A look at my Treasures

unpacking done…
now to find homes for all my treasures  that I received for Chrissy & on my travels
I thought I would share them with you.

these will be perfect for all my applique 

some beautiful Batiks ..cant wait to play with these












some spots for my stash

I  just love these colours and designs from

Nancy Halvorsen - I got 3 charm packs

A Jinny  Beyer Kit -Woven Ribbons

more fabric for my stash

some New Zealand themed fabric from my travels

& from a wonderful quilt shop in Hobart

The Quilted Crow I scored these

I’m very spoilt

Can’t wait to play with these in my girl cave

this is going to be a fun year.

so because I have been so spoilt,  this year I am really going to try to use my stash to sew with rather than buy any more….

wonder how long I stick to this…

Have fun sewing

Kim

Fabric stash

Day 12 of sitting with my foot up

I'm so over this now !!!!!!!

I've had some interesting days  just sitting.

I've cuddle my pussy cats; Misty & PC

I've cuddled the new puppy;  Sugar

I've started a few sewing projects

I've read lots online 

I've blogged

I've taken photos & videos 

I've watched a lot of TV & movies

I've done some shopping online

which brings me to what happened last night.

Australia doesn't do Halloween  like the USA

but retailers have been pushing it over the last few years to get us involved.

So let me set the scene

Me in my chair, foot up

DS & His GF & DH all in our lounge room

 its just on dusk

&

 there is a  knock on our front door, & another knock  & another knock

DH says I'm not getting it, DS says its trick or treaters

still another knock getting louder

then quiet as we all ignore the knocks

then

we hear a car door slam

 we start talking about how the kids are getting driven around by their parents to get treats

I ask can you please check ..as I cant stuck in this chair

now this is where it gets funny

Its not the trick or treaters  but my local delivery man

Trying to give my a few parcels....ooops  my online shopping deliveries while my DH is here

Opps

DH says what have you been buying now......

DS opens door to delivery man & apologises

 saying we thought he was trick & treating

lucky he is a lovely man & just laughs....

 he is running really late, he has never delivered this late, only at Christmas

DS brings me the package the very large package....

Well looks like I got the treats

check out what he bought me

yep fabric for my stash

what a great treat

now I found a great website

Patchwork Products

and I got all this for $90  - 100 fat quarters all different

I am very pleased

they are prefect for all my applique work

now here is Australia  a fat quarters average from $3 to $7

so you can see why I 'm a happy girl.

now I have to get DS to stash it in my sewing room.

I think I will have to reorganise my stash

when I get back into my sewing room with this little arrival.

Have fun sewing

Kim

Hexagon Challenges & Decisions

Day 5

Sitting with my foot up

I am feeling very  excited about this project.

As I rummaged through my stash of fabrics I  had forgot about just how many  fat quarters of fabric I had with sewing themes on them. 

Now that I have cut my hexagons and  I even fussy cut a few…. .the go cutter makes this process so easy….

ahhh I do love my Accuquilt GO

I need to decided about a design that will also suit my situation of sitting.

Design Brief…. make something fun to show my love of sewing using my sewing themed fabrics.

Limitations: Must be able to complete sitting  and with  hand stitching, with limited access to my gadgets & supplies in my sewing room. ( I do not want to risk sending DH into my girl cave to many times)

What can you do with a hexagon??????

After  doing some researching on the net…(yes laptop is close at hand), I found several designs.

1. Tiled Hexagon arrangement – where hexagons are just stitched in rows  to create a pattern.
• this design is very achievable with fabrics I have, I can just mix them up & sew, row after row. and would give a scrappy look.
2. A Charm hexagon quilt – where every hexagon is a different fabric  stitched in rows.
• this design I could achieve with the amount of different fabrics I have  however, I will only using one hexagon of fabric and I want to display more of each fabric in the quilt
3. A grandmothers flower garden- where the hexagons are arranged into a flower shape then join together to create a second pattern. The flowers can be 2 rows big or 3 rows  or 4 rows  depending on final design.
• this design shape is still my favourite but I think I will add a Kimzeee twist to it.

And the Winner is......

A  flower design  with  Kimzeee twist, it is to be.

