TINY HEXAGONS

 I've started making a Needle Book from a pattern by Sue Spargo.

It involves making this tiny hexagon flower.  I made my own paper hexies to wrap the fabrics around.  I will sew them together tonight while watching TV.  

CINCINNATI DONE!

 The Cincinnati quilt is done!  Well, almost done.  It's quilted and off the longarm.  I still have to bind it and bury the threads where I started and stopped the quilting.

It was close.  I ran out of thread on the last row.  I've been using  a tan Aurifil 40wt thread on the front and the back.  I started with a full spool, which I thought would be enough.  But, I ran out on the last row.  Luckily, I had the same color in 50wt, so the last couple of blocks have that on the front.

DOING IT

 I'm working on the Cincinnati quilt's quilting.  

QUILTING, QUILTING

 I need to quilt on this Cincinnati quilt every day.  Go, go, go...

I'm having fun and loving how it's turning out.  All ruler work...

A FEW ROWS DONE

 I need to quilt about two rows a day to get the Cincinnati quilt done before the 15th.

I made a little progress today.

QUILTING CINCINNATI

 I got the batting and got the Cincinnati quilt top on the machine.

Here we go - only ten days to get it done.

NEBULA BLOCK 6 MINI

 I put the parts together today for the Nebula Block 6 mini version.  

It got hot upstairs afterwards and I had to leave.  It's at least 84 degrees.  And having the iron on for several hours does not help.

NEBULA 4 BLOCKS

 I don't know why, but there were two blocks this month.  

I made the ones from the pattern and then drafted and made the smaller version from the leftovers.

HEXAGONS AGAIN

I finished sewing the hexagons onto their backing fabric.  There' s supposed to be a smaller hexagon sewn onto the top of the middle one. 
I'm not sure I like it there.
It looks fine without it.
This fabric is too light.
Maybe I'll try it with a darker fabric... or leave it.

WORKING ON 41

Here is block 41 Sew South from the Splendid Sampler.


I wanted to fussy cut the motif for each hexie, so I made a little window using the large hexie.
I traced around the medium hexie and cut out the hole.  Using part of a Ziploc baggie, I taped the plastic to the large hexie over the cutout.


Then I arranged it over the motif, using a pen, I traced the pattern onto the plastic, then traced around the outside of the large hexie - which would be the cut lines.
I then lined up my tracery onto the next motif and traced around for the cut out lines.  I did that six times.

 

Now I just need to applique the parts to the background fabric and I'll be done!

BLOCK 36

Splendid Sampler number 36 is Inchy Hexie Club has hexagons that are only 1/2 inch on a side.  It was designed by Jane Davidson, QuiltJane.

I was a little intimidated by this at first, but boy, was it fun!

This is one of my favorites so far.   I love it!

I finished appliqueing it down at work today.

The finished block will be a 6" square and all the fabrics are paisleys.