The Sewing Lesson

As I promised last week, here are the pictures of my granddaughter's sewing lesson and the results. This is a before picture. Great concentration when sewing to keep the fabric straight! The scarf Kate made for her dog. Wearing the necklace she made, while showing off a tube she sewed and a bouncy ball that goes into the tube to make the necklace. I am still making hexagons. I only made nine more flowers this week, so 63 hexagons, sewn into flowers, but not yet joined to my earlier ones. My shoulder is feeling so much better, that I am sure I can add a complete light round and then a dark round. It might just end up big enough for a lap quilt for myself. I have really been enjoying the hand work. I have one more week of work coming up and then will be off for about eight weeks. As soon as I am off work I plan on getting back to my Batik block of the month project and my daughter's table runner. I think I will machine sew during the day and then hand sew in the evenings, so keep progressing with everything. That is the plan at the moment, so we will just have to see how it goes. Enjoy your week and your own current projects!

Still Hexagons

I can't believe that I am still making hexagons! They are really addictive. I did too many during the Olympics. I got up on the final Sunday and couldn't lift my right arm above shoulder height. I had been sitting on the end of a couch with my left arm supported, but nothing under my right arm. Now I know to periodically change ends, or sit in the chair with nice big padded arms to support both of my arms. It is much better now, so I am back at it. I have 37 flowers all sewn together and four additional ones made. That is a total of 287 hexagons! I took the 37 to Evening Threads Quilt Guild last Wednesday evening. I am no longer sure of what I am making. Some of the ladies said I should just finish it as is and use it as a table runner on a round table. Unfortunately, I don't have a round table. I think that it will end up as a wall hanging, mounted on indigo, with a few extra flowers floating around it, with some Sashiko swirled around to connect them. That is the plan at the moment, but may change. This would keep the Asian theme going, as all the fabrics are Asian prints. At guild we learned how to make a necklace out of a tube of fabric and five bouncy balls. For the first time, I started teaching my eight year old granddaughter how to use my sewing machine. It was great fun! Her mother sat and watched and took pictures. I am hoping to get some of the pictures, but they have gone camping, so we will have to wait until next week to see the results. Have a good week and good sewing!

Still More Hexagons

The Olympics are still on, so I am still making hexagons! I am now up to 34 "flowers", so 238 hexagons. I am continuing to alternate light and dark rounds. I have three more dark flowers to make to finish the outer round. The center rounds are all sewn together along with two flowers in the outside round. I am pleased with the way it is turning out, so will keep going for a bit longer, at least two more rounds before I decide what size I am making - wall hanging, lap or single bed quilt. I keep thinking that I will get bored, but so far, this hasn't happened. It has been a very good project to watch TV with. I hardly ever watch TV usually, so this is a new experience for me. I have really been enjoying the Olympics, not just the sporting events themselves, but also so many stories about the participants! My striped purse will wait for me, as will my blocks of the month and even my daughters' table runner. I am hoping that I will actually get some time off work in a couple of weeks and will be able to catch everything up then. This sounds like a plan, but could get changed. After all, quilting is my hobby and as such must be enjoyed or it wouldn't be worth doing. Right now, I am enjoying hexagons! Have a good week and I hope you are enjoying what you are working on!