Oh kitty! See Shadow doing a photo bomb in this pic? How considerate of him to stay off the quilt top. This is getting so exciting! I'm almost finished filling in the corners. I might finish that bit tonight. What are you working on?
I've been back to it, sewing on my hexie project again. I'm almost finished making it back into a huge hexagon by adding blue hexies in the star corners. Next, I'm considering filling in the corners to make a big square and finishing it off. What do you think? All hexies are 3/4" per side, cut out with my Accuquilt Go, and made from my scrap basket.
After a day's worth of sitting at the computer writing a new quilt pattern, it felt good to get out in the sunshine and take an updated photo of the Rainbow Connection hexie quilt. Ahhhhh.....outside!
I was editing some older photos last week when I realized I have never written a post about my completed Aura hexagon quilt! What? How did that happen? I wrote lots of in progress posts, but somehow missed out on the big one. Here it is, Aura, complete and flying freely on the clothesline, enjoying a little sunshine.
Take a step closer for more detail. This quilt was created over a period of two and a half years.
Take a step closer and you can see the swirly quilting.
The hexagons in this quilt are 3/4" per side. I challenged myself to only use fabrics from my scrap basket.
Take a step closer and you can see the pretty thread colors. I changed thread often, trying to match the hexagon colors as I quilted.
I used this fun dotty fabric for the backing. I think it is a good complement to the hexagons and the playfulness of the design.
Here is my current progress on The Rainbow Connection. It's getting close to being one big hexagon. As I've been basting and sorting my hexies I came up with a new organization idea.
I have a lot of these old cross stitch floss boxes in my storage camper. My 3/4" per side hexies fit inside just perfectly! Now I can sort them into the color sequence that I need and keep them neatly organized, all ready to sew. I love this idea. I can see myself with ten or so of these boxes all sorted by color and stacked neatly in a bookcase in my studio.
Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today!
Jennifer Thomas
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