Wednesday 16 May 2012

Wednesday WIP

The weeks seems to be flying by right now. Can't believe its already Wednesday again.

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The progress this week has been good. I made my very first bee block for the Bee Europa 2012... and forgot to photograph it before sending it of to Cara in the UK. We were asked to make the Lee's Rocky Road to Kansas. I did struggle a little with mine. For some reason it came out at 12 1/4 inch rather than 12,5 inch, so I had to take it apart and remake it. It's a lovely block though and I think it's going to be a beautiful quilt.

Otherwise I'm busy sewing together triangles for my Terrain quilt.  I adore the fabric and are so happy I have plenty more so I can make another quilt in the future. I'm doing hexiestars and they are quite big. Right now my design wall is a mess as some rows are sewed together and some aren't. Here's a picture from earlier this week giving a rough outline. I have since added more stars. I want to the quilt to be large so it's perfect for snuggling:



As always I struggle with cutting wonderful bold fabric into very small pieces so I made the stars quite large. The height is 19" per star. Here's a few of them:

  


The triangles are not as difficult in themselves but I pin a lot to ensure the rows are accurate. Therefore the motto for this week is:


Linking up to Lee's Wednesday WIP. Oh... go on over there and have a look. You know you want to.
 WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced


16 comments:

  1. The hexie stars look great! Are you following the Sarah Fielke pattern or something else?

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  2. Your stars look gorgeous. That large size really suits the prints.

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  3. Very striking stars. Can't lose with Terrain.

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  4. Oh this is gonna be beautiful!

    Happy sewing

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  5. Love the motto! The stars are looking fab. Hmm...maybe I want to try this block--I always say that after I see something amazing. : )

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  6. The hexie stars look wonderful. You can't go wrong with such beautiful fabric, can you?

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  7. Wonderful looking blocks....great color

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  8. Great fabric choice 'cause they make your stars shine!

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  9. It's looking great; just keep pinning!
    How big do you want it to be?

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  10. I love your stars. The fabric is beautiful :)

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  11. Great job! I love everything about this!

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  12. Wonderful! The entire finished quilt is going to be stunning!

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  13. Hey--another star quilt in the universe! And yours looks amazing. I agree on the pinning thing--but it does make a difference when all those pieces line up. I really like how yours is coming along--so beautiful.

    Elizabeth

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  14. Love your motto...I learned that lesson the hard way :) Your stars are fabulous! They show off the fabrics beautifully.

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  15. I have always loved those hexi-stars. They look wonderful!

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