I have finished the Mourning Cloak butterfly.
My last post on this project was in September, 2015.
I don’t think I have done much cross stitching since that time. Most of the last year and a half has been spent working on my hexagon quilt. What a project that has been! But more on that later.
I finished O Christmas Tree into an actual ornament!
Here is the front:
And here is the back!
I used Vonna’s instructions on flat fold ornaments and it was super easy!
But I did omit the cording around the edge. I didn’t want to make my own since I can’t find a mini-cording thingy and the cording at the store didn’t match. But I think it turned out fine without it!
It has taken a while to post this, but I did actually finish this before Christmas as it was a gift for a co-worker. Unfortunately, I didn’t get around to finishing MY ornament of this same pattern, so it is still laying there all sad and unfinished. But I will get it done and ready to hang for Christmas 2016!
I needed to pick up some white fabric to make my “sashing” hexies for my Hexie Quilt. So, it was off to my local quilt store! Yay!!
I picked up some Moda White.
And while I was there, I just had to take a look at the scrap bin! I found the pink and green fabrics while digging through the mountain of scraps. I had a hankering for something purple, so I also picked up a purple fat quarter with pink flowers! My 7 year old son, who was with me on the shopping trip, helped me pick that one.
I had so much fun looking at all the fabric! The quilt store is one of my very favorite places!
I have made more progress on my hexie diamonds. Here are the three most recent completed diamonds.
In looking at my stash fabrics pulled for this quilt, you can tell my favorite color is blue! Most of the fabrics are blue or have blue in them! That is one reason I picked up a few new fabrics today. Although I was trying to only use fabrics from my stash for this quilt, I wanted to make sure I have a variety of colors and it doesn’t turn into a blue quilt.
For the last few weeks, I have almost exclusively been working on my hexagon quilt.
Here is a little stack of hexies. Aren’t they just so cute!
I have completed 15 “diamonds” so far.
I have not purchased any fabric for this quilt. I am trying to use only my stash. I figured I need to start using some of this fabric I keep collecting because it is really starting to pile up.
I think I will use plain white fabric for my “sashing” in between the diamonds, which I’m hoping is the only fabric I have to buy for this quilt top.
The second O Chrsitmas Tree ornament is finished!
I picked up some red and green fabric with sparkles for the backing. All I need now is some trim!