what i’m working on wednesday
Here’s what I have going on:
The assignment for my next Modern Quilt Guild meeting is to make a name tag. I came home and pulled out some scraps to try my hand at little English paper pieced hexagons.
These are half-inch hexies. I wanted to do quarter-inch but I thought I should start out a little bigger as I have never done them before. I used this template generator for my hexagon shapes. I will square these up, embroider my name on it, and bind it off. These little things are wildly addicting.
I need to bind the the first quilt I made. None of the corners matched so I ended up hand tying it instead of machine quilting it. Part of it was already tied with grey wool but I couldn’t find that particular ball so I finished it with aqua. I have noticed it might be a little slippery because some of the knots are untying.
I don’t know what I was thinking because this beast is 89″ x 98″. Huge. I want to bind it in grey but Kona ash is out everywhere I have physically looked for it. I think I’ll just have to order it.
Most importantly, I have to finish this quilt for Evelyn. I started this last February and things screeched to a halt when I started running into puckers with my quilting. Now all of the quilting has been ripped out and It is going to be re-basted.
But this time around I want to do different quilting than what I originally planned. I started with a spiral in each circle and then I was going to do a sort of elongated clover pattern where the corners meet. Now I am thinking I might do an all-over loopy bubble pattern or swirly waves. I’m not sure but I better decide soon.
And speaking of the girl, I have been searching like crazy for mermaid birthday party ideas. Just like I did when I was little, Evelyn has developed a slight obsession with all things mermaid. I once took a Chicken of the Sea can of tuna out of the garbage and hid it under my bed because of the mermaid on the label. No, it wasn’t washed out. We don’t have that brand of tuna in the cupboard so I think I’m safe there.
But all of these projects have to wait a little bit as I finish up editing on pictures of this little cutie.
Isn’t she a little doll?!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
