more hex love

Making some more of the 1" Heather Ross hexagons. Enjoying and playing with the fun prints.

Not sure how this will end up, yet...

And then some bigger hexagons: 2" this time. I used my charm pack of "1974" by Urban Chicks, and added some more from "Hello Betty" by Cloe's Closet. The 5" charms go well with these 2" paper foundations. Happy to find a good use for some of my charm packs!

Right now I am hand-quilting, using the narrow tape as guidelines for the stitches. This will be a small table-topper.

They are a bit addictive, these hexagons. I found a very good post with lots of resources an tips on how to do hexagons at The Sometimes Crafter's blog. It is well wort a visit!

Have fun sewing...

we're ready

Trick or treat ???

Well, lucky me - I got the treat!!!

Lisa from Upstatelisa had a 3ooth post giveaway. I have admired her wonky houses for a long time. Can you believe it? I won, and received this little beauty, today , on Halloween. How about that for a treat?

Wish you all luck tonight, and hope you all have some scary guest coming. I think we're ready...

hex love

Love Lightening bugs and other mysteries by Heather Ross ...

Love paper piecing ...

Love hexagons ...

Love orange ...
Love a little and portable project ...

Love the difference in texture; the poplin, the flannel and the cotton/ linen blend ...

But do i love EQ6 ?

No, no, no - it's a struggle for me!

I managed to make this layout - believe me finding the hexagon layout was not easy.

I did not manage to print the hexagons on paper to cut into templates, and to be honest, that is quite a frustration...

Anybody out there who would have succeded printing hexagon templates (more than one) from EQ6?

Maybe its me, maybe I'm hexed...

a start

This is a section of what is up on my "design wall" (batting) today.

Attending Kaffe Fassett's lecture Concentrate on Color, a month ago, I had the pleasure of both seeing and touching this very pretty Diagonal Madness Quilt:

I just fell in love right there...

When I received his book Country Garden Quilts, a week later, I stumbled across the design again. What can a girl do?

After digging through my stash, doing some additional fabric shopping, washing and cutting the fabric, I was ready to trow myself into the madness...

Love the craziness and colors. So far, so good....

Have a great weekend!

a finish

An old ufo (unfinished object) has been transformed into a little quilt: sweet pastel 36" * 45". It has wool batting (a first for me) and is hand-quilted. I have played around with several layouts of these blocks, but ended up with this checkerboard...

Lovely Kaffe Fassett prints and shot cottons.

One down, shrinking list of ufo's.

What's next?

Blogger quilt festival - autumn 2009

Hello ...
Come on ...
Step a bit closer ...

Have a seat, will you? It's time for a bit of show and tell:

I want to show you my cats in the garden quilt. It is made of thrifted cotton shirts and linen trousers, vintage kimono silk, homespuns, a bit of velvet, and some japanese fabric from my stash.

The quilt measures about 70" * 82" , is hand stitched over 6" batting squares (a bit like english paper-piecing, my technique), and hand-quilted using a sheet for backing and binding (folded to the front). I started working on this in april 2008, and finished the quilt the summer of 2009.

If you want to read more about this quilt, I have posted about it earlier.

It is now up on the wall in our living room, hanging on little clips in an old fashion curtain slider fashion. This way it is easy to replace and switch the quilts by season. Not all quilts are made for beds. Not in my house, that is...

Thank you Spirith Cloth for inspiration on using different kinds of fabric, and also for your wonderful cats in cloth!

Also, thank you Amy, for hosting this wonderful quilt show, no traveling cost, no entrance fee, just take your time and travel the list as much as you like!

finished tops

Two finished tops: added white sashing to the Scrappy Christmas Swap and decided to go with the blue fabric for the inner border on my Bonnie's Stars.

Thank you all for your votes on this last one. I still like both options, but made my decision to go for the blue.

October is a bit wet and windy this weekend. Nice weather for inside projects... Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

; )