One Flower Wednesday, Flower Ball and My Jane E-13

Encouraging Words of the Day:

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! His faithful love endures forever.

~ Psalm 106:1, NLT

 

Hello, "One-Flower Wednesday." Sometimes the other days of the week get away from me but I always try to post on "One-Flower Wednesday." Thanks go to Karen for keeping me on task sewing flowers as well as getting a blog post at least once a week. These two little half-inchers got done.

AND, I finally finished my "Flower Ball" (pattern by Geta Grama). The colored flowers were sewn by my friends in the "Get Your Hex On Hive #3" quilting bee. I embroidered the name of each seamstress on the flower she made.

And yes, I remember to sew a lock for "My Jane" from time to time. Here is E--13, easily paper-pieced with a little applique for the tiny side triangles.

E-13

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer or winter season.

That is all.

 

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What a Day on One Flower Wednesday!

Encouraging Words of the Day:

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. ~ Romans 8:28, NLT

What a day! It's a good thing I did my "One-Flower Wednesday" flowers before today. I woke up today with the bright idea of hanging a quilt and some wall hangings. It was already hot by 8:00 am here but I went forward with my plans. I managed to make a disaster of my sewing room but, in the end, my Penny Haren Quilt found a home.

Notice the mess I made of my sewing table piling it up with drill parahenalia, nails, screws, hammers, drapery rods etc. Then, since I'd already made a mess, I decided (my sister also helped me decide) to move forward and make a place for some wall hangings. My sister, Ida, came up with a great idea. Easy for her to come up with great ideas for me to complete since she was in a nice air-conditioned fabric store and I was standing on a chair sweating (remember heat rises...). Anyway, Ida suggested I make a mini-clothesline so I can change my wall hangings easier so I ended up with this and then quit with that activity.

About "One-Flower Wednesday:" Here are my flowers.

My mailbox also held these pretty flowers from my swap partner in the "Inchy Hexagon Flower Swap." Diane from New Jersey sent these. Thanks, diane, I like the pretty, delicate pink color.

That is all.

 

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Baltimore Album Start

Encouraging Words of the Day:

The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. ~ Psalm 103:8, NLT

It's Monday and I have to show you how my Baltimore Album quilt is progressing. I've finished 4 blocks!

Block 1

Block 2

Block 3

Block 4

I'm really enjoying this applique. The pattern I'm following is rather simple as Baltimore blocks go but I purposely chose something simple as I didn't want to get immediately overwhelmed. Since my husband and I are frequent travelers, I always like to have some hand-sewing available on road trips or airport waiting areas and this, along with my hexies, is perfect for hand-sewing. I'm happy.

That is all.

 

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Nothing But UFOs in 2013

Encouraging Words of the Day:

This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. ~ Psalm 118:24, NLT

Remember Carrie's "Nothing but UFOs in 2013" group. Well, it seems like I've been adding to those UFOs rather than finishing them. Nonetheless, I'm still going to try to finish these 3 this month:

1. There's still this ugly maroon quilt I want to finish. I just need to quilt and bind it.

2. The 12 Days of Christmas mini quilt. Maybe I'll have it done by Christmas, for sure I'll have it done if I finish it up this month :) It came out upside down but the first little block (bottom right in photo) is made up of 1 piece, the next is 2 pieces, the 3rd of 3 pieces and so on. All I have done are the 12 blocks but it is, after all, a mini quilt. How long could it take to finish, right?

3. All I need to do for the "Flower Ball," which my friends in the "Get Your Hex On #3" helped me create, is to applique it to the background and quilt it. Easy, right?

Since I'm posting this for the "Nothing but UFOs in 2013" group, I'll wait till Monday to show you how my Baltimore Album quilt is progressing. Nothing like adding a new UFO to the list, huh? I've finished 4 blocks!

That is all.

 

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One Flower Wednesday and My Jane H-7

Encouraging Words of the Day:

Be confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. ~ Philippians 1:6, NLT

We returned to rain in El Paso after spending a glorious week in the Texas Hill Country. Rain in El Paso is great news since we're located in the Chihuahuan Desert and only receive about 10 inches of rain per year. We're located along the mighty Rio Grande River and it often runs dry this time of year.

On to the topic of the day, "One-Flower Wednesday!" I sewed up two little flowers on the road trip back home.

Click on “One Flower Wednesday” to see flowers others have made and to link up the flowers you've sewn.

 

"My Jane" continues in my thoughts and from time to time, I do sew up another block. Here is H-7.

H-7

I enjoyed sewing this block as it went together quickly and easily and only came out a "little bit crooked."

I also worked on my Baltimore Album block on the road trip and will show you what I finished on Friday but for now...

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Hello, Rocksprings on One Flower Wednesday

Encouraging Words of the Day:

For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory.

~ Psalm 84:11, NLT

Hello, Rocksprings! Yes, we've arrived in the Texas Hill Country. The Hill Country has received rain and is looking beautiful in Rocksprings, Texas. Here's a photo of what I saw looking out my door this morning.

The grass is dry but the trees and plants are green and beautiful.And, in keeping with the theme, here are a couple of 1/2-inch hexies I completed on the road trip out, two flowers composed of beautiful flowers.

Thanks, Karen for keeping me on task sewing hexie flowers with the link your provide us each week at "One-Flower Wednesday!" You can click on “One Flower Wednesday” to see flowers others have made too.

 

Also completed is a mini quilt top I made called "Mini Baskets." Something went wrong in my color selection. You're supposed to be able to see 4 baskets among all those squares and triangles but they "some how" got lost. Anyway, it will make a nice something. For now, it's fun to figure out how in the world there are supposed to be baskets in there :)

I'm off to enjoy this beautiful day before it gets to hot so, for now...

that is all.

 

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One Flower Wednesday and My Baltimore Start

Encouraging Words of the Day:

I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me ~ Psalm 16:8, NLT

Hello "One-Flower Wednesday!" I'm still sewing 1/2-inch hexie flowers and I guess I'll be doing that for a long time before I ever get enough to make a quilt top. Not only that, but just sewing one or two per week? Well, anyway, here are 2 more:

I have also received these June flowers from Geraldine in the UK, my partner for June at the "Inchy-Hexagon Flower Swap." Thanks so much. They are lovely indeed and will look wonderful in my "Friends of the World" quilt which I will also complete - "some day...."

I've started a new project. Yes, I know that I don't need to be starting new projects but don't you agree that it's so much more fun to start a new project than it is to finish any of the ones already started? I decided that I want to make a Baltimore Album Quilt and have finished two blocks. Here is the first one.

Now, I'm off to work on some of my on-going projects, maybe back to "My Jane: or my "Farmer's Wife" or my Christmas quilt or...

That is all.

 

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