Welcome to week 443 of the Free Motion Mavericks linking party. I'm still not spending much time in my studio, but it's because I have a companion who would rather spend time outside or in the living room than in my studio 🐶. It's also #100hexies100days2023, so I've been having tons of fun going back to my hexies. 😊
Dog Days of Summer Into Fall
The Out of the Box Fibre Artists group has an exhibition up in one of our local libraries. The Alta Vista branch has a lot of wall space. I'm really looking forward to seeing the exhibit. I'm also thrilled that one of my pieces made the poster!
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| Out of the box Fibre Arts Exhibit |
These are my two pieces. Clover at Dusk was made after a walk with Chevy. It was magical - in the field of clover were several fire flies twinkling around. The background was a fence and vines that were starting to turn red. It's a tiny piece, only 7½" x 8½".
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| Clover at Dusk |
My second piece is Swirling Leaves. You've seen this one a few times because I created a similar one for an auction. I'm going to make a third one this fall as a wedding gift for my daughter's friend.
If you're in the area, I hope that you have a chance to see the exhibit. Just check the library's hours.
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| The original Swirling Leaves |
If you're in the area, I hope that you have a chance to see the exhibit. Just check the library's hours.
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| Dog Days of Summer Into Fall exhibit |
Hexie Love!
It's been a while since I played with hexies. As I reviewed my posts, I saw that I made a fun hexie project for Quilting Project this year (see Related links below) and then only posted about my Scrappy Hexie Blanket last November. This was the last time that I added anything to it.
I love the #100hexiesin100days2023 challenge on Instagram and have participated in many of them.
Here are my hexies for week 1. The theme was "This is ME". I included a mono-printed hexie with mostly floral fabrics. That purple flowers hexie is from the curtains of my favourite purple bathroom many moons ago. My son and his fiancé are on holidays in the East Coast of Canada - that blue-green reminds me of the sea 😊and of them.
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| Week one hexies - "This is ME" |
There hexies are from week 2 - Summer Vibes. I'm getting more creative now. This time it includes summer critters as well as blueberries and books. They are all surrounded by a very happy sun 😎.
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| Summer Vibes displayed with rocks gathered on summer trips |
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| Summer Vibes and my stash of ready-to-go hexies |
As I was at it, I created a double flower hexie to add to my Scrappy Hexie Blanket. It started of as this lovely yellow hexie flower with a brown centre.
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| Playing with hexies outside in the back yard |
It then made it to this double flower - poor Poppy acted as a not impressed prop for my picture 😁
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| Poppy and the double flower |
You may have noticed that I messed up the order of the outside hexies. Oh well, I doubt that it will show surrounded by all of the other hexies!
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| Attached double flower |
Here is the week 2 flower added to the rest.
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| Week 2 flower now part of the gang! |
Finally, here is my very crooked Scrappy Hexie Blanket. The double hexie flowers at the top are actually the bottom of the blanket. I have one side finished and will keep extending the other side and making it a little wider. I am then going to figure out how to make it more even, probably by adding some whitish hexies as a kind of border...we'll see.
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| Scrappy Hexie Blanket so far |
This is what the Scrappy Hexie Blanket started as during the #100hexies100days2018
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| The beginnings of Scrappy Hexie Blanket in 2018 |
My Companion
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| Poppy - waiting to see wildlife |
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| Poppy reluctantly posing |
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| Poppy in the sun. She doesn't care if the lawn is cut! |
What I learned
- I'm really looking forward to seeing the exhibition. I saw the pieces when I dropped off mine, but couldn't stay because I had a stomach flu and didn't want to share it!
- It was really nice to spend time playing with my hexies. It had been almost a year.
- I'm going to have to raid my fabric stash to get a little more creative as the challenge goes on.
- I've also been spending time stitching on my watercolour pieces. I'm trying to get a little more creative. Hopefully I'll have something interesting to share soon.
Related links
- Out of the Box Fibre Artists group
- Clover at dusk art quilt, July 31, 2018
- Swirling Leaves for Hello Fall Blog Hop, September 23, 2020
- Project QUILTING 14.4 – A Novel Project, February 19, 2023
- Hexies and my doggy family, November 21, 2022
Linking parties
I'll be linking to many fun parties. Why not check them out after you link up below? Midweek Makers, Sew & Tell, Design Wall Monday, Put your foot down, Needle & Thread Thursday, Slow Sunday Stitching, Off The Wall Friday, Patchwork & Quilts, Peacock Party, Can I Get A Whoop Whoop?, Oh Scrap!,
Free Motion Mavericks
We didn't have any free motion quilting going on last week but Melva finished another mini, Margo Yang is working on a baby quilt, and Gail made a cool bag for her phone, to use while she walks the dog.
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| Melva's black and white mini |
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| Margo's design for a baby quilt |
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| Gail's cell phone bag |
Please note: there won't be a Free Motion Mavericks post next week, so I'll leave the party running a while longer. Feel free to link up anything you're working on and as often as you want. See you later 😊
It's now your turn!
Your exhibition pieces are wonderful and your hexies are beautiful. I also liked your pictures of Poppy in the garden. Our dog is called Poppy too :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Janine. It's a wonderful name for a dog. She's such a cutey! I haven't visited the exhibition yet, so that's on my list for the next week. Thanks so much for dropping by!
DeleteBravo pour tes oeuvres à l'affiche de l'expo, j'adore Swirling Leaves.
ReplyDeleteBelle avancée dans les hexagones, ils sont adorables, tout comme Poppy ;)
Merci bien Frédérique. Je vais probablement faire une troisième version de Swiriling Leaves pour l'amie de ma fille qui va ce marier cet automne.
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