Hexies, hexies

Encouraging Words of the Day:

Today is the Tuesday that Anthea from Hibiscus Stitches has her linky where we can "show-off"

our English paper-piecing.

I've been working on this wall hanging like forever. My sister Ida made the little house in the center to depict our little ranch house. I've been making hexies and stitching them together off-and-on for two years and decided that it was time I really got it put together. This is what I'm working on.

I'm trying to fill in all those holes and make it look pretty. Hmmmmm, better keep working on that....

 

Other than that, I got a few little half-inch hexie flowers done.

 

And finally, got these flowers done for my swap partner in the "Inchy Hexagon Flower Swap."

She asked for flowers in bright colors so I hope she likes these.

That is all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Anthea's Piece Yourself Together Link

Encouraging Words of the Day:

This is our last day in California visiting our daughter and family. We’ve had a wonderful time. We spent the week-end in the mountains and that was lovely as well. My grandson and I spent part of the time trying to master the "Selfie Stick," a stick that holds your phone a little farther away than the length of your arm to aid in taking better selfies. Here’s a photo of us and a "tree face." My grandson is holding the selfie stick.

And, of course, I’ve been sewing hexies. Here are a few that I’m linking with Anthea at "Hibiscus Stitches" who is hosting an English paper-piecing linky called "Piece Yourself Together."

Check it out at the above links. Here are my hexies:

 

 

That is all.

 

 

 

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Happy Easter.

Encouraging Words of the Day:

Happy Easter, Everyone. I hope everyone is having a wonderful day.

Look at this nice little thread catcher I made. It’s useful for carrying around in your travel bag. You know we always need some place to put our hilachas (snippets) when we’re sewing on the go.

Here's how it folds up flat.

I found the tutorial for this on my friend Fiona’s blog and, with her permission, am posting the link here. You can literally accomplish this from start to finish within 30 minutes, maybe faster. Thanks, Fiona, for the tutorial.

Right now, my husband and I are in sunny California visiting our daughter and I’ve already gone to "Quilters’ Paradise" in Clovis. I just love the friendly people in that store and their inventory is fantastic. I finally broke down and bought the expensive "Hex N More" ruler there. As many hexies as I sew, I figure I really NEED this.

And, of course, I’ve been sewing hexies. Here are a few.

I need to sit down and re-count these one of these days. It seems like I have hundreds at least.

That is all.

 

 

 

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