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WiP Wednesday {29.05.2013} : Hexagons and HST

The long weekend has definitely impacted my schedule this week. While on the beach, watching the kids I was able to use some scraps and made up some hexagons. I now have 37 pieced together.  Any ideas on what I should make with these? I was thinking of a pillow or a baby quilt (if I am over zealous 🙂 )….maybe just a portable blanket for a car seat/pram (push chair). What do you all do?

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The other project, I was working on last week for our quilt guild pillow swap….well, I am not as far as I wanted to be, but I have made steady slow progress. I have sewed 30 of the 50 squares together.

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To make the 1/4 inch line on each side of the diagonal, I used a Quarter Inch Seam Marker Ruler. It worked great, I purchased it at Joann’s – a set of three, however I can not find it online to share at Joann’s so here is one similar I found at Amazon. I am sure you can find them everywhere though. I just used the middle line of the ruler, to line up the opposite corners (ie. the diagonal) and drew a line on either side with a pencil marker…then sewed down the lines. So simple, when I measured my squares – they are 2.5 inches around!!!  🙂

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Linking up with Lee @ Freshly Pieced for WiP Wednesday

WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

Winner: Pillow Pop + Mini Charm Packs

The giveaway day (well week) is all over, entries closed at 8pm EST.
Give Away Day
It was so much fun as a host….I hope you all enjoyed participating too. The winner of my giveaway is:

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Drum roll…..Congratulations goes to
Alli, I have sent you an email to get your shipping details, you have 48 hours to respond.

 

Thank you to all those that left a comment. I did read all your comments which were very interesting. Amazingly, there were 71 different books or magazines that were listed as people’s favorite books. The top 10 favorite craft/design books were:

  1. Sunday Morning Quilts, Amanda Jean Nyberg + Cheryl Arkison (10)
  2. Patchwork, Please, Ayumi Takahashi (9)
  3. Modern Patchwork, Elizabeth Hartman (8)
  4. Practical Guide for Patchwork, Elizabeth Hartman (6)
  5. Free Motion Quilting, Angela Walters (6)
  6. Quilting Modern, Jacquie Gering + Katie Pedersen (6)
  7. Doodle Stitching, Aimee Ray (6)
  8. Fat Quarterly Shape Workshop, Katy Jones (5)
  9. Tula Pink City Sample, Tula Pink (4)
  10. Heather Ross Prints, Heather Ross (4)

The top design items people wanted were:

  1. Design Wall (19)
  2. Pillows (13)
  3. Craft/Sewing Room (6)
  4. Fabric storage/organization (4)

Weekend finishes: Pillows

I was so thrilled this week when I found that Janice @ Better of Thread highlighted my Market Tote on her website, after I shared it on her Sew Tuesday link up. I hope you go over and check out the link up, its lots of fun.

Over the weekend, I finished the two postage stamp pillows that were blogged here and here (check out these blogs for close up shots and fabric used). I love how they turned out. Here are the final looks:

Wonky Universe Pillow (my son’s):
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Spring Pillow:
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For the first time, I used invisible zippers for the back opening, across the middle, for both pillows. I love how these look instead of my usual envelope backing:
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And now more photos of these pillows all finished:
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I am linking up with Let’s get acquainted Monday @ Plum and June and Sew Tuesday @ Better of Thread.
Plum and June   Better Off Thread