Well, I finally finished sewing together the hexies for the first of seven red blocks. My English Paper Piecing has been slow going this year, as with everything else it seems. I really like how this one looks, and know that it will nicely complement the quilt blocks I’ve already made when I add the… Continue reading Red!
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General sewing
Piecing round 3 of Unity
Part 3 involves a lot of small blocks, with a lot of small pieces. Because of other projects, I’ve put it aside for many months. But I have been itching to pull it back out, and I’ve decided to use it as a partial leader/ender project between sewing other blocks and pieces together. I like… Continue reading Piecing round 3 of Unity
Rail fence round
Over the last few weeks, I’ve slowly worked on piecing the rail fence round of the deconstructed disappearing pinwheel quilt. Over the weekend, I pieced the right and top sides Of the rail fence section to the middle. And today I took a vacation day and worked some more on it. I finished piecing the… Continue reading Rail fence round
Apron pockets, flying geese
On Saturday Amy Beth came over to begin working on our aprons. I pulled all of my white and off-white prints out for her to choose the ones she wanted to use for her flying geese. Once that was done, I began cutting the pieces for those and the background triangles. While she pinned her… Continue reading Apron pockets, flying geese
End of Summer wreath
I’ve had the pieces for this almost ready to put together for at least 6 months now. Last night I finally decided it was time to finish the applique sewing and put it all together. I have made 5 others so far, and would like to make one or two others to have a nice… Continue reading End of Summer wreath