I love making these hearts...
Now to work on a layout
Showing posts with label heart blocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heart blocks. Show all posts
Monday, 20 February 2017
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Thoughts for Tuesday
My work table absolutely groaned under the weight
of this monster quilt.....
Probably not a good idea with a mainly cream quilt...
A new project...
Bang, bang, bang....
All photos taken on my phone (hence the quality!)
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Playing with Hearts
I wanted to do something with my pile of applique hearts that I had made while convalescing from my last leg operation, so a while back I tested one heart block setting it on point in a square in a square block. I used some of the fabrics I had left over from my rose hexagon quilt for squaring the heart block up and thought it looked quite fun so I have sewn a few more.
Here are the blocks that I have made so far, most of them 'squared' up today - I can't help it, 'I sew when I'm upset'* and I am upset that my hospital visit for this morning got cancelled just as I was about to set off :-(
* This is a reference to Kung Fu Panda where the 'big fat panda' says: "What? I eat when I'm upset" :-D
Here are the blocks that I have made so far, most of them 'squared' up today - I can't help it, 'I sew when I'm upset'* and I am upset that my hospital visit for this morning got cancelled just as I was about to set off :-(
* This is a reference to Kung Fu Panda where the 'big fat panda' says: "What? I eat when I'm upset" :-D
Anyway, this is just a temporary layout and I will probably make a few more blocks, plus those setting triangles are for my Cathedral stars course so they are just to give myself an idea... although I do like those murky greys and browns of the setting fabrics as they bring out the brights very nicely, they are 'Evening Mist' by Moda and were from a swap with the Happy Wren - thanks Nichole, they are gorgeous!
Just a few more sleeps...
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Scrappy Hearts
Saw these on Lynda's blog and I just had to try them...
After a month in South Africa where I didn't sew a SINGLE!! stitch, I needed to just sew . Something. Anything. I had these scraps lying on my worktable so I thought I'd just sew them together randomly and see what happens. After a few mini sew sessions here and there I had enough to make two of these hearts following the directions on Lynda' blog. You need 4 blocks for each heart...
They are such fun to make and the good news is that I seem to be in Patchwork mode at the moment which will come in very handy soon! :-)
After a month in South Africa where I didn't sew a SINGLE!! stitch, I needed to just sew . Something. Anything. I had these scraps lying on my worktable so I thought I'd just sew them together randomly and see what happens. After a few mini sew sessions here and there I had enough to make two of these hearts following the directions on Lynda' blog. You need 4 blocks for each heart...
They are such fun to make and the good news is that I seem to be in Patchwork mode at the moment which will come in very handy soon! :-)
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Love is...
Love is...
... being able to use my sewing machine again for very short periods (until it gets uncomfortable to sit or until my 'bad' foot starts feeling weird and cold LOL)
Love is...
... making 5 heart blocks for bedside table toppers. All our beside tables need toppers so I thought I'd make them with some of the beautiful reds I recently received.
Love is...
...Lots of sunshine
...New lambs on the farm
...Blue eggs from our neighbours
Love is...
(fill in the blank!)
... being able to use my sewing machine again for very short periods (until it gets uncomfortable to sit or until my 'bad' foot starts feeling weird and cold LOL)Love is...
... making 5 heart blocks for bedside table toppers. All our beside tables need toppers so I thought I'd make them with some of the beautiful reds I recently received.Love is...
...Lots of sunshine
...New lambs on the farm
...Blue eggs from our neighbours
Love is...
(fill in the blank!)
Monday, 8 February 2010
Carolina Lily Crazy
I have always wanted to do Marti Mitchell's Carolina Lily quilt pattern. I bought the pattern last year, but have only gotten around to starting it now.
Of course, I couldn't do it as per the instructions. No, I had to make the templates a different size AND I had to do it as an English Paper piecing project. i.e. it will all be done by hand. (I have only managed 2 segments of the first block - each block is made of 4 segments and needs applique too!)
Well, I do have time on my hands and space on my lap...
Between two hospital stays for my leg in 2 years (and a bit done at home here and there), I have finished the applique on 80 die-cut hearts that my friend Donna sent me a few years back...
I have plans to make 3 quilts out of the 80 hearts. They now need machine work, but I am unable to use my sewing machine at present, hence the Carolina Lily's which will take me several years to complete.
I have aslo been sewing spare hexagons into a small panel to try a bag out. So I am keeping those fingers busy.
I'm on the lookout for red on red fabrics for the Lilies. If you have any you'd like to swap please let me know.
In the meantime, they should be taking my staples out this week. As someone who sews, I was highly offended that they stapled me instead of stitching me back together!!
Of course, I couldn't do it as per the instructions. No, I had to make the templates a different size AND I had to do it as an English Paper piecing project. i.e. it will all be done by hand. (I have only managed 2 segments of the first block - each block is made of 4 segments and needs applique too!)
Well, I do have time on my hands and space on my lap...
Between two hospital stays for my leg in 2 years (and a bit done at home here and there), I have finished the applique on 80 die-cut hearts that my friend Donna sent me a few years back...
