Finishes & Clamshells & Chocolate Cake.

Time has gotten by me again but i guess lack of interest also played a part in almost no finishes for July. But this morning i took myself in hand & sat & sewed all day. Result? 2 finishes. :)

Unfortunately not a good shot but it was the only way to get the whole hanging in. I started this maybe 6 years ago & it’s been a top for quite a while. last month i dragged it out & basted it. It’s all stitched in blue & is of teapots, teacups & names of tea. One of my favourite things to stitch about.

Not sure when i started this one but i bought it as a kit several years ago at the craft show. Lovely table  topper covered in butterflies & flowers.

And of course being the last day of July it’s clamshell day. All i’ve done is make more ready for when i make a decision on what exactly i’ll do with them.

Thought you might like to see some photo’s of a cake my house elf made. Very sickly sweet. Took him hours to make.

The inside. 3 layers. Lots of sugar, chocolate, icing sugar & philly cheese used. Oh course flour & eggs. Middle layer is full of white chocolate.

Jeanette

Flower garden day has sneaked around again. :)

After some advice last week & more fiddling around i’ve sort of got the blog looking ok. Not sure if i like the new way yet. I’ll just keep fiddling i guess until i find a look i like. :)
3  flowers bloomed for me again this week in the 1” hexies.

2 flowers for the 1'/2” hexies & 1 1/4” hexie.
Jeanette

Flower Day has arrived again. :)

As you can see i changed the way the blog looked. I wanted to see how the new designs worked. I don’t like their choice of backgrounds. Wish i’d left it the old way. I think i'll be changing it back to the old way. :)
I’ve only managed 3 again for my Wednesday Flower Garden.  Since the making the first few hexies, which i made using fabric from my stash, i’ve since been making them from my scrap basket. Slowly reducing what’s in there. :)

Little sister all in blue floral.  But that’s not all the hexies. Read on & you’ll discover what else i made. :)
The postie delivered the bag handle Monday. It’s for one of the hexagon bags on the pattern i blogged about a few posts ago.
No your eye’s aren’t deceiving you. Mr Postie also brought this in Mondays mail. 1/4” hexagon templates. Am i crazy? yes. :) Here is the gorgeous baby hexie. As you can see the entire flower made of the 1/4” hexies sits on a 1” template. They are so tiny. Bit fiddly but i had so much fun doing it. :)
Jeanette

Flower Day

3 more flowers bloomed for me this week & 1 baby sister.
Jeanette
PS: there are 33 1" hexies made to date & only 5 of the 1/2" hexies.

Tigers, Pattern & fabrics

Recently Mary had a giveaway on her blog. I won this gorgeous tiger. I chose him ‘cause i love tigers, especially white ones. I had forgotten to add him to the last post because as soon as i opened the parcel he went off to sit on my bed.
Before i went on holidays Natalie posted on her blog about her new pattern, Flat Nat being released shortly. So i wrote myself a note to remember to look for it when i got home. I found it at my favourite online store & it arrived 2 days ago. Yesterday i went to visit Judy’s store. So many lovely, yummy fabrics to drool over i mean to browse through. Didn’t have anything particular in mind but these fabrics are what came home with me. The pink just ‘cause i liked it, the repro’s for the Civil War quilts & the red at the back for Flat Nat. I was glad to read on Judy’s front door that she has changed her opening hours. She has decided to close Monday & open Saturday instead & you know what that means? Yes i can now go out on Saturdays. Yay.

 Jeanette.

Oh forgot to say. Some of the comments left on the last post weren't forwarded to my inbox so don't think i'm being rude if i don't reply. Seems blogger has being playing up again

Hexies & things

My gosh the week has flown by again. Here it is Wednesday already. I don’t like this time rushing me by so quickly.

    My 3 hexies for this week. My flower garden is slowly building it’s way to a quilt. Baby sister. I think i’ll turn all the 1/2” hexies into a baby quilt.My EQ7 upgrade finally arrived. I’d pre-ordered it & waited &  waited until i got to the point i was just about to email & ask where it was when i received an email saying it was on it’s way. But i still had to wait as i was away when it arrived.

This also arrived whilst i was away. I was shown it recently & couldn’t pass it by. Full of lovely bags. :) 

Bought this pattern from www.brigittegiblin.com.au It uses 1/2” hexagons. This is also Brigitte’s pattern & i was so pleased when i discovered it as this is what i wanted to do with my clamshells but had no idea really what to do. And last but not least these cute little purses also from Brigitte using the 1/2” hexagons.

Jeanette

Hangings, Hexies & Clamshells

At Christmas time i was sent a parcel of fabrics with instuctions to create something that had hexagons & a critter. It took me ages to finally find something that fitted the criteria & what i liked. Above is the result. The fabrics in the log cabin & nine-patch are what i was sent to use. All the rest came from my stash. Only thing i bought was the hinges on the gate. Unfortunately in trying to get the whole wallhanging in you can't see the embroidered words. :(

My hexies for this week. I even have some nice plants to feature in this weeks photo's. :)

Baby sister sitting in a chilli bush,. The fabric i used is actually brown. I moved the hexie around to get a decent photo but it still caught glare. :(

If i remember correctly it's also clamshell day being the end of June. Here is what i've prepared so far. Still trying to decide what to create with them.

Jeanette from freezing cold northern NSW.

Flowers & Fabrics

 
It’s amazing how i’m sticking to my commitment to myself to make hexies each week but so far so good. I’ve 3 to add to my garden this week.

My 1/2” hexie for this week. They are just so cute.
Gorgeous fabrics & a lovely brown Cottage Garden thread i bought. I tried to resist but they insisted on coming home with me. :) Lots of lovely spots & a few stripes.

I decided i “needed” these as well. Couple of cat fabrics in there. :)
Jeanette

Looked what bloomed.......

in my garden today. A mini hexie flower. Isn't it so cute. :) I decided to give making 1/2" hexagons a try. Thought they'd be a bit fiddly but not at all. Very quick & easy to make. I've taken a photo of the 1/2" hexie sitting on a 1" hexie so you can see how small it is. :) 3 of my 1" hexagons also bloomed. Grr something is wrong with blogger this morning. Not letting me put the photo's where i want. I don't like the changes blogger has made. Jeanette

How Does Your Garden Grow?.......

With silverbelles & cockleshells? Or maybe with beautiful hexies? My garden has grown by 3 again this week.

I managed to squeeze these in last night as i've been busy with other projects. I'll show you a sneak peek of the 2 projects. The first one is for a challenge set my friend Lynda (no blog) in Canada & must be finished by June 30th.

The 2nd peak is the project i'm testing for Jenny.

Jenny's gorgeous Morning Glory pattern.

Jeanette

Pattern, Book, & Hearts Bom block 3

The pattern i bought & was waiting on to be sent in the mail arrived yesterday. Lovely tablerunner & placemats covered in teapots. Another great design from Nikki Tervo

 This book arrived Tuesday hot off the press. Full of gorgeous Christmas ideas from Natalie Ross. Starting right from July working through to December.

And block 3 from Lisa's Hearts BOM.

Jeanette