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Monday, December 29, 2014

Took a Break

It has been awhile since I last posted.  I haven't made any hexies for a  few months.  I had been making hexies almost non stop for over a year.  I am now ready to make some more headway on my project.  Looking forward to seeing what we will accomplish this next year.

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Travelling Hexies

I haven't posted in a while because I am in the process of moving.  And by process I mean I am living with my in-laws until my townhouse is ready!!

Anyway that's another story...

I am still working on my flower hexies.  These are 3 I have completed in the car on holiday road trips.   (I even took the picture in the car - on the dashboard!) I will update later how many blocks I actually have done when I unpack my house after Jan 30.

I still love EPP...even if I haven't posted.



Saturday, December 27, 2014

Comment Boxes

Kathy's comment on my last post brings up another issue. Commenting boxes. What solves one problem creates another one. There are a lot of people can NOT comment on the embedded boxes. People on IE often have problems, those who are not on blogspot can't always comment on embedded boxes. There are others who have trouble with it, too. The pop-up boxes and the second page boxes don't seem to cause anyone problems.

We aren't having a problem. There is verification there, and it seems to change every few days, which I did not ask for, but it doesn't cause any harm, only annoyance. So far as I know, anyone can comment on the blog, except anonymous.

In other news, this first Millefiore paper-pieces pack is up in preparation for the release of the first block. This is so beautiful, and I am SO tempted!

Friday, December 26, 2014

Comment Verification

Just so you know, I didn't add comment verification. In fact, my settings say no verification and no moderation for those who sign in with any kind of system - only anonymous is not allowed. I have changed the settings, signed out, come back and put them back to no, no, no, and it STILL will not take it off.

I'm thinking of moving the blog to wordpress, where all my other blogs are. This is the last one that's still on blogspot, and it annoys me.

I don't know whose these are. I only get a picture, and not a source, but aren't they amazing?

And what about this bowl of yumminess?

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Hexi shelving!

Merry Christmas folks : )

Just found this link on the CraftGossip digest that drops in my email box each day ~
it IS hexi after all lol
and wouldn't they look neat lined with fabric?

http://www.jennaburger.com/2014/04/diy-wood-honeycomb-shelves/

honeycomb

Friday, December 19, 2014

Here's another project that I'm playing with

Found the pattern in this magazine....guess which one it is by the cover!!!


and here are my few that I've had the pleasure of creating....
I have loads of bright fabrics so it's going to be a happy and bright quilt....someday......

WATER LILIES ...PLANNING STAGES

Here are the plans for water lilies' expansion laid out...

Now i have to get "CRACKIN'" sewing it all together! 
hugs, 
Julierose

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

MISSING --BUT STILL IN ACTION



I know it doesn't look like much....but finding some black low value darkish patterned fabric took some time...Monet's City  is now on my Design Wall ( as Sleigh Bells Ring is layered on my dining room table ready for pin basting).













this fabric just arrived and I have been cutting hexies to fill in along my older black prints......trying this and that and unsewing and resewing and 

well, you get the picture!


The French Writing hexies should fit in right off the top black spaces to be surrounded by water lily rosettes....
I had a bit of William Morris Revisited from a charm Pack and am planning on rosettes coming off this line and at corners also to spread it out ... like:

this-- and on the two opposing sides----- the long strips of French Writing ...





















 A whole lot of basting going on here and...............


here and another box full too....so I have been working slowly but steadily toward what I hope will work to surround the inner city....this is a real puzzle for sure!  The only new fabric not in my stash is the one above--all else is Stashmania!! LOL

I hope you are finding time to visit Hexagonia too...hugs, Julierose La Blageuse

P.S.  i would love to do that Milleflora Hexalong--but am still enmeshed in my Inner City--just so many hexagons I can sew at a time and keep straight--sort of...haha)

2015 BOM for Hexagon Lovers

Directions for the start of the 2015 Katja Marek Millefiore Quilt Along are in the .pdf link. This is going to be one awesome quilt! You do need the book The New Hexagon by Marek, but some blocks in the QAL will be different. Paper Pieces is making up packets of the proper pieces about a month before each section comes up. I'd like to see it, if any of you join this QAL.

This is NOT your Grandmother's Flower Garden! LOL Think more of taking those rosettes and putting them in a kaleidoscope to see what happens to them! She does show a layout in the .pdf guidelines that gives an idea of the separations of rosettes. If you look at the paper pieces, though, you see that each hexagon in the guidelines is probably a rosette of some kind all by itself, such as the ones to the left here.

Monday, December 15, 2014

Back From the Territories!!!

Hey all you Hexies!!!  Where have I been?  Well I have NOT been blogging.  I'm a bad bad bad Blogger!!  But well, it's my intention to do better.  So far, I continue making my "petals" but then I went to the Houston Quilt Show and bought this book.   It helped me find my stride and I've taken time away from "petal" production to begin to bring things together.....





That last diamond I think is NOT going in - the one that's all Reproduction fabrics - I have a bit of a collection of Reproduction Fabrics so I think I'll save that diamond for another project....It just doesn't meld with the others and I have so many other fabric choices that I think will do better in the mix.

Now I do really really hope that I'll get my Hexie Posting back on track.

Oh yes, I think here is a good place to wish everyone "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Holidays"....hope y'all enjoy!!!!


Tuesday, December 9, 2014

November Catch Up

A bit late but was terribly busy last month. Here are the flowers I managed to make as of 12/4:

 Winter will find me more in the living room keeping warm so I should get a few more done. Also, my Mom is having surgery, so there will be a lot of wait time to fill in there also.  And on other hexie news, I was kept busy finishing :
This was the hexi piece I was given.  I appliqued it to a background .

Here is the back.
This went into a mystery box for our guild.  I'll have to make myself one.  Another for the Hexie Wish List.



Tuesday, December 2, 2014

My November hexies

Here is my November report, and I'm so happy to have finished part 1 on my mini La Passion.





















The other La Passion has got 2900 hexies already. Please visit Grit to find the pattern. It's always possible to join the fun.
























My pile of stars is growing, and these are numer 19 and 20.

















Then I have the two different half hexagon projects. They are slowly growing, six blocks every month. That way I won't get bored and put them in a plastic bag.




































As always you'll find more about all these quilts on my blog.