I have plans to make 3 quilts out of the 80 hearts. They now need machine work, but I am unable to use my sewing machine at present, hence the Carolina Lily's which will take me several years to complete.
I have aslo been sewing spare hexagons into a small panel to try a bag out. So I am keeping those fingers busy.
I'm on the lookout for red on red fabrics for the Lilies. If you have any you'd like to swap please let me know.
In the meantime, they should be taking my staples out this week. As someone who sews, I was highly offended that they stapled me instead of stitching me back together!!
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Hospitals, Hexagons, Hearts...
Today I had a post-op consultation at the hospital. I waited for well over an hour for my five minutes with the doctor :-)
Just before I was called in, they tried to send me to see someone else. Someone who would know nothing about my operation or why I was there...
I sat in the waiting room sewing hexagons so to be honest didn't notice how long the wait was...
Following doctor's orders, I came home and took my own dressings off and snipped my own dissolving stitch thread ends. Then I felt sick. I am faint-hearted LOL
Speaking of hearts, I am working on another handwork project as well as my hexagons.
All this tidying up around the house has unearthed these die-cut hearts that my friend Donna sent me quite a few years ago. Donna included template plastic, freezer paper, glue, a demo heart and 85 (or so) fabric pre-cut hearts...
I decided to do them in bed and slightly differently to Donna's suggestion. So am doing the applique method where you draw an outline (using the template) on the right side of the fabric and then as you stitch you push the edges under with your needle. Needle-turn applique without the freezer paper. I would have done needle-turn applique with the freezer paper, but getting to an iron while resting was too much like hard work.
I have now done 8 and half and have 78 (or so) to go :-)
The other applique hearts that I did in an English paper-piecing sort of way while I was in hospital after my operation have found a new home. They'll be going to Clare for Quilts for Leukaemia:
Here's a little secret (don't tell DH)..., but while I've been lying in my bed I treated myself to 2 new books (sshh!).
This is one of them...
And this is my first attempt at an embroidery from the book.
I don't 'do' embroidery or 'stitchery', but I do love roses and I had an idea that I may embroider some of my hexagon pieces that are not rosy enough with a rose embroidery... just an idea...
Just before I was called in, they tried to send me to see someone else. Someone who would know nothing about my operation or why I was there...
I sat in the waiting room sewing hexagons so to be honest didn't notice how long the wait was...
Following doctor's orders, I came home and took my own dressings off and snipped my own dissolving stitch thread ends. Then I felt sick. I am faint-hearted LOL
Speaking of hearts, I am working on another handwork project as well as my hexagons.
All this tidying up around the house has unearthed these die-cut hearts that my friend Donna sent me quite a few years ago. Donna included template plastic, freezer paper, glue, a demo heart and 85 (or so) fabric pre-cut hearts...
I decided to do them in bed and slightly differently to Donna's suggestion. So am doing the applique method where you draw an outline (using the template) on the right side of the fabric and then as you stitch you push the edges under with your needle. Needle-turn applique without the freezer paper. I would have done needle-turn applique with the freezer paper, but getting to an iron while resting was too much like hard work.
I have now done 8 and half and have 78 (or so) to go :-)
The other applique hearts that I did in an English paper-piecing sort of way while I was in hospital after my operation have found a new home. They'll be going to Clare for Quilts for Leukaemia:
Here's a little secret (don't tell DH)..., but while I've been lying in my bed I treated myself to 2 new books (sshh!).
This is one of them...
And this is my first attempt at an embroidery from the book.
I don't 'do' embroidery or 'stitchery', but I do love roses and I had an idea that I may embroider some of my hexagon pieces that are not rosy enough with a rose embroidery... just an idea...
Monday, 6 August 2007
I get so distracted...
I was meant to be working on my brown strips.. 
They are going to be Bento Boxes or something. I can't decide, I guess that's why I'm not working on them...
Then I started working on these..
(Note the little person who kept grabbing them!) They are from Bonnie's wonderful Quiltville site and are called Pineapple Blossom
Lots of people have done wonderful versions of these and it's a fun block to make plus it's using up almost all of my butterfly fabrics that were just sitting in my stash making me feel quilty.
But then I signed up to make Maple Leaves for a BlockBuddy Swap. These are already cut and in rows ready to be put together so no pictures yet.
But while I was doing those I wanted to make someone special a block...
But then I realised the reason I can't focus is because of all my mess and clutter in my life, so I started tidying my spaces.
Why does it always look so much worse before it looks better???
They are going to be Bento Boxes or something. I can't decide, I guess that's why I'm not working on them...Then I started working on these..
(Note the little person who kept grabbing them!) They are from Bonnie's wonderful Quiltville site and are called Pineapple Blossom
Lots of people have done wonderful versions of these and it's a fun block to make plus it's using up almost all of my butterfly fabrics that were just sitting in my stash making me feel quilty.
But then I signed up to make Maple Leaves for a BlockBuddy Swap. These are already cut and in rows ready to be put together so no pictures yet.
But while I was doing those I wanted to make someone special a block...
But then I realised the reason I can't focus is because of all my mess and clutter in my life, so I started tidying my spaces.
Why does it always look so much worse before it looks better???
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