rsc hexies

creatively speaking this week, some brown scraps, some handwork, some Halloween finishes from Not Afraid of Color

Happy to report two finishes this week!

Above is a close up of the smaller Halloween scrap quilt. I did machine binding of a batik, adding a zig zag with gold rayon thread. I quilted it best I could with my teeny little machine, and mostly the walking foot.

I took most of this out of the other one that got finished.... the busiest bits.... and it's the size of a big placemat. I think I'll either use it for my lap when eating in front of the TV, or as a cover for my bedsize table.

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creatively speaking.... watching paint dry and sewing fabrics together by hand (and by machine) from Not Afraid of Color

This week I spent more time in studio sewing, but also painted again. Above is my finished hexie spiral block in aqua/turquoise/teal

the color this month at rainbow scrap challenge is Aqua and my scraps hold blue green colors but not a lot of aqua itself. I picked the best of the bunch and love this block. Here are all the blocks done so far

they will not be laid out like this at the end but they are so pretty!

Blue-green plays well with everybody!!

so you can see some individual fabric choices...

I sewed these components ...

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creatively speaking, so many decisions, purple focus, a lovely gift, seeking focus from Not Afraid of Color

it's time for this week's creativity round up.... things I worked on rather than finishes this time

I take the RSC challenge to focus on a color each month, to heart. I not only pull out the purple scrap bin, but think about the shades and tints of a color, it's relationship to other colors.

I did finish this month's hexie block in purple. It's so satisfying to finish the block press it and see it all together. It starts with choosing the shades and fabric patterns, which ones to put next to the others ...

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creatively this week.... drawing, learning, progressing on my spring/summer green quilt from Not Afraid of Color

2.5" squares cut to baste to EPP hexies

I have a few things to share but it's been like walking through mud this week....

The color of the month on rainbow scrap challenge is orange. I do like orange and it's energizing. I cut colors to make this month's spiral hexies, and will baste them this weekend I hope.

the orange bits and scraps ready to use

I hand sew at night in front of the TV but in the studio I'm trying to finish the green spring leaves top, and find myself having trouble ...

added by LA Paylor 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under painting , rsc hexies

creatively speaking.... this week, two portrait drawings, and several sewing projects from Not Afraid of Color

I love a hexie shape, and doing EPP hexies. I saw a spiral set hexie block online (can't find it now) that intrigued me for rainbow scrap challenge. This one is all together, so I'll catch up with the colors from last few months, and then figure out how to put them in one quilt top. (of course it's done by hand)

For this week, I have two pencil line drawings to share, and two other sewing projects in progress

First the sewing projects...

after looking at the red improv piece on the design wall this week ...

added by LA Paylor 7 months ago. under drawing , rsc hexies

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First the sewing projects...