Not a lot of progress to show you this week with my grandmother's flower garden quilt, but I do have 5 flowers completed now.
Not a lot of progress to show you this week with my grandmother's flower garden quilt, but I do have 5 flowers completed now.
If you're wondering why I've sewn the black and white spotty hexagons to just part of the flowers then let me explain....that's the background.
Rather than sewing all of the background/sashing once I've finished the flowers I'm doing it as I go, that way I'll be much closer to finishing when I have all the flowers done, and I won't have to sew hundreds of black background hexagons in one go.
They'll go together like this....
Obviously I've still got a long way to go before my quilt looks quilt-like, but I love how it's looking so far!
This week's job is to baste/tack a whole heap of individual hexagons ready for a plane trip to the US next week. An international flight is the perfect time to stitch up some hexie flowers, don't you think?!
Next week I'll show you my inflight sewing kit - you can take scissors and needles on flights, you just have to be careful with the sizes.
Have a wonderful week - what are you working on this week?