Tag: #hexie
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Hello Calluses…
I recently finished sewing binding on the King-sized anniversary quilt… and last week I started sewing the hexies for the dragon quilt together. Guess what? I now have some very nice calluses on my little fingers… it makes it SO much nicer to hand stitch anything! I just wish that you didn’t have to go […]
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Stitchin’ Time!
To start… I wanted to thank craftgossip for reposting my last blog entry… I received so much great feedback, it made me feel so good and keeps me going on this project! With all that inspiration, I was able to finish the layout ~ and now I can start stitching these suckers together. Here is […]
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Sew Close…
Yep, I’m close… I’ve been arranging and re-arranging the brown hexagons for this dragon quilt for about a month now ~ no lie. I am SO ready to start sewing!! It’s close… but not quite: The area that’s bothering me the most is at the bottom. I have two fabrics that make “hills” because they […]
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Number 100!
This marks my 100th blog post… and it’s my birthday! Definitely time to celebrate, although I’m not quite ready. This week we had some hard heavy rain and our basement flooded. Since Wednesday we’ve been cleaning and drying and moving stuff and cleaning some more. Last night was the first time in days I actually […]
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Slow Going…
Slow going is the way I would describe my sewing ventures lately. With the new year comes new plans for our business… so I’ve been spending more time on that end of my world. However, I am working on a schedule to be able to spend a little more time actually stitching ~ even when […]
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The Count Is In
Last night I counted all the half-inch hexies I have finished for my Dragon quilt… 2,232 pieces done!! Woo Hoo ~ I’m over half-way there! My new goal is to have all the pieces finished by the end of the year. After all the pieces are finished, I’ll lay them all out and play with […]