back to school

I had some pink plans for this day, since the pink hexagon quilt is still not finished yet. I started very well:

But... (of course there's a 'but', it's friday and my boys are still busy with their holiday) there was a little job to do before they can start next week at school. So at the end of the day, the project I finished had nothing to do with pink:

De boeken zijn gekaft!

And since it's fridaynight right now, I'm sure there will be some sewingtime in the next few days. Everything is ready (even the camel without legs)!

Fijn weekend!

 

a little pink progression

So much to do in this last weeks before the summervacation... but today some stolen minutes brought me a little step forwards:

Hope to be back soon with more news!

Have a nice day,

Anita

Danish hexagons

We are back home from a familytrip to Denmark. Lots of time together, sun&see ánd a little sewing!

The plan is to finish the pink hexagon one soon, I want two borders of hexagonsflowers on each side.

It's the first time I've done this kind of sewing, thanks to all the quilting-experts on you-tube!

When I started I just wanted to make a row of flowers, but of course there must be a connection between the flowers... I used parts of the hexagons and I like the effect.

Have a nice day!

Anita

pink news

This weekend I bought some fabric for the pink hexagonquilt. I want to make some quilted binding in the same way I made the hexagons. It's gonna take some time, I sew it all by hand, but it's quite relaxing...

Here's a little preview, lotssssss of stiches to make!

To be continued,

have a nice day!



The pink hexagons so far

Today I have a pic of the pink hexagonquilt so far. I made lots of the quilted hexagons, I stopped counting it....  Now it's time to make it a square, and then I have plans with little triangels and stripes.

En voor de oplettende kijker: zie je dat ik één half zeshoekje klaar heb? Het was een puzzel dus ik hoop dat de volgende sneller gaan!

Have a nice day!

Anita

Big pincushion

Today I have an interesting picture for you, my very big personal pincushion:

I use my chair ... very easy

Tomorrow it's time for Dec 15th!

Have a nice day,

Anita

handsewing: more pink flowers

Vandaag even een kleine tussenstand van de roze bloemenhexagoontjes. Aangezien het allemaal handwerk is (snijden, tekenen, strijken, vouwen, naaien) schiet het niet zo snel op, maar het is een leuk klusje wat altijd wel even tussendoor kan, zelfs in de auto...

 Ik ben begonnen met het aan elkaar naaien van cirkels, maar nu overgestapt in banen, dat werkt makkelijker, en uiteindelijk wil ik graag een rechthoekig kleed hebben!

En om een beetje variatie te houden in de blokjes hier wat nieuwe aanwas van bloemetjesstofjes.

Fijne dag!

Anita

What I've done...

... this Christmas holiday: I found out that it's very nice to make little quilted hexagons by hand!

An old shoe box and some tools is all I need to have some fun.

And this is how it's gonna be. How cute is this! I've made 79 hexagons sofar, and bought some new pink fabrics, so I'll make some more.

Happy new year everybody!

Love, Anita

More pink flowers!

First: it's not that I quit with the Nativity quilt, but I have so much other things to do that I can't find the time (and concentration) to make a new block. And since I planned to complete the Nativity quilt for Christmas 2011 I think it can wait a little...

So now I'm working on a pink project, which excists of lots of tiny little quilts. And as you can see, it's going to be a nice collection of quilted hexagons:

I'm using fabric with flowers in a range of white-pink-purple for the foreground, and dots, squared or plain pink for the background. I've collected different fat quarters with flowers, but still looking for more! No plans for the final size yet, in the original pattern (king size bed) there are 267 (!!!!) hegaxons, and of course lots of half hexagons (no idea how to make those... I'll find out later).

Here's a pic of the work in progess. Nice fabrics!

Have a nice day!

Something different with hexagons

In my last post I showed my first completed quilt. In the meantime I allready have almost completed the Pink and red one too, I'll show you later. So I'm thinking about a new project (next to the Nativity quilt, I'm not quitting!).

Today I read in a few magazines and saw a (to me) new technique with hexagons, and I tried a few. Here are some pics:

Every completed hexagon is made out of a big and a small one of pink fabric, and a fiberfill one.

Press the seams of the fabric hexagons and ...

... fold the fiberfill in the big one, put the little on top of it and sew together.

The fun thing is, after sewing the little one on the big one it's already quilted!

You see, I only have to sew them together... but I'll wait with that after making a few more hexagons.

Have a nice day!