While I am working on getting all the pieces for the sunflowers cut out and ready to stitch, I haven’t been stitching much. But last night I felt like doing some simple stitching for a little while, so added the … Continue reading
While I’ve been doing a lot of cutting of the shapes for more batik sunflowers, I really didn’t get much stitching done on the weekend. I did finish this blue sunflower. Seams graded and little block pressed. We have had … Continue reading
Another sunflower is done to add to the little stack. Now there are 10 done. This one is a rather hot pink. I can tell already that arranging the sunflowers when they’re done is going to be fun. Now that … Continue reading
I know you’ve seen Candy Stars quite a few times. Now, if you go to today’s post on Wanda’s blog, Exuberant Color, you can see it on the doll bed for which it was made. I was so glad when I … Continue reading
One more sunflower to add to the little stack of finished blocks. A purple one this time. Seams graded and pressed. Putting together the diamond/triangles band that goes around the centre circle takes the longest but is also a lot … Continue reading
After making the mini sunflower quilt for the blog hop, I was reminded just how much I love making the 6″ sunflowers. After all, they have two of my favourite things – continuous stitching and curved piecing. So yesterday I picked … Continue reading
It’s the first day of the Say It With Flowers blog hop and I think we’re in for some real treats to see! Thank you to Madame Samm for hosting yet another great blog hop and to Carol, our cheerleader … Continue reading
Now that I’ve started making sunflowers again, it was time to print some more shapes on fabric and cut them out. And that brings me to a new favourite tool – the Fiskars 18mm Fingertip Rotary Cutter. It’s fabulous and … Continue reading
It has been quite a while since I made one of the 6″ sunflowers. I hadn’t forgotten them, just had been so engrossed in other projects that they kept being put to the back of the line-up of projects. Now that … Continue reading
There are a number of pieced hexagons that intrigue me. But one in particular I was determined to make. This one is made up of half diamonds, triangles and half triangles from the Inklingo .75″ 60-degree diamond collection. The finished pieced … Continue reading
Quilt Obsession 