Hexagon Help

As I have finished ALL my current night time stitching projects

I pulled out my hexagons last night, now I have an issue

looming with them.

Setting them out

do I just stitch them together like this

or like this

or like this

Issues I tell you please help me decide which way

today I have a HUGE pile of plain hexagons to baste

so I can start stitching the flowers together over the weekend

and I have 2 OPAM finishes this month

'The Quilting Gathering'

I love the backing fabric

and 'Scrap Squares Doll Quilt'

made completely from my stash :)

13 Down & Photos of a finish

110 to go

yep 110 hexagons left to stitch and applique the

centres on for my Kaleidscope Hexagon quilt

the 13 that I have finished

the box beside the couch with 20 waiting to have their

centres stitch on

and a close up of the ones that are finished

and what the final result should look like, but I prefer straight edges so

I am thinking I will make a few half hexies so it will be square-ish

It's very overcast and a bit chilly today so this is where

you will find Henrycat if you come looking for him.

This is his quilt, he will only sit sleep on the couch if this

is pulled off the back for him, last night we had to pull ot down

so he would eat his ice cream.

We don't think we are going to get the 40-80mm of rain today they are predicting

the 'big' rains are further north, Bega the lucky town with Big W (45mins away) is on flood watch

but we are in for some biggish rain over the next 5 days.

Perfect sewing weather really.

I was just emailing Kris with my OPAM finishes for Jan/Feb when I realised

I hadn't put up any photos of Mums chemo quilt all finished

a close up of the quilting

and the backing, I LOVE the backing fabric



Ta Da

In My garden all ready for quilting after

my trip home, I still have the string to stitch on the

tomato trusses, a goose beak and 3 little squares

thats is tonights job as I don't have any other

stitching ready to do of an evening

and mums chemo quilt, we are going to

Merimbula in the morning to get some backing fabric, binding

and wadding

I didn't have quite enough of the border fabric so I had to improvise

I think it looks ok though.

Flights are booked, and I still have enough left on my

Christmas voucher for another trip home in a couple of months

Roll on Monday 7:30am when I start my trip home

will have a couple of big finishes for OPAM when I get home

yippee

First finish for 2012

I have been storing crates, boxes of fabric,

boxes of stuff, my empty sewing machine box

and other 'stuff' under the quilty beasts table

I see that stuff everyday, and everyday it

drives me crazy.

So today at lunch I decided that today was the

day to make the quilty beast table a skirt.

So I dug through my most likely never to be used fabric

and found a range that I thought would work as I

had enough to do my thing with

2 hours of sewing,

14 cup hooks,

5 metres of curtain wire stuff

7 metres of fabric and

ta da

the quilty beast has a skirt

and I love the change it has made to my sewing room

and Henrycat has a new hiding place to chase

his lizards into lol

I have left the back open as its against the wall unless the beast

is in use

Two of the girlies and I went to Tura Beach today to collect

a Sunbeam Reversagrill. I can't wait to use it

It can be used with the grill plate

or with the flat plate

I am planning on using the grill plate more than the

flat plate.

I have started stitching again at night.

I am onto the final block of In My Garden,

I have 2 and bit little blocks to go

then

2 big blocks to sew together.

Then it will be all sewn together, borders added

and quilted.

I can't wait to get it done and hanging up somewhere.

School goes back on Monday yippee, the kids can't wait and

if I am honest neither can I, its been a l-o-n-g 6 weeks.

Have a great weekend, happy stitching if you get a chance.

I have a housework date tomorrow, then we have some of dh's

family arriving, we haven't seen them since our wedding and they haven't met our girls

so it should be a fun day.

Sunday we are planing on going for a hike up Mt Imlay if the weather

is fine otherwise it will be a day in my sewing room for me.