Slow Quilting

Quilts are often slow in the making.

The quilts we work on seem to fall into two groups. Quick machine pieced and slow hand work.

My newest project is a SLOW one. I quilt with a woman who calls her slow cooked soup bottom of the fridge soup. My scrap hexagons are definitely bottom of the boxes slow quilting.

That being said sometime in the past couple of weeks I have managed to cut out what seems like heaps of hexagons. Covering them in off moments and in between other jobs.

I arranged them in a plastic tackle box. They are sort of color graded in the hopes that as I start to stitch them together I don't end up with big areas of one color. So far it seems like a good idea. Thanks to the fisher folk for a useful box.
Eye Candy
A closeup view of my box of hexagons is definitely eye candy. It reminds me of the round soft pastel colored mints that were arranged in rows in candy boxes.
I think they were Easter Candy but I'm not sure. Anyone know?

Lots more slow quilting to go. Tomorrow DH and I are taking the train to and from the city to see an exhibition of old Australian Documents. Hum 2 hours of hexagon covering. Yep I can handle that.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend. We are celebrating the Queen's Birthday which means 3days. Happy Stitching to all. Terry

One Flower Wednesday

Two new flowers for my garden.

I like stitching the pretty bits but know the surrounds need to be done as well.

Today I covered neutral hexies while waiting for my annual mammogram.

Covering hexagons are an excellent project for times like these.

I'm glad to be back tending my garden.

Happy Stitching and enjoy your cuppa Terry

First Tuesday Update

The Fence Rail quilt project is one I am sharing with Ria and Natima.

Last month both Nat and Ria posted pictures of their border fabrics. Ria's traditional Dutch fabric and Nat's Japanese fabric from her trip. Both choices reflecting the quilters.

Nat suggested that I should purchase my border in the U.S. while I was there.

Red white and blue seemed the obvious choice. Flag images were too kitch so I choose two fabrics one red and one blue. My quilt is scraps from my stash reduction programme. Lots of stripes and blues in the darker sections.

Last week yielded more scraps so my quilt will grow this month.I'm thinking this might be a new table cloth.

Food for thought?

Have a week of Happy Stitching Terry