Thursday, July 09, 2026

This and that and I Quilted This!

Allô and welcome 😊 Thanks for dropping by. My studio is much cooler than outside lately, so I'm spending more time here until things change! On the weekend though, I enjoyed some quality time outside with Poppy. She made sure that the yard was free of visitors (I stopped feeding the birds before she came so it was quiet). It was a lovely cool weekend so I played with hexies.

Lots of Hexies

Although the Summer Hexies Sew-Along started this week, I'm still struggling with choosing fabric. It's so much easier when it's pure scrappiness but I'd like to make something different. So instead of starting the new project, I attached more hexie flowers to my already existing Scrappy Hexie Blanket. It's slowly getting bigger, one flower at a time.

Scrappy Hexie Blanket slowly getting larger

Blue Jays Appliqué

My DIL requested a Blue Jays appliqué to attach on a t-shirt. I made a mock-up. Now what I've figured out how to put it together, I'll be using some cutter fabrics of her choice to make it.

Fist attempt - the mock-up which is only fused

I learned a few things so it was worth making this mock-up. I'm hoping to have the fabric in the next week to make the real thing!

FMQ Another House

This is the party house of the quilt. It's decorated with music and dancing so I tried to show that in the quilting. The house is quilted with squiggly lines to add movement. I also researched FMQ rooves and decided on the tile look which is essentially clamshells. On this house the clamshells are small but I'll be trying slightly larger clamshells for the next house

The eighth house is quilted 😃

Squiggly lines to go with the dancing

FMQ clamshells for the roof

What I learned

It was fun playing with hexies again. I've figured out that when I'm restless, I want to baste the individual hexies. Then, when I'm calmer, I enjoy sewing them together. This weekend it was about sewing them together.
I don't see the end of the Scrappy Hexies Blanket in sight so I'm just trying to add to it and keep it as straight as possible. Eventually I hope to add a hexie border to make it straighter 😊
I traced the Blue Jays pattern and then transferred it onto freezer paper. I learned that with my eyesight being what it is, I need to use small sharp scissors to stay on the line. I don't notice when I'm cutting, but I seem to be consistently cutting about an ⅛" to the right of the line.
I ended up transferring the design to Steam-a-Seam, so I won't need to use freezer paper. The less steps the better.
I really enjoyed FMQ the party house. I even surprised myself by doing a good job on the tile roof. It's quite small but when you get into the flow, it goes so well. I'm looking forward to doing the other rooves and varying the size of the clamshells to see how that goes.

Poppy, guarding the yard

I Quilted This!

Welcome to the I Quilted This! linking party that celebrates quilting on a domestic machine or custom quilting on a long-arm. Feel free to link up and share any recent project, even if you're not quilting it!

Here are the posts that included FMQ, ruler work and walking foot quilting last week. Thanks for linking up 😊 and consider grabbing the button.

Diann @ Little Penguin Quilts kept playing with her scraps and made this cute table topper. It's perfect for her chest displaying seasonal quilts. Check out her post to see the lovely backing she used!

Diann's cute scrappy table topper

Diann's table topper on her decorated chest

Terry of On Going Projects made the loveliest wall hanging to celebrate a book that she read with her book club. This is a two part post. The first one was about the construction of the piece and this one is all about the quilting. You'll want to read both posts!

Terry's finished Read wall hanging

Check out the FMQ details of Terry's wall hanging

Gail of Quilting Gail is participating in a Lazy Summer Quilt Camp photo challenge. The prompt for day 3 was texture. Here is a lovely mini art quilt that Gail made based on an Island Batik challenge using “Pompeii Red.” To learn more about the Lazy Summer Quilt Camp photo challenge, read Gail's post. It also has a link to her original post.