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I love my new sofa pillows. For lots of reasons: Hexies, hand quilting, Christmas fabric, creamy background....but most of all because they were pieced by my friend Sharon Brandli.
One of the pillow tops was already quilted with chunky stitches so I finished the other two likewise. My stitches aren't as perfect as Sharon's but I love the surface texture on each one.
Sharon's hand-piecing took many hours of tiny stitching to put the hexagon together. Some of the papers were still intact and had to be removed but the tops were all finished when I brought them home with me from her sewing room. A few yards of Osnaburg backing was all it took to turn them into pillows.
These lovelies will be a very special reminder of her generous spirit in my holiday decor. I'm humbled to give them a good home.
Merry Christmas to all of my blogging friends near and far.
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Just don't get a tummy ache from eating too much candy!!)
Hexagon fever has hit the last couple of days! Really wanting to finish up a WIP, I hauled out my Old Red Barn Co. Quilt-Along project from a while back. The colors are fallish, I think, so it's a great quilt to be working on with all the color going on outside my window!
I'm wondering if I might want some sort of border on this lap size quilt. There are several pieces of the Hope Valley fabrics left, so that would certainly be doable.
Putting this quilt together is a little different than most quilts that I make. Each hexagon is put together one half at a time and then the rows will be sewn together so that the hexagons are completed. I like the way the hexes are off set with this setting.
Julie, from Jaybird Quilts, was the brains behind the various hexagon designs. She did a wonderful job of leading the quilt along. I have no excuse for being so late in getting it done...I hope to have a finish to show you soon!
Next up.......cutting into the Anna Maria Horner fabrics using the Serendipity pattern by Jennifer, from That girl....That quilt. Hattie is getting impatient!!
I've officially jumped on board the Hexagon Bandwagon! See! I'm using spots, checks and stripes from my stash. This is going to be my "car" project (one of them) during our Colorado vacation. To make the lap sized quilt I'm envisioning, I need to make 540 of these critters and then sew them together. Can I do it?
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.....O wait. That's a train, not a band wagon. What is a bandwagon, anyway?
I've also been busy quilting the Cross Quilt. Remember that quilt? I have a deadline as I want to give it to my daughter and her husband as a 5 year anniversary gift. I'm doing something different with the quilting....I call it "organic" quilting. Just straightish lines with little blips once in a while. I'm excited to see how it turns out...hope they like it!
Here are the blocks that I received over the last few weeks for one of my Virtual Bees called 3X6 Sampler Block Party. My colors are green and turquoise. The participants could send me any block of their choice in my colors. I'll be adding these to the 6 that I received for the first quarter. The 3rd Quarter of this exchange is just getting started and I'm again using the same color range in hopes of putting all the blocks together into one quilt.
Meanwhile, Marble's Mole Catching Training continues. And, I've also been nominated for the Best Grandmother of the Year award! (hee, hee!)
I'm wondering if I might want some sort of border on this lap size quilt. There are several pieces of the Hope Valley fabrics left, so that would certainly be doable.
Putting this quilt together is a little different than most quilts that I make. Each hexagon is put together one half at a time and then the rows will be sewn together so that the hexagons are completed. I like the way the hexes are off set with this setting.
Julie, from Jaybird Quilts, was the brains behind the various hexagon designs. She did a wonderful job of leading the quilt along. I have no excuse for being so late in getting it done...I hope to have a finish to show you soon!
