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 wip

Added a few of these patriotic 6" paper pieced stars this week. I have used my EQ6 for the foundations. I think it is more than a year ago since I pieced the first ones. So it is a slow wip. I love star blocks and this is a way to make some of them myself. 6" blocks are quite small, maybe 9" or even 12" would be a better choice?

a little signature block

One of the nice ladies in my guild is going to move, to Houston, Texas. We are having a little farewell breakfast and giving her a signed block each for her to make a little quilt from. Her name is Monica B. She ia a very talented and experienced quilter, who have moved around with her DH and sons for years and years. So I got this little challenge on saturday: colors are moss and vanilla, size 6", and signature embroided onto the block.

Hmmm, Friendship Star? Album blokcs? Last night, after going to bed I got an idea, and here it is (still without my signature)

The letter M, for her and my name. The slightly crocked "Flying Geese", suggesting a move, and a freequent flyer....

Happy with how the block turned out. This is my first attempt at an Album block. It is designed using EQ6, and paper foundation pieced. The sweet Mars (we just found out she's a she, still like the name...) is happy to pose with it. (I need to make her a little catquilt one of these days)

I hope Monica B likes it, she is such a sweet person, sad thing she is moving...