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.
These three 8″ x 8″ bears are great for incorporating into a child’s quilt, a table runner, or used as a repeat for a larger project. The three are all different patterns emphasizing the different head shapes that make these bears distinctive. They are meant to be pieced using the folded Freezer paper technique, but other methods work well too. The patterns are simple enough to be weekend.
The pattern comes as a PDF download for you to print, small enough to print on one sheet of paper. Click here for the $8.92 pattern. You can pay with ...
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Back with a slow update on this English Paper Piecing Grandmother’s flower garden quilt project. I am so happy to report an update since I didn’t touch the project at all in 2024! Can’t believe that the year simply passes without me touching this project at all, not even basting any of the hexagons. O well what’s passed is passed.
This project is on my list of projects I listed in my 2025 challenge plans HERE> I would love to continue the momentum with this quilt all the way in 2025. Hoping to make a significant ...
read moreToday, after a very long time, I clicked on a bookmark link on my web browser that’s been patiently waiting for me to give it some attention since early 2019.
That link, dear friends, was to you, here on my ever-faithful little sewing blog.
A few years have gone by with a few quilts made here and a few quilts made there. Some of them life-time favourites and others I can happily forget. (Although, I don’t think there are many of these!) Other projects have been started and then instantly dumped in the ‘I’ll finish this later ...
read moreNot much got done on this UFO ..... busy doing more chores for the winter here at home and at the cottage.
As you can see, just a few hexies were added to the left side of this section with the right hand side still to be done. This is a good take along project for this winter and I will work on it here and there.
This old UFO got pinned onto the design wall in hopes for some inspiration to suddenly come to light ..... and I figured out what to do.
Quilt Repair Tidbits. The next (somewhat) weekly installment of quilt repair tidbits and photos.
This week’s tidbit: A hand-me-down set of vintage/antique Mosaic/Grandmother’s Flower Garden blocks.
I’ll be teaching a virtual quilt care and repair workshop in winter 2024. One thing I’ll be talking about is learning how to tell the age of the fabrics in old quilts. These blocks have a secret key to their age.
All the info about the workshop is on my website. And you can email me to be added to the interest list for notification when registration opens ...
read moreIn the heart of my quilting haven, where threads and fabrics entwine to create stories stitched in color, a new patchwork adventure unfolds. Join me, in a new project that started in 2022, and is about to end. The marriage of english paper piecing and applique has always been a successfull one, and if you add some scrapiness than it is a match made in heaven!
At the heart of this project are the 6-point stars, each handcrafted using the English paper piecing technique and a favorite scrap fabric. As the stars are pieced together, they are applied onto a ...
read moreWell, it's that time of the year again. Halloween is still viewed as an American tradition in this part of the world, but more and more people are getting in to trick or treating each year.
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| My Spooky Darlings quilt won't be finished for this Halloween, but it is progressing well. |
I live on a street that is well known for Halloween because it's wide and straight and a safe place for kids to trick or treat. It's Spring in the southern hemisphere and it doesn't get dark here until after 8pm at the moment ...
read moreThat is what I'm calling this top! Hexie Delight! How delightful! LOL
My quilt for August was finished well before the month ended and here it is.
"Dilly Flowers"
Quilt Details:
Source: Designer Elise Baek from English Paper Piecing Society on Facebook. The applique section was found on Shutterstock and adapted to suit my look.
Started: February 2022
Top Finished: March 2023
Quilt Finished: August 2023
Quilt Size: 59-1/2" x 74-1/2" (top size before quilting, washing and drying: 61-3/4" x 78")
Batting: Hobbs 80/20 cotton poly batting
Machine quilted by: Kathy Wareham using "Lucky ...
read moreI'm so, so close to getting this UFO into a flimsy.
This is where it is at now ..... just the remaining left border to do!
Can you see me rubbing my hands with glee? Much, much progress has been made on this UFO! Part of the red hexie border has been sewn together and attached to the center.
Can you believe that Willyne Hammerstein has produced enough Millefiori Quilts to fill 5 different books now?
Yes, volume 5 of Millefiori Quilts has just been released by QuiltMania and I'm lucky enough to have my own copy here in front of me.
You might think, "How many different designs can you make out of hexagons, triangles, diamonds and squares?", but that's where Willyne has been thinking outside of the box and has started using irregular, non symmetrical shapes in these new quilts in Millefiori Quilts 5.
I've already bookmarked some favourites and I'm tossing up ...
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