Welcome to day #2 of Be a Hexie Queen...I hope you are having lots of fun thinking about new ideas!
Today's ideas are from:
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Be a Hexie Queen - Day #1
Hello and welcome to Day #1 of the Be a Hexie Queen Hop sponsored by Sew We Quilt!! There are 75 different blogs ready to share new and exciting hexie ideas. Some will be made by machine and some by hand. I know *I* will be overwhelmed by the design ideas and want to make lots of them. I'm looking forward to hearing what you think!
And don't forget to stop back on Friday for my project!!
And don't forget to stop back on Friday for my project!!
Tuesday,
August 20
Monday, August 19, 2013
Design Wall Monday - at the Fair! - 8/19/13
When it rains, it pours!
We survived the fair, there are meetings a plenty this week, vacation schedules have been re-adjusted and school taxes will arrive soon. I could certainly use a break but let me tell you that Sunday afternoon on the porch with hexies, a good audio book, 1 cat in the lap and another on the grass was absolutely divine!
Since I need to get this posted rather quickly, I'll just share hexie night and the ribbons I won at the fair and leave the rest of the fair pictures until tomorrow. Don't forget that the Be a Hexie Queen Hop starts in just2 1 days!!!!! Yikes - I guess I should pay better attention because I have an old graphic and the hop starts tomorrow - we'll finish the fair next week. Cya at the hop tomorrow!
We survived the fair, there are meetings a plenty this week, vacation schedules have been re-adjusted and school taxes will arrive soon. I could certainly use a break but let me tell you that Sunday afternoon on the porch with hexies, a good audio book, 1 cat in the lap and another on the grass was absolutely divine!
Since I need to get this posted rather quickly, I'll just share hexie night and the ribbons I won at the fair and leave the rest of the fair pictures until tomorrow. Don't forget that the Be a Hexie Queen Hop starts in just
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| My LQS hosts a monthly hexie night but we decided to live it up and had a second night at the fair near the Home Arts Division and the LQS booth. 7 of us chatted, ate fair food, hexied and shared our obsession with fair-goers. I know *I* had a blast! |
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| 2nd Place - the judge thought quilting in the center would be interesting and thought the edge stitching should have been more even. I agree it could have been a little more even but given the construction method it was nearly impossible to do... |
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| 2nd Place - judge liked the quilting and said it was nice piecing (not sure they realized it was hexies versus machine pieced) but found the flange "distracting." I agree it was not 100% what I had hoped it would be but I liked the extra pop of color. |
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| 1st Place - my only first place was in their new category of covers. This is my kindle case. The judge liked the color transition (it's green hexies on one side and purple on the other. The lining is yellow = my 3 fav colors) |
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| 2nd Place - Judge commented great quilting and excellent binding. No idea why it didn't get a first. Sadly most quilts were displayed in this manner - folded in to little bits and not showing the quilt design or quilting. There was room to hang at least 8 large quilts in their entirety but they only chose to hang 2 - 1 wool applique (a judge fav) and another gorgeous applique. There were lots of complaints about displays this year. |
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