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Monday Morning Star Count 2014/7

February 17, 2014 quiltstudio62

I did not get as much stitching completed on putting the sections together as I had hoped. I did however add one more section and completed 3 more flowers for the quilt. I am still getting used to handling the larger size of the quilt section and it actually took me an hour to add one section. I am sure as I go I will be able to figure out how big to keep the sections so they are manageable and then I can sew those larger sections together.

So here is my progress on sewing sections:

I think the best part was removing the paper pieces 🙂 – it made me anxious to stitch more together!

And here are the addtional flowers that I completed:

I am also trying different thimbles. I am having such a hard time getting used to wearing one, but when I was stitching the sections together I actually pushed the needle into my finger so deep it spurted blood….not a good thing!! LOL. So I purchased a few different ones to try and I will let you know how that goes next week. Do you have a favorite thimble? Is it always hard to get used to?

I’m linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts for the Monday Morning Start Count. Check it out and join us! The more the merrier!

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Monday Morning Star Count – Week #6

February 11, 2014 quiltstudio62

Well…at least I made progress this week! I finished 4 hexie flowers.

And I now have 16 flowers, 19 flower sections with the added background hexies, and it looks like I should start putting some sections together!

My hexie box is getting low :(, but that means I have made a lot of progress!!

This week my focus is to make more sections and start stitching them together. I can’t wait to see how it looks! I’m very excited to be linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts!

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MM Star Count – Week 5

February 2, 2014January 23, 2023 quiltstudio62

It was a busy week and I was distracted by other projects :), but I still managed to complete 4 more flowers.

One of the reasons I was distracted was that I just received Mickey Depre’s latest book – Pieced Hexies Deux. And of course I needed to try one of the new designs! The one I tried is called “Echo” and thing I find so amazing about these is that just by spinning/rearranging the hexies, you can create a totally different design. Here are the various versions of Echo:

The other distraction was learning to free motion quilt. You can read more about that here.

Looking forward to next week and more progress….and uh….focus!!

I’m linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts for the Monday Morning Star Count. Stop over and check out the awesome projects and progress.

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Monday Morning Star Count – Week 3

January 20, 2014January 23, 2023 quiltstudio62

I have no idea where the week went! I did not get everything I wanted to planned out, but did manage to complete five more flowers. I am planning on laying out what I have completed so far and figuring out how big I want to make my quilt. I hope to have a design for next week so I know how many more I need to complete. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and feeling thankful for the encouragement from everyone participating in MMSC. I am linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts and if you stop by and check out everyone’s progress you won’t be disappointed!