Seems I haven't posted Rosette 5 here yet? It's all done, & #6 is nearly done, so here is #5... Also, here they are altogether, so far...

Another bug has bit it seems, lol! We found a lovely church to join, & I am now going to a needlework group there on Friday mornings! Love it, have met some very special ladies there! Most are knitters, & a couple are sock knitters, & I seem to be fast becoming one also! I am on the second sock of my second pair now, & am fast building a stash to make more, lol! I think I am in love! Yes, I still love my quilting, but now I am trying to figure how to spend time in both worlds! Love it all! Here is my first pair, & the first sock of the second pair. The second one will soon be done! I did the first pair pretty plain & simple, now I am getting more comfortable with knitting again & am playing with more & different stitches, as the second pair sock shows! Loving every minute of it!... Guess I only have single sock pics, so here they are...

Well Rosette 4 from the New Hexagon - Millefiori Quilt Along, is on my design wall! Pieces all glue basted & ready for EPP stitching! Not sure about the little butterfly diamonds, but will see how I like them as my stitching progresses up to them! Love this one otherwise, & it is so different from the first three, which is good!... Now I can sit & stitch some more, yeah!...

Now I am back working on my other Millefiori design, in the La Paz group! I had this center done & am adding a bit more to it now. This round is stars & am loving it! This is the first rosette, which stops at this point. Not sure I want to, & make it bigger, to use as another size in this one, but think I will work on some more centers, then decide later... Anyway, love the colors, & love how it's looking!

 

I finished Rosette 3 & added it to the background design for us! It's filling in nicely, can't wait to finish this one!

 

Now we found a free program to do a mock up of our quilt design, to see how all these rosettes look together! Just two on mine, so far, with #3 nearing completion! I like this, fun to see how all that stitching I have been doing, is coming together! Enjoy!... Also added a pic of rosette 3, so far.. Love how all this is turning out!

Rosette 3 has begun, love it so far! Pics never do them justice, but we still have to share them, right, lol! I am so addicted to this project & my other new one, that I am having a hard time getting anything else around the house now, go figure, right! Anyway, here is the start of number 3 & the next row is in the works! Love all the colors in this one, although the black is a bear to hand stitch! Not too much more to go on this one, yeah!...

 

I have discovered a second Millefiori Quilt project! Love this book & the smaller size of these! Had to start on this one also & here is my first center! I have this quilting bug bad right now, as it's all I want to do, lol! Feels good though, just hope I can keep it going & get alot done! This center measures 7.5 inches. Love this size! Forgot to mention about the other quilt in previous pics, the first rosette measures 35in across, & the second one measures 37in across, so nice to have these in two sizes to work on now! 

 

Ahh, my second rosette if finished & here it is! Love how this one turned out too! Wonder what I can come up with for #3? Time will tell, as this adventure continues for me, lol...

 

My fascination with the Millefiori Quilt-Along continues! I can't seem to stop stitching on it, which is a good thing I guess, lol! Working on round 3 of the second one now, & love how it is all coming together! Here is a pic of round 2 completed, laying on a lovely tile counter top in my recently remodeled kitchen! I could not have imagined how much fun EPP & hexies could be! I was growing tired of my little GFG flowers project & looking for something else to keep my attention. Then I found the new book, The New Hexagon, then a group was started on facebook for this project & so the fun has begun! I plan to come back with another pic, once I have this one altogether!

My most recent project & a finish for the first part of it!

A new quilting book caught my attention awhile back! It's title "The New Hexagon". Shorty there after, I saw a post on Facebook, about this book, & a new quilt along starting in a group on there! So, excited, I joined the group! Seems a quilt is being designed as we make it, month by month! This one is a Millefiori quilt & I am loving it! It's all done by using the English Paper Piecing method, all by hand, mind you! I am a bit slow on hand quilting, but am bound & determined to do this one, no matter how long it takes me! Love, love, love it, & the challenge! Just what I needed in my quilting right now, & it came along at just the right time! So, here is my first rosette, finally finished, as of late last night & I am already, slowing, working on building the second one! Can you tell I am hooked on these, I think so, lol!....

I was in the mood to make a whole little quilt yesterday, the top anyway! I managed to accomplish just that, yeah! This one is little indeed, will finish about 16"x16". That's small for me & my type of projects, but hey, that's okay, & I love it already! Great way to try different patterns too, so I may get the hang of doing some of these little quilts too! This one is from the book "Micro Mini Quilts" by Moose Porch Quilts. Neat little booklet, see more in here I want to try! The strip on top will be a border or binding fabric, once I figure out how I want to accomplish that. Anyway, love this one & wanted to share it here....

I  am so happy to say I finished quilting my quilt that I posted pics of here last post! It was an adventure, but a pleasant journey also! I quilted it in sections, on my domestic machine & I used a stencil & tracing paper to do it! Love, love, love how it turned out! Now I can think about what next! We found this great dragonfly stencil in Joanns & then I knew how I wanted to quilt this beautiful quilt! I did it in sections, the sewed all the sections together. I learned alot more doing this one too, which should help my future quilting adventures. Okay, here goes!

Time to make a quilt, quilt it, that is, lol!...

