Sadly, I haven’t touched my YOTA project in a while.
Two months to be exact. It remains the same as I left it in September.
I feel guilty for not stitching on it but I just have no motivation to pull it out and work on it. Maybe if I leave it alone for a little while longer, I can come back to it some time next year with renewed ambition. But for now, I think I have given up on it and it will remain a WIP.
Lately, I have been obsessed with hexagons!
I started dabbling in hexagons a few years ago, but quickly lost interest as I do with most things.
But, after some quality time on Pinterest recently, I decided to take a stab at it again. And I am enjoying it much more this time around.
I dug around in my craft room and found some leftover freezer paper templates from my previous hexie attempt.
I pulled some of my fabric stash and cut out some squares.
Ironed on the freezer paper templates . . .
Did a little trimming . . .
And basted the seam allowances under.
Here is a cute little stack of hexies all ready to get stitched together!
I played around with the hexie placement a little. This is the traditional “Grandmother’s Flower Garden” pattern.
But I wanted something a bit more modern, so I decided on a diamond pattern.
Now, off to make more hexies!
Last week brought the International Quilt Festival to town. YIPEE!! I look forward to this event every year! I take a day off work to walk around ogling at the beautiful quilts and spend way too much money.
O happy day!!!!
Waiting in line to get in . . .
So excited!!!
I walked around the quilt display side first. Unfortunatley, most of the displays do not allow photography, so I couldn’t take pictures of most of the quilts I saw.
But I did snap a few photos of some absolutely awesome “dinners.” This was a display of 3-dimensional fabric “place settings” and “dinner food.” ALL. MADE. FROM. FABRIC.
These were my favorites.
You have a steak and baked potato . . .
Pancakes, bacon, and eggs . . .
And last, but not least, crab and oysters . . .
Remember these are not real food. They were all made with fabric, beads, plastic, and other crafty little things. I was amazed at how real some of them looked!
And this was a quilt little owl quilt I thought was too cute! Wink, Wink!
And then on to buying stuff. And, boy, was there stuff!!! Lots of ohhhs and ahhhs, and Look At This, and I Want That!!! This what I managed to hold myself back to.
Some fabric bundles . . .
A few cross stitch charts from my favorite booth “The Silver Needle” out of Oklahoma . . .
And one quilt pattern . . .
A good time was had by all! Quilt Festival is my favorite day of the whole year!
I’m already looking forward to next year!
I stitched up this cute little snowflake last week. I still have a few beads to add to the middle and the outside points, but that shouldn’t take too long.
This was stitched on 28-count blue evenweave I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I used one strand of Kreinik blending filament with one strand of DMC floss so it sparkles! I also have some very cute white and silver backing fabric picked out.
This is such a cute and easy pattern that I thought I should make another. Here is the one I finished in March of this year.
I have a few people on my Christmas list that I want to gift ornaments to, so I thought this would make an excellent choice as it stitches up so quick.
I used a different color ground fabric for this one. It is 28-count Natural evenweave. This is what I have so far.
I hope to be done with this one this weekend! And then I might try to stitch one more before Christmas! As the time nears to actually “finish” these stitched pieces into ornaments, I am getting super nervous. I want to use The Twister Stitcher’s flat ornament directions. I’m sure I can manage it, but it just scares me that I might screw it up and then I have ruined my stitched piece.