or as surface embellishments on embroidered works.
Thank you for stopping by! I hope you’ve had a wonderful week. My son-in-law surprised us Saturday morning with a big, delicious breakfast—eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, green chile with meat, fresh fruit salad, and coffee. Yum! We spent the morning listening to the grandbabies share about their lives, and my eldest grandson even gave a presentation on the three-castle kingdom he created in Minecraft. It was wonderful.
Faith...broken faith...faltering faith. Here, I will ...
I had a wonderful time last week at the Jane Stickle Quilt Retreat in Shipshewana, Indiana. The town is a fun place to visit, and it's always nice to catch up with friends that I haven't seen in awhile. Our group came together over 25 years ago because we were all making the Dear Jane quilt. I started attending the retreat in 2001. I've missed a few retreats, but for the most part I've been there.
Here are some photos from around town:
I had a wonderful time last week at the Jane Stickle Quilt Retreat in Shipshewana, Indiana. The town is a fun place to visit, and it's always nice to catch up with friends that I haven't seen in awhile. Our group came together over 25 years ago because we were all making the Dear Jane quilt. I started attending the retreat in 2001. I've missed a few retreats, but for the most part I've been there.
Here are some photos from around town:
