“Simply Hexie” is done! My quilting partner & I bought these kits in July 2019 & kept saying we would make them when….. (fill in the blank). Late last year we pulled out the kits & via our FaceTime quilt group, worked steadily for a few sessions to piece the top, the back & make the binding. Then it was off to the quilter where it was done in an intersecting triangle motif. I finished the binding last night while watching TV, so here it is!
The back. The fabric is more gray than it looks in the photo.
So…squirrels. Remember those Rockabilly Swing blocks by Bonnie Hunter I said I was going to work on a little at a time? Well, after all the yellow cutting & prep at the beginning of March I decided to take a day to sew them. They are using up my little scraps in various sizes so it’s a mess of piles all over when I’m working on the paper piecing. The next day I decided to keep going. And the next. Then I decided to do some calculations & see how many more I needed as I’m doing a smaller quilt than the pattern. I kept going. Because there’s no quilt police that says I have to do anything in any particular order. Sew what’s fun! In a week & a half of sewing, I got them all made, then spent time sorting scraps & cleaning up. And I’m happy, even though it wasn’t what I planned at the beginning of the month.
I am also doing the Hyalite SAL from Plains & Pine on a whim. (no quilt police, remember?) I’ve done the week 1 cutting & am halfway through week 2, which is sewing the diamond blocks. So cute & all cut from Blueberry Park fabric bagged together in my stash, waiting for the perfect project.
And here’s the progress from this week’s quilt group. We’re working on Cookie Cutter, another long-time project we’re finally getting done. We have four of the quadrants sewn & decided to deviate from the pattern to sew the first three quadrants together to make the half circles & feel like we are getting somewhere. So cute!
My current status for the six RSC2022 projects:
- four red & four aqua blocks from the Tula Pink 100 Modern Quilt Blocks (yellow cut)
- 1 red & 1 aqua twinkling friendship block inspired by Deb A. (yellow squares pulled)
- 3 red & 2 blue Shine blocks from the free pattern by Melissa Corry – on target because no yellow
- 8 red & 6 aqua Dancing Stars by Amy Ellis – running behind
- 14 red & 16 aqua blocks for Sweet Kisses by Gigi’s Thimble (yellow cut)
- 7 red & 7 aqua blocks, plus matching border string blocks for Catching Rainbows by Bonnie Hunter (yellow cut & 8 string blocks done)
You have been so productive. Squirrels are always the most fun as projects. They always seem to get finished off long before the ones on the list.
Wow! Your blocks are all beautiful. Your scrappy Rockabilly blocks will make a stunning quilt. I made just one of them when she introduced the block – and decided I didn’t have the patience. So I’m really impressed with your collection of blocks.
I know those blocks as snail trails. You certainly haven’t been going at snail’s pace. I love the variety of fabrics you used in them.