I seem to have ended up with lots of blocks half made, so I’ve made a concerted effort to finish some this week…

Three weeks ago I’d prepared lots of 1.5″ squares as I had to make four 5×5 blocks. I’d decided to make them all the same as they wouldn’t be near each other on the finished quilt and just by turning them they would look different…and it took too much thinking to work out fabric choices four times!

I stitched them into the chequerboard blocks fairly quickly as I didn’t want to risk the box of squares being up-diddled! The blocks sat for a couple of weeks in my sewing box but this week I trimmed them into a circle and gathered it round a 7″ template. Four blocks more blocks finished.

On my visit to my daughters I finished stitching another embroidered block, this one just needs the ring of hexagons. I love this one…

On the train journey back from London I started stitching another embroidery, this has lots of flowers on and will have an appliqued circle in the middle. I’ve used several DMC and Anchor variegated threads for this one. It’s almost finished, sorry I can’t press it for the photo but I’ve used a Frixion pen to trace the design and it disappears with heat!

I finished the block with a large hexie flower on, it’s mounted on two circles. I’m not entirely happy with this one as I think the flower gets a bit lost. With hindsight I would have been better to have the pink flowery fabric as the outer ring and the green one inside. I might leave it and do a pink flower for the second one, with the circles fabrics the other way round, or I could take the hexiflower off this one and maybe make a darker pink flower instead.

I’ve finished making the tiny blue hexie flowers, I haven’t mounted them yet as I fancy getting some very pale green fabric for them. I’ve to make another set too, I’m undecided whether to make a pink set or some hexie sheep! I’ve had a big cutting out session of the larger (1/2″) hexies as I’ve three or four embroideries ready and waiting for the circle of hexagons.

I’m pretty much up to date with the embroideries now, these have been my handbag stitching this year, so I think I need to prep some hexie circles and tack them on, these can be properly stitched on then during my lunch hour or whilst waiting for appointments…or buses!

Hand Quilt Along Links

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

Kathy, Margaret, Deb, Nanette, Sharon, Karrin, Daisy, and Connie

I’ll also be linking up with Kathy’s Quilts for Slow Stitching Sunday.

Please follow the links to see what everyone’s been stitching.