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I will finish cutting all these hexagons this week for the four corners of the quilt but it is taking awhile – I feel for anyone that needs to do this with a pair of scissors and drawing templates on fabric – unless they really want to do it that way – the is – […]

Fabric was pressed and cutting was started.  I had so many neutral fat quarters set aside for Norkio’s Star, I had forgotten how much fabric was in the big project box for the quilt as I hadn’t cut any in awhile.  I need 1084 neutral pieces for the corners and about 208 black – I […]

Laying the quilt out on the carpet the other day to work on the hexies just didn’t work out well – it wasn’t pulled tight the rulers weren’t straight LOL – I started over again yesterday by having Mike help me get the dining room table pulled out the fullest it goes – we never […]

Very little sewing got done yesterday, I had an appointment in Little Rock late morning and that shot most of the day.  The rain was horrible driving there, could barely see the vehicle in front of us most of the way – that kind of rain!  At least it was barely raining on the way […]

First off yesterday I worked on the orange Georgetown block to get it finished – I forgot to press it before I put it up on the wall but that is ok they will all need to be pressed again anyhow – next time I get the iron out I will take care of some […]

For the next couple of days or three I will be busy with hand work.  I have the orange Georgetown block made into the circle and it is ready for the applique work now.  After this photo was taken I actually got started on it and maybe have a third of it done.  I was […]

I was busy yesterday trying to make progress for the lack of it over the weekend I guess and because I have several doctor appointments this week cutting some days short of sewing. First I worked on Georgetown and got the circle ready for the last step of applique to the big gray square – […]

Yesterday I didn’t do a lot, I spent more time relaxing with a book then any sewing.  I did get the last row of hexagons done and they are ready to add to the section soon. I got more quilting done on New York Beauty Saturday night and that is progressing well. And this section […]

New York Beauty is coming along pretty well with quilting every evening, the cross hatching was done on Friday evening And I was able to move back over to the middle – I just did a little on this block before I quit for the evening. I took the hexies and the Ipad out to […]

This round of orange for the Georgetown block didn’t go on easy – I had to fix a few seams and press and press to get it to lay flat – finally it went down – one more round to go – I knew I would frustrated if I continued with it.  Sometimes pinning and […]

Yesterday I didn’t work on the hexies but at the sewing machine instead and made progress on the orange Georgetown block – I got the center ready for applique and finished that part of it. I did start on the next ring but didn’t get that finished – I will continue on that ring next. […]

I’ve had a little progress on Georgetown – the June color of the month is orange and while that is not my favorite color by any means I’m not sure what the remaining colors will be and I have two more of the smaller circle stars to make and I don’t want the middle one […]

While still taking it easy and resting my back I was busy piecing hexies and made huge progress – amazing what can get done if I sit longer than 15 minutes a day LOL and indulge in tv during the day which I usually do not do – binge watching a series on Prime.  Linking […]

I was sitting part of the day with the heat wrap around my back watching a series on TV and  working on hexies – this section will get done faster than others have – something about being the last section of Noriko’s Star before the corners makes you move faster. Also the star point for […]

I laid the quilt top out over the quilting frame so I could get the layout right on the flannel board.  The board isn’t quilt wide enough so some get stacked up on the ends and I know to check it when I get to them.  I’m looking forward to getting this section done so […]

Yet another day of not working on Georgetown.  I was busy outside and sitting on the porch a lot reading before the hot sweaty days of summer arrive.  It was only 81 outside and dry air – you have to appreciate the low humidity days when you get them. I did get the rest of […]

I never did get around sewing yesterday on the machine but I did work on hexies and only have a few more left to baste before I get started on the final section for the big hexagon shape. Nice neat rows. The corners of the quilt will look something like this but in much lighter […]

I got back to work getting another star point ready for Georgetown On My Mind.  I thought I needed to get at least one more done before the color for June is announced and I will be busy getting another star circle made. This point is cut out and ready to sew today.  I think […]

Instead of sewing I started to clean out a drawer behind the door – I have a table slid in that area that has things stored on a shelf.  I need to think of something else to do with that storage area.  I have no room to use the table but I hadn’t wanted to […]

I hadn’t planned on sorting fabric yesterday.  It just happened.  I had mentioned in the past that I have shelves under the quilting frame and tables that came with some pretty cheap poorly constructed cube “boxes”.  If I had known how poorly the cubes were that came with it and that they totally were not […]