It is just the easiest thing to get side-tracked over here. Let me just tell you, if I don't go off on a tangent every day or two, then something surely must be wrong.
In all my sorting, purging, and organizing, I came across three fabrics clustered together in Aunt Margaret's belongings. They were small pieces - like fat quarters or less - and they were so pretty together. Instantly, I thought they'd make a super-cute Grandmother's Flower Garden flower.
Now, thinking it and actually accomplishing it were two entirely different stories, let me tell you. I had the idea straight away, but heavens! Finding the EPP templates for making it was a big mystery. Seems all this "organizing" hasn't done me a daggone bit of good - I can't find anything in all the new places I've put stuff!
I eventually found the tub of EPP supplies that I was looking for and got down to business cutting out parts for one flower.
Stitching for just a bit each evening or while listening to an audiobook, I have whipped this up just as quick as can be.
And now I will add it into the tub with the growing stack of flowers made a year or two ago, when I was working on these with more focus. This flower becomes #57 of the little garden I've stitched up.
In the months since I last made any of these flowers, I haven't given them much thought. Now, though, I am considering options for finishing. An easy way would be to applique them onto plain blocks which I would sew together by machine. A more involved finish would include making several gazillion more hexies to join these flowers all together. Green is a commonly used color because it mimics a garden path. Any solid color would work so that the flowers are the focus. Click here to see one with green paths. This one with leaf clusters is also interesting.
I will have to think on this.
Finished with my little flower garden tangent, I return my focus to the sorting. My attitude is that it is drudgery, but I ought to change my mindset - this effort is akin to an archaeological dig - I am always surprised at the next find.
Happy Quilting, Friends!
Jayne
Lol an archeological dig! That's funny. It's also accurate to describe my stash! My GFG is made with beige paths and assorted flowers. I did the hexagon edges too but squared them up. Used a turquoise backing and quilted each hexie. It's enormous cuz I liked making the flowers but I love it! It's such a nice pattern with many possibilities.
ReplyDeleteYou are just so funny! But I totally understand. Why is it that sewing one quilt can seem like such a hard task? Why do we want to be working on two or three or even four at a time? I do not understand myself when I do this. It is only logic to just do one at a time. Yet right now I just want to go start something new, totally unrelated to the Christmas quilts I 'wanted' to give for gifts.
ReplyDeleteI like the hexie flowers with the triangles, it's different than what is normally seen. Happy digging!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see what you do with these. Your fabrics are beautiful. Like Gretchen said, I also like the hexie flowers with the triangles, but that it much too adventurous for me.
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