Sunflower 20

This one makes me think of sunlight on tropical waters. Seams graded and little block pressed. Once the 20th sunflower was finished, I couldn’t wait to see how they’d look on the design wall. There are still many to be … Continue reading

Pieced Hexagons

For the past little while, I’ve been making the odd pieced hexagon here and there and yesterday I made this little beauty. It’s composed of 37 pieces and finishes as a 3″ hexagon. Now there are four of the 3″ … Continue reading

A Sunny Patchwork of the Crosses Block

A very orange Patchwork of the Crosses block was made last night. Why am I making more of these? Because last weekend, when I got out the Patchwork of the Crosses blocks I had done and had a good look … Continue reading

Another Pieced Hexagon

I couldn’t resist making another pieced hexagon. This time all pinks and white and made up of nothing but triangles from the 1.5″ 60-degree diamond Inklingo shape collection. It began with six pink half triangles and six white half triangles. … Continue reading

Another Pieced Hexagon

This one is another of the 3″ pieced hexagons. It was very quick to stitch, taking only a few hours. It began with six half 1.5″ 60-degree diamonds in pink and six half 1.5″ 60-degree diamonds in white. They were … Continue reading

Revisiting the Patchwork of the Crosses Blocks

For months and months I have been wondering what I would use for the 2″ squares that will be used to connect my Patchwork of the Crosses blocks, some of which were last seen in this photo. And while I … Continue reading

Another Pieced Hexagon

Last night, after cutting the shapes for a few more sunflowers, I decided it was time to make another pieced hexagon. This is a rather large hexagon for me – it’s a 3″ hexagon composed of 30 pieces, all from … Continue reading

Pink Sunflower

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

Purple Sunflower

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