Hexagon Update October 29, 2016

I've managed to sew a lot this week.  At least for me, that is.  I'm enjoying this so much that I've started a second Kaffe Fassett Grandmother's Flower Garden!  The one I've been showing up until now is being pieced on 1 1/2" hexagon papers.  I started a smaller one on 1" papers.  If I can get it finished in time, the small one will be a miniature that I donate to the Quilter's Guild of Dallas Quilt Celebration live miniature quilt auction.  The auction is always on the Saturday of the show, which happens to be on March 11, 2017 for this particular show. 

I also had a great outing this week!  I got to hear Kaffe Fassett speak in Lewisville on Monday.  It was lots of fun and extremely interesting.  If you are a quilter and get the chance to hear him speak, do it!  You won't be sorry.  I only wish I'd been able to attend the workshop he had while in the area. 

Here are my flowers completed this week:

I'm going to write another post with the smaller ones and a comparison photo.  ***For some reason, Blogger separated the two posts and  put the second one down the list as if it were written a week or so ago.  If you want to read it without searching, click this link.  I hope I eventually figure out all the ins and outs of blogger.  Sheesh, this is confusing!  Hope you enjoy these blocks!

Flower blocks for the week of Oct. 16 - 22, 2016

 

I've been busy cleaning and applying for jobs this week, so I haven't had as much time for sewing.  The floral block was completed on Oct. 16.  I finished the black and white block during the third Presidential debate on the 19th.  I thought it was quite apropos since the difference in Trump and Clinton is pretty black and white.  My hands are not hurting as much, so hopefully that will continue to improve and I'll be able to get more flowers pieced.  I'll update next week with my new flower blocks. 

Update two for October 29, 2016

Here are my two small hexagon flowers that I pieced this week:

 

 

This is one I took for comparison between the 1 inch and the 1 1/2 inch. 

 

I'll be glad when I get all the ins and outs of blogger figured out.  Sheesh.  For some reason, the two posts I wrote today have been separated and put in odd places on the blog.  If you're reading this and want to find the first post, here is the link.

 

Next week's update will be late.  I have plans for the end of the week and weekend.  Talk to you soon! 

My Kaffe Fassett Grandmother's Flower -- Garden Block one

I've had blogs in the past.  Blogs that I've abandoned.  This one is mostly to record my progress on quilting projects.  Even when I use my sewing machine, I feel like it's slow going, possibly because I seem to use my machine so little lately, so that's why I'm calling the blog Slow Stitching. 

Regardless, I've started hand piecing a Grandmother's Flower Garden in Kaffe Fasset Collective fabrics.  I'm English Paper Piecing it on 1 1/2" hexagon papers.   I'm using Aurafil 50/2 in color 2600 for all of the piecing.  I'll use a different Kaffe for each flower's "petals", the same black and white (not a Kaffe) will be the centers.  At this point, I plan to surround them all with white.  This one is definitely slow stitching because my hands, especially my thumbs, have been hurting during the piecing.  Fingers crossed that they don't continue to hurt through the whole quilt. 

                                              The first block was completed on 10/10/16.

 

The second block was completed on 10/14/16.

 

The third block was also finished on 10/14/16.

 

The fourth block was completed on 10/15/16.