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| beautiful fabric |
I'm starting another quilt or two
I had a date with the sewing machine
I felt very productive making 3 Farmers Wife quilt blocks in an afternoon. 16 now complete!
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| [68] Postage Stamp |
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| [34] Flock |
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| [11] Broken Dishes |
I started a quilt for a friend (who's super talented with making anything with wool) who's baby shower is in a few weeks. I got inspiration from another friend who is making an I spy quilt for her son. Since they haven't found out the gender of baby- gender neutral is what I am doing using fabric I already have and using both boy and girl fabrics and of course plain colours and cream for the back and around the blocks.
I am excited to start sewing this baby quilt and pick up my fabric to start The Craftsy Block of the Month this week - check out the link on the right side bar!!
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| Pile of fabrics to choose from |
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| 35 4 1/2 inch blocks cut |
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| Pile of fabric cut 2 1/2 inches wide to use for binding and on the back of the quilt |
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| This is my doodle for the quilt (this is how all my quilts start) |
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| All cut and waiting for cream fabric |
enjoying the process
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| five hexagons now joined |
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| the back of the hexagons |
loving the sunshine
The weather in Christchurch has been great the past week. Lots of sun, wind and little or no rain. Makes it great to be able to take Sago for a good walk, bbq with friends, spend an afternoon with the boys at the beach and just lie outside in the sunshine and watch the clouds.
It sure is summer!
Hexagons are growing and thanks to Sewpretty I now have the fabric for the center of my pile of hexagons that I didn't have a match for.
So this weeks plan is to get back to the sewing machine and make more Famers wife Quilt blocks. A friend of mine has inspired me after seeing her beautiful quilt using some of these fabrics from heirloom collection.
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It sure is summer!
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| Master W took this photo |
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| Master B and Master W playing outside |
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| Me and Mr B at the beach |
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| dipping our toes in the water |
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| New Brighton Pier- Christchurch |
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| Master B and Mr B in the sand |
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| hexagons |
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| hexagons with matching fabric |
Hexagons are growing!
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| Two stitched together |
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| All the hexagons I have made so far |
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| Fabric cut and waiting to be basted |
Need to get some more white fabric to make more white hexagons and I am needing more plain co- ordinating fabrics for the center of the hexagons I have already cut. And I figure if I start stitching them together then I get to pull out the hexagon shape and re use. This is getting fun!
And a side note- Anyone know anything about thimbles? I brought a cheap metal one for my right finger (one next the the pinky finger) and it will do for now just needing two (one for right hand and one for left thumb) and better fitting. Any suggestions?
