Bonjour and welcome 😎 There's not much going on in my studio....but it has received a dramatic clean-up! The best reason for a clean-up is looking for something important! I didn't find it in my studio (but it was located eventually) but I did find all kinds of useful and forgotten things😁.
More Hexies
I have been playing with hexies. For a short while yesterday I sat outside to put a few more hexies together. I used up all of my ¾" hexies and ordered more from my supplier! I got a baggie full of multi-coloured hexies that she had created from her own scraps!
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| New scrappy hexie templates and a few more hexies on the way |
I didn't stay outside for long - it was hot and muggy. It was tolerable because I knew that I could go back into a cool house! 😊
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Colourful dotted hexie
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| Large hexie flower for the side of my Scrappy Hexie Blanket |
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| The last time I took a picture of my Scrappy Hexie Blanket |
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| Purple hexie ready to be stitched together |
I now have a few hexies to stitch together - I can do this in the coolness of my living room.
Chipmunk Antics
The chipmunks outside are keeping me entertained. There are two of them and they often zoom past me, not noticing what's going on except for the birdfeeder.
I've had issues with my birdfeeders and have been switching them up. The one that's being used right now is cute and the light at the top is solar powered and rotates like a lighthouse for a couple of hours at night.
The chipmunks would hang out on the ledge and swat at whatever they didn't like. At some point, one of them got innovative!
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| Chipmunk inside the feeder |
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| Chipmunk getting out - the head! |
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| Chipmunk getting out - part of the body |
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| Chipmunk getting out - tail! |
How entertaining is that?!!!
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| The cardinal posed for this picture - Thanks! |
What I learned
- I don't have much interest in spending time in my studio. I do have a things to work on, but nothing excites me.
- Worse case scenario, I'll use some purple hexies in a small piece for this month's Table Scraps Challenge.
- I'm really happy that the chipmunks are not very nervous around me. They sure keep me entertained.
- Poppy came by Tuesday and disrupted everyone outside but it's all gone back to normal now.
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I'm Poppy sitting so she's posing for her
obligatory photo that I send to my daughter |
Related links
Linking parties
I'll be linking up to many fun linking parties. Why not check some of them out - and remember to link up below!
Design Wall Monday,
Sew & Tell,
Put your foot down,
Needle & Thread Thursday,
Off The Wall Friday, Finished (Or Not) Friday,
Patchwork & Quilts,
15 Minutes to Stitch 2025,
Oh Scrap!,
Slow Sunday Stitching,
Monday Musings,
Free Motion Mavericks
Welcome to week 539 of Free Motion Mavericks! I'm so happy that so many of you wonderful quilters are linking up! THANKS!!! Here are the projects from last week that included FMQ, ruler work or walking foot quilting.
Preeti of Sew Preeti Quilts was able to show us her Christmas in July, Joyful quilt that was published in Annie's Attic Quilts. You'll want to check her post out!
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| Joyful - Preeti's latest published quilt! |
Kat from Scrapbox Quilts added borders and quilted two baby quilts that had been started by other quilters. These are for the
Lil Bears Quilt Mission. You'll want to check out her post!
Vicki from Vicki's Crafts and Quilting showed us many of her recently made patriotic table runners. Wow, what a collection. Here two of them - you really want to go and check out all 5 of them on her
post!
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| Isn't that lovely? Vicki made it with a 10 degree wedge |
Brenda from Songbird Design has finished FMQ her
Sedona Starburst quilt. It's all custom quilted and the little bits that she's shown us are tantalizingly amazing! We'll be seeing the entire thing in the fall! Here is a screen shot of her two quilted panels. If you go onto her post, you'll be able to see the details - so worth going there!
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| Go see Brenda's FMQ on her post - it's well worth it! |
It's now your turn!
Chipmunks are cute but I'm blaming them for the disappearing flower buds in my flowerbeds! Making hexies is addictive, happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteThanks Gretchen, I'm sorry to hear that the chipmunks are eating your flower buds. Here it's the rabbits' job! Now it's so hot that even though the feeder is full, there is almost no activity outside. Maybe if I got up earlier I would see them :-)
Deleteyour hexies are quite amazing - i like seeing them grow. and yep!! cleaning th studio looking for a lost item.... i understand haha
ReplyDeleteYour hexies look great and I love your chipmunks. They look to be very entertaining :)
ReplyDeleteVery fun hexies! Your quilt is looking awesome. Hopefully your fully cleaned up sewing room will feel inviting and you'll find something fun to work on.
ReplyDeleteRien ne vaut un bon ménage pour trouver plein de trésors plus ou moins oubliés ! Ces hexagones sont adorables, le projet parfait pour une petite couture quand il fait chaud et humide. Trop mignons ces petits écureuils!
ReplyDeleteI love your hexies, that is a lot of work. Those darn chipmunks are so destructive to a garden, but they're so cute. Thank you for linking up to Put your foot down.
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