Hexie Friday....

One more post to show off the progress of my hexie quilt.  
It is definitely taking shape now and from here on I'll be concentrating on making more 'blocks' of the many different colored fabrics that I have cut.  
It may be awhile before I post another update.

On the machine side of my quilting this week I've been sewing together the last 20 blocks for my Easy Street.  One more block to make and then I can start sewing the rows.  I'm hoping I can at least get the top finished before her next mystery starts.   That's probably wishful thinking since I've decided I want to put a pieced border on it instead of a plain one.  But it's worth a try.

So today I'm linking to A Quilting Reader's Garden Hexie Friday.

I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

Hexie Friday....

I've been working on my hexie project a little bit this week.  I want to see how the first section will look after I have some of the cream hexie's surrounding the blocks.
This will be the left corner.
Then I want to try to get some of the borders on.  I've decided to match the first colored border to the center hexie of each 'star' but I just haven't made a decision on the color yet so that will have to wait.
That's why I still have a hole.  ;o)

(edit: Nov 12)  I'm going to link this post to a new linky party that I just found.  So if you love hexies like I do follow me over to Splish Splash Stash "In Hand EPP link party".
I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

Hexie Update.....

I haven't worked much on my hexies lately trying to finish other projects.  But I do have two more 'blocks' to show.

  Goodness!!  I really need to clean off the strings on my design wall.  lol  Please act like you don't see them.  ;o)

   

I hope you're having a great day.
 Glad you stopped by.....Linda

Slow Sunday....

This last week was one crazy ride.  And I mean that literally!
Ride: as in riding in a car to go to a Dr appt.
From Tuesday through Friday one of us had an appt to keep.  So we were traveling South one day and then North the next.... then wash and repeat.
I think I'm beginning to really dislike the inside of our car!!

Sooooo to help me unwind I've spent yesterday and today basting hexies.  I want to get a good supply ready so I will be able to make each 'block' different.

I've cut more greens and browns but I still need to pull blues and dark reds and perhaps a few dark purples.  Looks like I'll be scrounging in my scrap drawers.   Here are all the basted hexies so far.

 And I did get one more block stitched together.   It looks very bright and loud when it's displayed with the others .... so I may not use it in this project.  I'll see.

Here they are all lined up.  See what I mean?  Yeah!  It's bright all right!  

I'm going to link to A Quilting Reader's Garden 

and since I haven't shared my hand stitching lately I'll link over on Kathy's Slow Stitching Sunday.

I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

Hexie Friday update

I've managed to get a couple of triangles sewn together this week and another one almost finished.

And I also finished the last item that I'll donate for our Guild Auction to be held the first of August October.  I'm rather amazed that I'm ahead of schedule.
Here's the Halloween set:

Today I'll be cutting out the pieces for one more Christmas snuggle quilt.  

And I'm a day late but I'm still going to link over on Quilting Readers Garden for Hexie Friday.  

I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

Hexie update:

Well.... I have changed my mind again.  Of Course!!  Don't I always?
Now about what I posted last week.... about making a tumbling block pattern.
I don't think so.
I'm going to follow the layout as shown here.
And yes!!  I may just change my mind again along the way.  ;-)

This week I've been focusing on getting ahead with my basting.  
I've also started to pull more fabrics so I'll have a greater assortment.

And I do have one more triangle sewn.



I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

Hexie Friday....

Just a quick post to show how I think I'll be setting the center of the Bordering Of Insanity quilt.
This is the quilt center that inspired me and I really planned to stick to this design.  At first I saw six pointed stars that merged into each other and I liked that.  But the more I looked at it the more I saw tumbling blocks.
Sooooo I decided (in order to make this mine) I'm going to highlight the tumbling blocks and do away with the white outline around every triangle.  I'll outline each block with assorted creams.

Here's a sample of the block I'll be working on.  These aren't sewn together because I won't be using these in one block.   I'm planning to not have any of the three triangles have the same colors.

So that's my plan.  At least for now.... subject to change.  ;-)

And .... I'm working on another triangle.

I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

Hexie Friday.....

What a day!  Spent it driving to a Dr for some repeat tests (which turned out very well .... even tho it was a very long two hours).  Off we went to eat lunch and then headed home.  It's been a long day.

And now that it's Hexie Friday I thought I'd show you what I have accomplished this week.  Not much.... but I did get a good start on my second triangle and a few more hexies basted.

Let's head on over to A Quilting Reader's Garden and see what some of the other Hexie sewing gals have done.  

I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

Hexagon Friday...

After my little set back last week I have managed to redo a lot of the
de-constructed hexies and I have completed my very first triangle block.  WooHoo!

Looks mighty fine when all the hexies are the same size!!  

hahaha

(this measures 14" long x 8¾" wide)

I have made a final decision on the exact pattern I will be working on while I baste these gazillion hexies.  I have a Pinterest board for Hexies and I've been gathering inspiration pins for awhile now.  I fell in love with a quilt called 'Insanity'.  And I also really like this one (no name).  But I realized I don't have enough decades left to make them both sooooo I've decided I will merge them together to make my own design.  I really like the borders on the Insanity but I love the center of the other quilt.  

So that is my goal .... two....two .... two quilts in one!   

And as I go along I'm sure I'll think of a name.  Right now I'm a blank.  Any suggestions??

  I'll be linking over on A Quilting Reader's Garden.   And also links over to BillieBee's

If you love hexies .... come along and join us.   

I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

Hexie Update...

I'm still pondering how I'm going to quilt & finish my first hexie runner.  But while I'm doing that I figured I better get another project going.  What to do?  What to do?
I had a fall colored Jelly Roll on the shelf that I think will do nicely and several Fall Fat Quarters I can pull since that's the color scheme I know I want to work with.   I cut the strips into 2½" squares and I've slowly been basting as I find the time.  See how pretty they are....  And I haven't even used every color yet.

And since it's Friday I was am going to link this post to A Quilting Reader's Garden where she has a Hexie Linky party.  But I just tried to link and it seems she hasn't put her post up yet.  So I'll just wait until I see that she does. 

 I know life can get in the way sometimes and time can get away from you.  

 I now see that she has her Linky post up now so I'm heading over to share with her and the other hexie lovers.     

Come and join us....
I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda