Wednesday, June 2, 2010

flowers, finishes & books

My lovely flower garden has grown by 3 more flowers. I didn't think i'd get any made this week at all. To busy with other things but the other night i sat there & cut the hexies out & last night sewed the 3 up. I have been trying not to use the same fabrics in the flower apart from the white centre & so far have been successful.
The last 2 wallhangings have been finished. YAY. Now to drag out the next pile of UFO.s Heheh
Kindred Hearts by The Chook Shed. Lazy model didn't stand up for me. To busy playing World Of Warcraft.
Sewing notions. Pattern by Mum's Moment. Not sure what happened to the tea-dye fabric as it wasn't that dark when i did the embroidery. Just washed the wallhanging & the "dye" seemed to be darker.  Was not impressed as that hasn't happened to me before.
Found out about this author on a blog somewhere. Quilts & murder. Love to find new quilt novels. :)  They've only just arrived from the Book Depository & i've read only a few chapters. So far so good.
The 2nd book in the series.
Jeanette

21 comments:

Karen said...

Pretty, pretty flowers Jeanette! And, wonderful wallhangings. The books look like they could be interesting.

FlourishingPalms said...

Good on you for keeping on with your hexie flowers. They'll be so wonderful when they're all put together! And thanks for the book titles/author. I've made a note to look for them.

Gerda Hartman said...

Lovely flowers. Must look into these books. Never heard of them. Kind regards from the Netherlands.

Valentina said...

Oh, the books look like fun!
Jeanette, I love what you are doing with your hexi-flowers, I think it will turn out great!
:)

pauline said...

Love your flowers, the green one light up the others.

Saskia said...

I love your flowers. There pretty.
And I think I have to read books in English, because there aren't a lot of quilt books translated into Dutch

RaisinCookies said...

Lovely hexagon flowers! I'm getting inspired.

Anonymous said...

I LOVE your hexagon flowers...you choose very special coulours. great!
Tineke

Betsy said...

Beautiful.

Joan said...

Lovey new flowers - interesting colours. Books look interesting too.

Jossie said...

Lovely flowers. Glad your garden grew some this week.
Congatulations on your finishes. Must be a great feeling!
The book are appealing, shall have a look at Book Depository. I love detectives.

Joke said...

Lovely flowers and two beautiful wallhangings you made! The books look interesting to me; I love reading, but have never heard of these before (not of the writer either..).
Thanks for sharing.

Joke.

Marcia said...

Beauties! I too am using one color for the center. So many great flowers blooming all over blogland.

Cathi said...

Wonderful new flowers. Those books look interesting!

Sheila said...

Another great week for you Jeanette, love the flowers as well as the hangings , you amaze me friend.
hugs,
Sheila

JustCindy said...

I like your flowers, very pretty.

Julie said...

Lovely blog Jeanette, I'm having a wonderful time browsing.

Cardygirl said...

Your hexagons look great!

Narelle said...

More lovely flowers .. the green is so fresh.
I'm so pleased you managed to squeeze them in.
Sadly I have no flower to share this week but I did cut out more templates, baste some centres and also basted the petals ready for my next flower while sitting in the car waiting for DH in "men's" shops.

Marieke said...

Great AFFO's and beautiful flowers you've made!

Theresa said...

Lovely flowers again this week Jeanette and congratulations on your finishes. I'm intending to do some UFO work this week as well. Have taken a note of your new books too - I love a quilting story :)

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