Blogtoberfest day 21 - hexies

This months hexy flower was made for Sandra. She wanted a cream centre with blue flowers, I hope I got these petals blue enough.

last months hexy flower was for Donna i had awful trouble with this hexy. I sewed two petals together straight down instead of going around the hexy, had to unpick it and then I sewed it back in the SAME place. And blow me down when I started on the other side of the flower I did the same thing twice again. And to make matters work once i finally got it in the post a week later than planned it didn't make it to its destination. Sooooooooooooooooo

I made Donna a second hexy flower and this one arrived this week and i sewed it together without any hiccups.

Spring has sprung

Spring arrived with blue sky but not much sun, however it was a very pleasant day, and we didn't need to light the fire. We are very ready for spring - especially in our vegie garden .

Our 6 beds are waiting for the vegies to be planted, they have their blankets of hay keeping them warm and moist.

We went to a garden lovers fair and have bought a few of our plants, just waiting for planting.

We have birds visiting our yard and the lambs next door are springing all over the place. They are running out of grass on their property so they have been grazing on the bridle track which is just outside my sewing room window. I didn't think of taking any photos though. Will next time they are out.

Our tea for the first day of spring was a Nigella recipe - Chicken & saffron pilaf. It was yummy.

i came home from quilters with a bunch of lavender - another reminder of spring - a floral smell in the air.

Ist of September was the opening day for the craft forum's apron swap. I swapped with Donna and this gorgeous purple striped apron with the pink striped frill is what she made me. I LOVE it. Its so me and it's a quilting apron.

This is the front of the apron I made for Donna, I was so pleased with how this has turned out that I have one cut out waiting for me to make up for myself.

The apron I made for Donna is reversible - so here is the back.

Here is the lovely spotty hexy flower made for me by Judy.

What have I been up to

Saturday 14 August was Royce's 22nd birthday but as I was
away at retreat we went to the Greenwell Point Bowling Club Chinese for dinner on the Sunday night.




I was given this lovely box of flowers by my dear friend Esther after I had minor surgery. Aren't they pretty, purple & orange 2 of my fav colours.

LAst weekend I was asked by my friend Andrea if I would give her a refresher course on sewing. So I gave her some scrap and let her practice for a little while. Once she had some confidence, she made this little pin cushion.

One very happy sewer.

I have joined a flower hexy swap in the craft forum and this is my very first attempt at making one. This is for Lynette. I hope she likes it - I am quite proud of my first attempt.

A sneak preview of the apron I have made for Donna - opening day is next Wednesday so you can't see it all just yet. I loved this so much I have one sitting cut our ready to make up for me. I am also hoping to make a few for the SECET fund raiser Garden party on November.

My niece is having her new baby girls next Friday and these are the bunny rugs and burpers I made for her baby shower last Sunday.

This months framed hexy was for Linda. I have made Linda a few things this year and had a little of the fabric left over so I used it on her hexy.

Jeanette made this hexy for me this month. I haven't been able to master embroidery so am very happy to be given a hexy with such beautiful work.

Hegagon swap

These are the hexies I have received in the last 4 months.

These are all my hexies received so far.

Hexy I made for Ondrea for April.

Mays hexy for Jeanette.

And an extremely bright hexy for Bec for June.

Some swaps and a gift

Another month another few swaps.

The brown and cream place mat I made for Elly. This took me way out of my comfort zone as I really do not like the colour brown. In fact its the on e colour I would say I hate. I abandoned my first attempt at another pattern as it wasn't working and I nearly abandoned this one too but I pulled myself together and got it done. Quite happy with the result - I hope Elly is.

This hexy was made for me by the wonderful Vicki for my January hexy that didnt arrive from Tina. Thanks Vicki I really love that you made this hexy for me, it is so pretty.

This is the hexy I made for Ondrea for April. Still loving making the crazy hexy's

And for the gifts I made a quick strip sewn table runner for our friends Sue's 50th birthday in her favourite colours of pink, purple & blue. Great way of using up scraps fabric.

I also made a few pink hand towels for her.

This years swaps so far

Hexy made for Suzy

Hexy made by Suzy

Hexy made for Barb.

Can't find the rest of the photos of swap hexies - they gotta be around somewhere. I'll post them when I find them.

I joined a pot holder swap and this is the one Michel made for me.

And this is the one I made for MAry.

I also joined a tuffet swap -a tuffet is a fancy name for a pincushion.

Here is the one Donna made for me - isn't it pretty.

And the one I made for her. This was made form one of my bags of fabric scraps - I am going to make quite a few of these up for the birthday box.

More place mats.

This one from Barb

From Sue

One I made for Sue.

One I made for Barb.

I think I have put a pic up earlier of the one I made for Linda in January.

A few swaps and gifts

This year I joined a mini Christmas swap at the Craft Forum.

I received this fabulous velvet stocking from Jeanette, that she filled with all sorts of christmassy things.

I sent to Guiliana. I made her this Christmas star table centre, that I backed with one of my favourite scrappy blocks
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Here's a few more of the hexy's .

this one is on its way to Switzerland for Helene. I stipple quilted this one instead of embellishing it.

A very pretty white and spotty hexy for Elly.

Love this friend quote on the hexy Elly made for me.

It was my SIL Cathy's birthday on Monday. She mentioned at the last scrap day that she would love a table runner so I just ran this little baby up for her.

This blue cushion is for my friend Meryl for Christmas. I gave it to her today and she loved it. Perfect colour for ehr bed.