I was busy all day with Carrie yesterday. But I was able to finish up my fourth big Hexie from the book the New Hexagon.#3 is Sarah. I am even impressed with the back side. Normally my stuff don't come out that nice. And I have not yet pressed and starched it!
I have a few things hat will take me mos of the day. And I need to return grand-dog Hugeaux to his rightful place in the world. Although he looks totally comfortable here on my sofa in the midst of all my quilts.
At some point I need to stat working on my Millefiori rosettes. I have decided to pull one of my solid fat quarter packs and add some specialty fabrics in as needed.
I have done about 30 stack and whack blocks. They were just four piece blocks not the more intricate 6 or 8 piece blocks. Something that takes these rosettes up a notch is the use of many fussy cut pieces. I am not sure about adding "many" but I would like to add a few to make the blocks sparkle.
I have anxiety about making the "right" fabric choices. I guess I just have to dig in, put on my big girl panties and make the first cut!
Your Sara block look wonderful1 What a cute star in the middle! Fabric choices can be hard because we are afraid of making a mistake. I say preview some fabrics and go with your gut. How bad could it be?
ReplyDeleteI have color anxiety about millefiori too. Don't know how all the blocks will play, what becomes a focus? eeek. At leas you have them all. Don't start with the first, do one of the smaller ones first. I only have the mongo big first bag of pieces. What was I thinking?
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