Fabrics have been sorted into  light & dark backgrounds

Most of my hexagons I have cut at least 6 hexagons of each fabric and i can cut more  if needed.

so let the party & fun  begin

I need to mark my hexagons seam allowance….

Oh dear

I need some  more gadgets from my sewing room….

 Lucky son is home today I can send him to fetch…

 this could be fun

 as I  describe what he is looking for & where I left it last.

1. 2 Marking pen – Pilot Frixion Pen, disappears with heat, a purple & a pink ( lucky they are my favourite colours)
2. 1/4” clear plastic ruler – this is so handy
3. sandpaper board-  this has fine sandpaper glued to a board that is perfect for marking as it grips the fabric

ok he found them … 

with a few yelling matches back & forward …

” try here or try here” ….

from me in the front of the house & him at the back of the house.

All gadgets found

Marking all the 1/4" seam allowances in before I stitch

with my Frixion pen.

  now comes the fun bits 

arranging fabrics to create a flower shape

I am creating the  flowers by using  a light coloured center & dark petals or a dark center and light petals.

I lay them out on my board to decide arrangement

PC is keeping me company

join together the hexagons,

using a  small running stitch, 

from intersection of each corner to corner,

joining each piece to center piece until you have a completed flower

Flower 1

Flower 2

Flower 3

Ok that's enough  fun for today

Have fun sewing

Kim

Hexagon Sewing Theme Quilt Project

4 days ago I had a foot operation,  3 days on pain pills & sitting  with foot elevated has lead  me to a new project, so I don't go completely nutty over the next 2 weeks, with  sitting & healing,  I needed a new project !!!!!!!

Now what can I do ?

I  have nothing prepared for hand stitching, every project I have is machine stitching.
I have my Accuquilt Go cutter… now can I use this sitting in a chair with my foot elevated….????
I think I can if I just get DH to bring out my portable sewing table I got when I was 12.
This is very Dangerous sending DH into my girl cave, he might see all the stuff I really have…

Now what Accuquilt cutting die do I want…..???

&

What fabric do I want to use?????

I have been collecting fabric with a sewing theme for the past 6 years & I would love to do something with them.

Oh NOOOOOOOOOO

I have to send DH into my stash cupboard to get my container of sewing theme fabrics…

 

Do I dare send him to my stash cupboard…..
There is no other way  to get it…. 
He returns with my very full container of fabrics…. with a smile…..pheeeeeeeeew


ok  Go cutter organised, fabric selected…
Now what pattern can I do or want to do….

When I first started quilting and patchwork in my 20’s I made hundreds of 2” hexagons, cutting each shape individually, cutting all the paper templates & then stitching them into flower shapes   but  somewhere along the line when we moved houses they were thrown out as rubbish..grrrrrrrr and I haven't made one since.

But I did buy the hexagon die when I purchased my Accuquilt go cutter.
Looking at my stash of themed sewing fabrics  I think the  largest hexagon in the Accuquilt dies  would be perfect  for my project as it would show off the different fabrics designs.

I have used a black sharpie to outline die

Ok now can I cut these out sitting with my foot elevated..???

First I need to make strips wide enough to go over the 5”hexagon shape

Now normally I would cut  the strips using a rotary cutter & mat but that isn't possible in this position so I roughly measure  the fabric across shape and did the old fashion rip along the grain line.

While this is using  more fabric  this is all about achieving the end results and I have stacks of fabric

now this strip, allows me to fold it over 3 times, but I can cut up to 6 layers at once

I then placed my well used protective mat over fabric & position the die to go threw the cutter.

Winding the handle until it is all threw the Go cutter..easy sitting in the chair

Removing the cutting matt of fabric  you can see the hexagon shape cut out.

Removing the outside excess fabric and stash in plastic bag for other projects…

and

I have 3 perfect hexagons, cut in 10 seconds that  it took me to roll it threw the machine

and best of all, my  foot is elevated  & healing. 

Now too roll, cut, roll, cut, the day away

I have sorted the hexagons  into  lights (creams, beiges and white) backgrounds

  and dark backgrounds.

that's enough for one day

am feeling a little tired

but excited about this project.

stay tuned to see what I create with these hexagons over the next two weeks

have fun sewing

Kim