Hi and welcome 😊 Thanks for joining me today! I've noticed that for some reason, I now have many new followers. I'm glad that you're joining me on my stitching journey. Sometimes it's very busy here, but mostly I try to keep it slow and steady. This week, it's been mostly slow stitching as I estivate. 😁 I'm hoping that the expected cool nights will perk up my sluggish energy.

More Hexies

I've been enjoying making more hexie flowers using the English Paper Piecing (EPP) technique. It's very relaxing - there's no rushing it! I also love finding the right fabric to go into each hexie flower.

Hexies posing in front of one of my colourful art pieces

Since I usually make hexies from my scraps, it's sometimes difficult to find enough fabric that match to make these larger hexie flowers.

Bright colourful large hexie flower

I made this one with three pieces of purple scrap fabric that I got recently. They are so much fun!

Purple scrappy hexie

I got a lot of scrappy dot fabric from a friend and I've been using quite a bit of it to make these hexies.

Very red hexie with dots!

Mindful Stitching on Eco-printed Fabric

I just started a small embroidery piece. It's stitched on a piece of eco-printed linen. The eco-printing didn't take that well, but it makes a lovely background to the embroidery. The embroidery is about being grounded in times of turbulence.

Grounded embroidery piece in progress

I used a double and single chain stitch for the tree and the feather stitch for the roots. I used these stitches after watching Mirjam Gielen's branching video on Patreon. She's a great teacher and uses stiches in very creative ways.

Tree embroidered using double and single chain stitch

I'm still working on the roots. It took me a while to figure out how to make these since the feather stitch goes up instead of down. I finally figured out to start at the bottom of the piece and make my way up, while intersecting other branches. It worked 😊

The roots, deep in the earth

Sketch with the branching of the tree and roots

What I learned

There were no backyard animal antics this week. I did have my coffee outside a couple of mornings but it's been so hot that the animals have all finished their foraging by the time I get up!
I made these cute hexies. It's nice to have something to do that is relatively mindless and is quick and easy.
Now that the studio is tidy, I want to take out the new fabrics I bought recently to make more hexies. Since they are mindless, I get bored very easily - so I need different fabric to play with!
I love the small embroidery piece that I'm working on. It was great to sketch something quickly and then stitch it. I got a lot done in a few hours.
I joined in the Community Stitching with the TextileArtist.org Stitch Club today. I got a lot further stitching the roots.
Soon I'll have to figure out what goes at the top. I have a few ideas....😉
I'm listening to the audiobook of Women's Work, The First 20,000 years by Elizabeth Wayland Barber. I read it about 20 years ago and heard a podcast about the impact that the book had.

Free Motion Mavericks

Welcome to week 540 of Free Motion Mavericks! It was another productive week! Thanks for linking up. Here are the projects from last week that included FMQ, ruler work or walking foot quilting.

Kat of Scrapbox Quilts learned to FMQ watching and following Angela Walters. Angela sells this printed fabric so that you can follow along with her FMQ. The FMQ on this quilt is absolutely gorgeous. You really need to check out Kat's post to see that delicious quilting 😍