One Flower Wednesday

I have a poor showing of hexies this week. I managed 4 before a migraine drove me to my bed. Just 2 1” hexies & 2 1/2” hexies.
I’d heard about the curve master foot & has i have difficulties with sewing curves on a machine purchased one. Haven’t tried it yet. :)

Last week Jenny mentioned on her blog about metallic embroidery threads & of a brand she liked. As i’ve been looking for a thread that doesn’t disintegrate as you embroider with it these sounded ideal. I purchased them here. I had the threads within a few days of ordering. I agree with Jenny about how nice the threads are.

I bought old gold which is black/gold, a gold & a silver.
Jeanette

Sewing Tote

Finally got myself into gear & finished this. The stitchery was completed ages ago. The rest partially cut out. This it the front of the sewing tote.

The back with foundation piecing.

The inside. As it’s for a friend i haven’t placed the threads on the reels. At the top is a needle holder, scissor pocket & pincushion. The middle has 2 pockets . A large one for your projects & the other is divided for things like pens & notepads. The pattern & reels/rod can be purchased from www.cathroncountrydesigns.com

Another finish for me.
Jeanette

Flowers & Finishes

Despite still being in pain i sat down Sunday & added all the bindings to the 4 things i quilted last week. I got 3 bindings sewn down & was working on the 4th but something bugged me about it. I re-read the pattern several times but still couldn’t figure it out. What to do? I have a similar table topper waiting to be basted together, got it out to work out the problem. Ahah light bulb moment. I really hate it when patterns aren’t clear on instructions. So off the binding has to come. Hence only 3 finishes to show so far. :)

Table topper from Bronwyn Hayes book “Tea With Friends”.
 I started this with a friend many years ago. All it needed was the leaves hand-quilted on the border. So slack. :) 

3rd finish. Small wallhanging. Yay 3 more things cleared from the ufo box.

3 more 1”  hexies for my collection.

2 1/2” & 1 1/4” hexie.
I spotted this pattern in a magazine & thought it would make a great Christmas gift.

It arrived last Thursday & as i had to go into town Friday i bought these to make the pattern up. I’m making 3.
Jeanette

Flowers & things.

Yesterday afternoon i spent time preparing a pile of hexagons. Cutting out the freezer paper, sorting through the fabrics, ironing the freezer paper onto chosen fabrics & then cutting & gluing ready for sewing together. Hopefully i’ve enough for the next couple of weeks. :) Last night was sewing time & this is what i managed to get made.
Three 1” hexies. All from my scrap basket.
Two 1/2” & one 1/4” hexies. Scraps again. 

This arrived in the mail Monday. My Bronwyn Hayes mug with the “girls” all over it. 

These 2 patterns arrived yesterday. One is a Quilters Poem to either embroider or leave as is as it comes with preprinted fabric along with poem on paper. The other pattern is all Christmas deco’s.

This book arrived today. I haven’t had time to look through it yet as i’ve been working on ufo’s. That makes 4 more removed from the ufo pile. They just need binding now. Had to quit for today as the pain in my back & knee was making it to hard to sit & sew. Oh well. There’s always tomorrow to sit & sew. :)
Jeanette

What Mr Postie brought me:)

Recently reading Bronwyn's blog i discovered 2 new patterns were released. Off to do a Google search i came up empty handed. What to do, what to do? Ahhh, inspiration struck & i did what i did last time i couldn’t find a pattern. I emailed Linda & yes she would order patterns in. A few days later they were in my hot little hands. Thankyou Linda. :)

A gorgeous little Whatnot Bag.

Another handy bag to carry all your  sewing goodies.

Found this blog surfing & it ended up in my collection. :) Some fabulous Christmas ideas in the book.
Mr Postie didn’t bring this. I ordered it through a friend. Jane Austen's Bonnets which are gorgeous stitcheries made up into a stunning quilt.
This is just one of the stitcheries. Threads used are the beautiful hand-dyed Cottage Garden Threads.
Jeanette

Flowers are Bloomin’

Wasn’t sure any flowers would bloom for me this week. I’ve been so busy & Tuesday arrived with nothing cut out or prepared. So after basting a table topper yesterday & preparing a bom block i set out to get my hexies ready. My 3 1” ones above. The bottom one is a very pale pink. A leftfover strip from the clamshells.

Baby sisters. Only managed 1 1/2” hexie this week. By the time i managed to sew these it was my bed time. :)

Jeanette