Well, I'm still a little behind this week for my Just Takes 2 blocks.
I've finished the last fortnight, now I have until the 15th of this month to get the next blocks done.  Thankfully there are only 2 blocks in the next part.

From a distance, the applique looks OK!
I think after the next blocks, we get  to sew the first section of blocks together.  That will be interesting, to see how this quilt is starting to take shape.
I'm very thankful to the Just Takes 2 ladies for going to all this trouble for our benefit, with no cost involved.
A lot of these blocks are paper foundation pieced.  I really dislike foundation piecing, however, I'm choosing to make this a learning experience.  LOL.  By the end of this quilt, I'll either like this form of piecing, or I'll never do it again!

My Summer School quilt is slowly taking shape.  The centre hexagon flowers are now being sewn together.

I still need to decide on something to go in the centre.
The glue stick method of baste-ing the small red shapes is fantastic.  No fiddling with needle and thread, no hours of sewing.  Just a very quick pin shape into place, cut around, then glue.  I'm best friends with my Sewline glue pen at the moment.

More work has been happening here in hexagon heaven!
I've been stitching on my Summer School quilt at night and i'm actually getting somewhere.
I started with these 6 little flowers.

Then finished the next round of 12 flowers.

Closely followed by 8 of the next round of 18 flowers.

These flowers are currently in a small chocolate box that fits in my handbag and is my take around project for appointments.  You can get so much done when waiting for 10 - 15 minutes in a waiting room.

February's small quilt with Kathy Tracy has once again been fun.
I've sewn the blocks together for my little Broken Dishes quiltlet with a twist.  We added a central block with an embroidered heart for Valentine's Day.  I used a variagated red DMC thread for my embroidery.  I like the look with the different shades of red in the block.

Here's the original little quilt from Kathy's book "The Civil War Sewing Circle".

As you can see, I've yet to add my borders.  I do have until the end of the month to get them chosen and sewn on though.
It's very fulfilling to actually get a project finished!

Well, back from a great week away sewing to my heart's content.
As expected, a lot of talking, eating, drinking, talking, eating, sewing happened.  I'm now set up with 3 new projects to keep me occupied for the next 12 months.
 Rather than do a little of my 3 chosen projects over the 5 days, I spent a lot of time on preparation of just 1.
I find the prep side can be very tedious, so I chose fabrics, cut hexagons and basted to my hearts content.  All whilst listening to fabulous conversations and talking to friends.
I actually stitched these hexagon flowers on the first day of this project.  These will go around a central feature piece of fabric.

The individual hexagons are 1".  Felt rather large, as I've been sewing 1/2" and 3/4" lately.  The fabrics are from the lovely Pom Pom de Paris by French General.

A lot of basic preparation happened.
The quilt will finish about 70"square, I prepped nearly all the hexagons for the whole quilt.  Now for the stitching.