Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
I finished this top last night! I am pretty excited even though I still have a long way to go to finish it. I rushed to get a photo as I went to bed, so it isn’t the best photo. You can see some of the details in the post I published before. I have … Continue reading “Half Hexie Star Top Finished”
A few weeks ago I talked about the Sew Tite Magnums**. I finally broke down and bought some. I thought my opportunity to use them had past because I had sewn the two halves of the La Passacaglia together. Lately, as mentioned, I have been working on the Half Hexie Star quilt. I have large … Continue reading “Half Hexie + Magnums”
I have made good progress on the edge of the Half Hexie Stars as I take a break from La Passacaglia. I am not angry at La Pass and have a pretty solid plan for finishing. I just need to pull fabrics and finish off some rosettes. I am working on this at the moment … Continue reading “Half Hexie Star Progress”
I was still recovering from my oral surgery last Friday as I prepared for Sew Day after work. With a full week of work and the aftereffects of the surgery under my belt, I was tired. I thought hard about staying home, but decided to go. I wanted to see my friends and participate in … Continue reading “Half Hexie Star Plan”
Because of the light La Pass month, I have been working quite a bit on the Half Hexie Star. It is not as fun as La Pass, but I do want to get it done. I have put so much work into the piece that abandoning it is not an option. I looked at the … Continue reading “Half Hexie Fills in the Gap”
Before I went to Portland last week, I finished a bunch of half hexie stars. I think La Pass is good for the other EPP project. These are pretty cheerful. The purple one in the upper right hand corner is a Tilda print I bought at Calico Creations in Mt Vernon last year. Don’t you … Continue reading “More Half Hexie Stars”
As I mentioned, I worked on the Half Hexie Star project while waiting for the next installment of La Pass. These stars are made from the new fabrics I bought on my birthday. I love that dark blue dot even more. I did notice that the papers feel significantly flimsier than the La Pass pieces. … Continue reading “Half Hexie Progress for 2022”
I have been working steadily on the half hexie project while I watch TV after dinner. I am making progress, but it feels slow. I have started to make the piece wider by adding whole rows to the straight side of the piece. I can’t say whether I like this method, but it is controlled … Continue reading “Half Hexies Again”
The other day I showed you the latest results in my EPP piece. As I was taking the picture, I noticed a piece that looks a little odd. Dots. Dots are the problem. That violet with white dots fabric n the middle is weird looking. Something about the dots intersecting with the white is unconventional. … Continue reading “Half Hexie EPP non-fatal Problem”
The other day I showed a piece of the Half Hexie EPP I was working on. I have spent some time since then attaching it to the larger piece. I often think I am in a good place with this piece, then I look at the whole thing and realize I haven’t made the progress … Continue reading “Half Hexie EPP”
I am never going to get this project finished if I don’t work on it, so I work on it whenever I can. Lately, I have just been making stars. I have a whole Scone container full of the little stars and some pieces in my Sew Together Bag cut to make more. I decided … Continue reading “Half Hexie Section”
In between everything else I have going on, I have been working on the half hexie stars. I need about a million more stars, so I just work on them whenever I don’t have any other handwork pressing. I especially need white background stars so I have been concentrating on those fabrics lately. One problem … Continue reading “A Few More Half Hexie Stars”
I’d love to say this piece was in the finishing process, but it is so far from the finishing process that lying wouldn’t even cover what I was doing. I am, however, working on this piece. It is slow going, which is fine when I don’t have other handwork that I must do. Recently, I … Continue reading “Interesting Half Hexie Progress”
My half hexie EPP project has been languishing while I knit and sew on bindings, and do other handwork. It seems that I last posted about this project in July of 2017. I can’t believe I haven’t worked on it since then. I have been looking for the diamond papers I know I have that … Continue reading “Half Hexie Progress”
I have been working on the half hexie stars a tiny amount. They take a long time, as I have said. I finally was able to cut some more backgrounds, so I have been focusing on making background stars. I’ll have to see when I can add more stars to the larger piece. Making the … Continue reading “A Few More Hexie Stars”