Wow! I had the busiest week ever, but so every free moment I worked on EPP. So excited that I finished 5 flowers. I only have 9 more to go! I am going to try to complete the last 9 before Thanksgiving 🙂 then on to the background hexagons! And I have to start thinking about backing and whether I should hand quilt….so much left to do! Any suggestions…machine quilt or hand quilt?
Feeling pretty good that I at least managed to stitch up two flowers this week! I tried timing myself and it takes me nearly an hour to stitch one full flower. These are 1 1/2″ hexies. I don’t know if that is slow or fast, but I guess it is what it is 🙂 I don’t want to rush and I actually enjoy taking my time stitching. The rest of my life is so much of a rush that I look forward to stitching and I don’t want to ruin it! EPP is the best stress therapy ever!
So here are my flowers for this week:
This week I want to measure the quilt, figure out how many more flowers and background hexagons I need to complete the queen size quilt. I would also love to get three flowers done 🙂
Feeling fortunate to be linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts. What a wonderful group and so inspiring to see all your projects!
I so wish I had more time to stitch! Even though I was distracted by other obligations, I still managed to complete one flower 🙂 I have been working on this project since July 2013.
I am linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts for Monday Morning Star Count. Stop by and check out the wonderful progress or join us and get your own dose of inspiration and encouragement!
Wow! Are we really half-way through the 2014 MMSC? Time does fly! Two of my grandchildren spent the week with us at the beach so I didn’t get as much stitching in as I would have liked, but really enjoyed the time with them 🙂 Although Gracie was a little upset I forgot her EPP kit, she did help me with mine by going through my hexie box and arranging flowers and threading my needle. Here they are on the beach.
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So here is what I was able to get done. I completed this full section:
I have about 26 more sections to create and here is my stack of 41 sections ready to be stitched:
This is the first section I created along with this one:
At this point I am thinking I may have too many sections, but only time will tell. I am at my 1 year anniversary of starting this quilt this weekend. This is my very first project and although I am anxious to see it completed, I am so enjoying the process. So thankful to Jessica for her knowledge, book, blog, and Monday Morning Star Count. Come visit her at Life Under Quilts and join the MMSC! It is a great group of people and if it weren’t for the encouragement, I don’t know if I would be making so much progress!
Another successful week…and I call any week I am able to get some EPP in, a successful week! Since we split our time each week between our camper and our home, I set up two kits; one for each place. This seemed like a good idea, because then I don’t have to carry everything back and forth. I am still working out the logistics, but so far it is working pretty well.
Another busy week and lots of family time, which is always awesome! I played around with placement for my Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt. So many choices! One part of me just wants to plan as I go and the oh so very analytical side of me wants to plan it out! Decisons, decisions, decisions 🙂
Had my Mother’s Day Gift setup. Here is my new HandiQuilter Avante (gosh I have a wonderful husband!). I am calling her Lady A; My Grandmother’s name was Alma and she sure was a wonderful grandmother 🙂 I figure “Lady A” could stand for Alma, Allison, or Avante 🙂
And my daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren spent the weekend with us camping in Maine. Although it was hectic I still managed to stitch 4 new hexagon flowers for the GFG quilt.
I am linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts for the Monday Morning Star Count!
The weather finally has turned beautiful and everything is starting to bloom. It certainly had me full of energy and anxious to make more progress on my Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt.
I was able to add the border hexies to 9 sections and basted 30 ivory border hexies. I have enough color variation to really start playing with additional layout options. Here are the 9 sections for this week.
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This week I will focus on stitching a section together and possibly connecting to the first section I completed (below):
So grateful for the enthusiasm and support of the wonderful people who are linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts. You are a talented bunch 🙂 and every week I learn something new! Thank you Jessica for bringing all of us together and sharing your passion with us!
I have fallen in love with English Paper Piecing! I had no idea it could be so relaxing, portable, and addictive. I became intrigued with hexagons when I signed up for Mickey Depres’ Craftsy Class – Pieced Hexies and that was the beginning of my obsession. I figured I would start with just a few ‘plain’ hexies, which really meant I didn’t have time to cut and piece 🙂
I chose fabric – Marmalade by Bonnie and Camille and the first flower worked up so quickly that I just kept going. I still plan to piece some hexies in this quilt, but need time to get to my sewing machine for that. I love all the options available and look forward to stitching….even if for 10 minutes at 4am before I get ready for work. Hand stitching goes great with a cup of coffee 🙂
Here is my box of hexies just waiting to be sewn together.
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