Hexagons on Monday

Tonight I made some of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge Purple.

 If you remember, I am using my RSC 2016 in a way that combines it with Katja Marek's Blocks on the Go from her book The New Hexagon.

I got two of the four done while watching Dancing With The Stars and Lucifer.  (Love that guy!)

But I digress.....

It was a weird day.

I realized my foot pedal for my favorite machine is broken.

There is a Husqvarna store inside Joann's but they won't talk to you unless you bought the machine from them.

So many rules.......

At The Zoo Quilt

My prize (and money) winning At The Zoo  quilt was shown to a less than excited reception last night at the Remember Me Guild.  LOL.

They are traditionally traditional quilters and I knew it wouldn't be a HUGE hit, but it IS stinkin' cute!  I thought at least it would generate some ohs and ahs!

This is my week for meetings.  I have meetings in the second week of each month; I have meetings in the third week of each month.  And every once in a while they converge all in one week.  I am never sure how that happens, I guess it is Week 2 and a Half.

I need to start working on a few of these quilt tops and backs I have lined up for the long arm.  The pile keeps growing!  Which is a good thing, since that means there are quilts that are getting finished to the top stage at  least.

After I get to  point where I can feel comfortable starting some new quilts, i want to dive into the scrap boxes and see if I can do some strip blocks.  The Rainbow Scrap Challenge is designed to whittle down scraps in color groupings, but I chose blocks that have very little footprint fabric wise.  they happen to have a large footprint timewise however!

These are about 5 inches across (not on the side like normally measured).

I have also decided not to be so lazy and watch TV.  I need to be more productive doing a binding  while watching TV!

If you look at the sidebar, I have only finished 2 things so far this year and have a huge list of things to get finished.

So ........ I need to get working!

Sarah is Finished

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!