Not sure why, but I am in the mood to machine quilt a quilt top. Good idea really, since I have lots to choose from! Decided on one I did in sections, a keeper, for our queen size bed! We recently found this neat Dragonfly free motion quilting template at Joann's & I think that helped inspire me, since I am dying to give it a try, lol! Even went back & bought another simialar, with roses in it! Now I have some new toys to play with & try out! This one is asian prints, mostly florals, & I added a few batiks to it! The blocks are Drunkards Path, which I love, & I have six separate sections to quilt, then stitch together, & add a border to. I got the first one all sandwiched & pin basted & ready to quilt! I used PressNSeal to trace the stencil on, & can peel it off once I am done stitching... This first section is like a test run, then I will go from there! Here are a couple of pics of sections of this quilt, to give you an idea of what I am building! .... Now, another part of my quilting journey can begin, & I will post a pic when I finish this first section, wish me luck & stay tuned!...

Dear Jane...A12..another little finish, yeah!

The Dear Jane bug bit today, so i got busy & made another block! A12 & I am pretty happy with how it turned out! Another thing I recently figured out is I have something called "Photo Booth" here on my Mac laptop. It's a pic taker, in case you are wondering, & what's nice is, the pics end up on my laptop as quick as I take them! How cool is that! So, I got this block done, & decided to try taking a pic of it this way. Took a few trys to mainly get the whole block in the pic & not alot of other stuff! So, here goes, & now I have discovered a new quick way to share my block pics!... You may be seeing lots more blog pics now & I couldn't be any happier with my discovery!...This block is 5in too, just like the other DJ blocks I have posted, in case you are wondering. Isn't it cute, I think I really like how it turned out!

I know, I'm bad, been awhile since I posted here, but I am back again, with new pics to share! Updates mostly of things started, but not done yet, lol, my kind of quilting, I guess! First, here are my Dear Jane blocks! Top half are new, bottom half are my starter ones! Found some places with info on paper piecing them now, & all of a sudden, they have become fun & addicting to do! So here's the new pic, enjoy!

Okay, having to figure this out as I go once again, so bear with me on the pics & posting, lol!
Next update is my Farmer Wives Sampler blocks! Once again, I am paper piecing these now too, with more newly found info on pp blocks for these, & am much happier with how easy they are working up! These are 6.5in blocks right now, the DJ ones in first pic are 5in, in case you are wondering. Enjoy!

 Okay, next pic! I love quilts done will all one shape, not sure why, but I seem to be drawn to them, okay. So, recently, online, I saw this lovely Applecore shaped quilt done scrappy & I was hooked! Found an applecore template from a quilt mag article I had saved & off I went! I have cut 64 shapes, so far, & started sewing them together in fours. Here is some I have done so far! Not bad, but want to keep adding to them before I start sewing the foursome blocks together. It will probably grow to lap size or couch size quilt by the time I stop, but this is another ongoing project, as I get the urge to work on it, so look for more progress shots as it continues to grow! Should be fun & I have plenty of stash & scraps to make each piece different too, lol!.. Enjoy!...

Okay, one more pic! This one, I call my inspiration board, & these are things I have played with lately, mostly hexies! I like to try out different blocks & play around. I have also found, having some stuff like this, hanging in my studio, around my working area, inspires me! So this is it for me. I also find out what I like making or not making, this way. I like all of this you see here, with one exception, that little mini dresden plate! I guess it's not my kind of block to make, just don't enjoy building them, & feel they are way to much work for what you end up with, so knowing that now, I am not doing anymore of them & am happier, just having decided that, lol! Crazy huh, but true, none the less!  Okay folks, that's it for now, & please feel free to leave any comments here on my blog! I love hearing from anyone & everyone who happens to come here! Hugs to all & see you soon again, I hope!

Okay, just realized, that's not the finished quilt, so will post one of it finished, lol!

I have a new finish to share! This is a group quilt project I took on for the list owner, who is a friend of mine, & I help run the fb group too. This quilt is in honor of her mom's recent passing, & for the new chapter in her life, she recently began, with alot of help & encouragement from a few of her friends & some family members. So, it's both a memory quilt & one to celebrate a new beginning! I loved doing this quilt, it was one where I started in the center & worked my way out. The 12in blocks were sent to me, & it was like a hidden puzzle, designing a quilt idea around each block, then bringing them altogether in one big quilt! It was quite, but I just too it one step at a time, one block at a time, one section at a time & it gradually grew & became it's own quilt! I am very happy with the end result, only wish the pictures showed the real beauty of it, but you get a good idea anyway! Enjoy & feel free to comment, or ask questions! Happy to share!...

Happy New Year!

I wanted to share my first completion of the new year, &, my first try doing a "Pieced Hexie Block!

Once in awhile, it all comes together, just as you imagined, & When it does, it's so cool, isn't it!

This first one was alot of work, figuring out how to do it, but it was worth the journey! 

I got this book recently from a dear friend & had put off try the hexie designs cause I didn't like the technique used, it just didn't seem doable to me, & my friend, who gifted the book tried & it didn't work for her. So I was skeptical. Then, a different of doing it, & achieving the desired result, occured to me. A light bulb moment one gets sometimes! I tried it, took my time, did it my way & it worked. So I wanted to share it here! What do you think? Me, it's a keeper, & hope to try some more soon!

Well, have decided to spend more time here, I tend to forget to come here & share, so am going to work on that! Here is a top I just finished late yesterday afternoon! I worked on this while hubby was glued to the tube, watching just about anything & everything while the Olympics were on! Need I say more, I found myself spending a lot more time in my studio & here the result! Love it! Love these little blocks, little drunks, a friend calls them! Love the colors too! I started with a fq pack & a coordinating charm pack from Joann's, that I feel in love with when I saw them! Cut the first sets out, just using them, & decided they needed more fabrics, to set them off. So added some batiks & a few blenders, & got much better results! Hope you like it too!....