Sewing up a storm

 

I have been sewing up a storm the last few days.  I finished the needle book for my swap partner in the  Scrappy Swap over on Flickr hosted by Kat.

I had a really difficult time deciding on fabric for my partner.  I can’t really share what info I did have as that would give the game away.  I just hope she likes it

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Fabric used :

Sandy Klop American Jane Yellow Pez fabric from the Peas and Carrots line.

Robert Kaufman Fabric by Laurie Wisbrun, Tufted Tweets, red, Birds on a wire

Konna in charcoal

Miscellaneous orange fabric

I also signed up for a quilting bee on Flickr and I am in the hexie hive.  So our blocks obviously includes hexagons so I have been working on them too.

I just cant decide on how to add the hexagons, either together or apart.  What do you think? and my other question (if anyone is reading this) is, what do you think is the best way to attach them, I can hand sew them on but I am not brilliant at applique! or I could use my machine but how??????

 

Fabric used :

Sandy Klop American Jane Yellow Pez fabric from the Peas and Carrots line

 

Oh and did I mention I singed up for another small swap on Flickr tonight!!! Yes, I have an addiction!

Hexagons–Hexagogo–Union Jack Quilt

I recently bought this book Hexagogo written by Tacha Bruecehr and it arrived from Amazon in my mail box on Monday.  If like me your into hexagons at the moment, then this is a must buy.  I cannot recommend this book enough.  If you thought hexagons were a little bit old fashioned, then check this book out, I think you will be pleasantly surprised.  There are some absolutely stunning quilt projects in this book. 

 

My favourite has to be the Union Jack Quilt. So much so that I have stopped basting hexagons for my English Flower Garden Quilt and decided to concentrate on making the Union Jack quilt from the book instead.

I have made a start! But my oh my there are so many hexagons required for this project, 500+ springs to mind. It might take me a little while. I have done 50 so far.

The difficult thing is I need many different shades of red, white and blue and my stash is limited in these colours at the moment, I do have some scraps left over from my first quilt which was also red white and blue and I have been using them so far. If anyone wants to send me any scraps then please do get in touch, and you can become a part of this BIG quilt!!

And if doing this quilt isn't enough I have decided once that is complete I will be making the stars and stripes quilt too.  But you know how it is I will have other WIP going on at the same time!  Who knows how long it will take, but I am determined to get this quilt made.

Polka Pink Apron

 

Another apron to show you!  This time I added a contrasting polka dot pocket to the front of the apron.  I used the same white and grey polka dot fabric for the reverse, polka dots are such fun,and for the finishing touch some bright pink Jumbo ric rac.  I am loving the colour combination of pink and grey at the moment.

 

FRONTBACK

 

Just thought I would show you the progress I am making with the EPP Hexagon flowers. You can read more about my plans for them here

Hexagons

 

Recently  I was lucky enough to be the winner of a giveaway hosted by Brooke over at Sillly Mama Quilts Blog and won an assortment of fabric scraps.  Even before winning I had an idea in my head of  a project that I wanted to do and winning this giveaway was the excuse I needed to start on my project.

Way back when I was about 11 I had a go at some EPP (English Paper Piecing) but never got very far with it, I think I made a few flowers with some scrap shirt fabric but they never amounted to anything and I don’t know what happened to them.

I came across a blog called Moxy Ideas where you can download some PDFs of different sized hexagons.  I chose to go with hexagons that are 1.5 inches and printed them on cardstock so that I could reuse them  a few times. All that was left to do was to cut them out and start basting.

 

Last night while watching TV I sat and basted just a few, but it’s a start.  I see this as a long term project.  It will probably take me years to make something with them, as I have decided that I will only have 2 hexagons with the same fabric. So it will take a while for me as my fabric stash is not that big.  I don’t plan on a colour scheme so can use any colour fabrics.

This project is also the perfect thing to do on the go while travelling, watching the boy play football or when I am in situations where I am just hanging around with nothing to do.

 

So what fabrics do you see?  All the fabrics apart from the scroll purple fabric, are the fabrics that Brooke sent me. (thanks Brooke) .  My favourite is the fabric with the leaf pattern.