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4.5″ LeMoyne Star Collection
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Hexagon Collections
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Octagon Star

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From very tiny blossoms to a huge (for me, that is) octagon star — all in one weekend! This octagon star will measure 12″ when finished, which is much larger than my norm. The shapes are from yet another new Inklingo collection called the 6″ LeMoyne Star collection. The block isn’t quite finished as I have 8 triangles left to add.

My plan is to make about 7 or 8 blocks with the orange/hot pink and purple fabrics and then another set with blue/purple and green fabrics. With the orange/hot pink, my “neutral” is the purple. With the blue/purple set, the neutral will be the green — I think. The neutral in that second set may change when I start on those blocks. This will be a long-term project as I’ve got to get the baby quilt finished and the FSQS5 quilt finished and on its way too. But I could not resist playing with this design this weekend.

Smudge, half awake.

And Lester, almost sound asleep.


Tiny Blossom

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I couldn’t resist making this little blossom with the new .25″ hexagon Inklingo collection. That is a dime in the picture to give you an idea of the size. The little seams are stitched together in no time.

I’m now thinking that these tiny little blossoms will be perfect to scatter about on the apple core quilt I have planned to make with florals and greens. They go together very quickly and surprisingly easily and they’re just plain fun.

I won some batiks from Wanda at Exuberant Color last year. I have plans for those batiks but couldn’t resist cutting off a small piece of a few of them for these tiny blossoms.

Lester looking very peaceful.


Friday Fabric Ideas

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I don’t know if this will work or not but I have this beautiful piece of green flannel that I was thinking about using as a border for the Butterfly Stars baby quilt. I like the idea of a really soft flannel along the edges but have never combined a flannel and flat cotton in a top. I’m not worried about shrinkage as I pre-wash everything anyway but wonder if it would result in uneven wear of the quilt top if I mixed regular cotton and a flannel?

This picture shows the flannel I’ve got set aside for the backing of the baby quilt. I have enough of it that I could use it for a border as well, but I don’t think I like it quite as much for the border. Perhaps I’ll add the half elongated hexagons and other bits in the white cotton so as to have straight edges and not add a border. If I do that, I will use a scrappy ’30s binding.

Look at these! I’m having all sorts of ideas for these pinks and oranges and the yellow. I want to add some reds to the mix — me, who has never bought red. I’m thinking that these would make marvelous stars.


And then there are these 4 fabrics. I don’t know quite what I want to do with them but I do know that I want to do something special with them. I love how they play together.

DH got good news yesterday from the eye doctor. His eye is improving, he’s still on 4 drops every 4 hours but he doesn’t have to go back until Monday. This will be the first day all week he hasn’t been to the eye doctor.

This photo of Lester is my current favourite. It may be a bit soft focus, but I love it! Look at those whiskers!!


More Snowy Windows

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I think this darker blue is the fabric I’ll use for the sashing. I believe it makes the very light blue look more like snow. A few small crystal beads here and there on the “snow” for sparkle should help accentuate that effect.

It snowed yesterday. Huge fluffy flakes of snow. If you click on this photo to enlarge it, you’ll see white blurs. Those are the huge flakes drifting by.

Then it began to rain. Again, if you enlarge this photo you can see all sorts of little drops clinging to the limbs of the tree — they were glittering almost like diamonds. I’m really stretching it here, trying to find something about this winter dragging on and on and on that I like.

DH was back at the eye doctor yesterday and is going back again this afternoon. His eye looks better and he says it feels better. The number of drops, however, is now up to 4 different drops every 4 hours.

This is, I think, one of my favourite shots of Lester. I love the look on his face in this.


Snowy Windows

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I’m trying to decide whether I want to have sashing around the Snowy Window panes. I have to stick with blue as the little FSQS5 quilts are to be monochromatic. I’ve been auditioning various blues in my stash. The traditional Snowy Windows pattern seems to be to have no sashing between the panes, but I rather like the look of the sashing. Leaving a few of the panes to look at on one of the blue fabrics for a day or two may help me decide. Any input?

DH was back at the eye doctor yesterday. His eye seemed worse but is, in fact, getting better. He came home on yet another set of drops, so now he has 3 drops every 4 hours. As long as it’s improving, I’m grateful. He goes back to the eye doctor this afternoon. Now I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that the latest oral antibiotic has done its job. He has a few more days on those left to go.

Smudge with the teddy bear — again. He seems to love to curl up with the teddy but when he curled up and put his head on the teddy bear’s leg I thought it was unbearably cute!

I think Lester is wondering when all the birds and squirrels will be back to entertain him. Sometimes I think the window is his entertainment centre. He loves to sit there and watch the activity out on the roof garden.

Quarter Apple Cores

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Take a look at this, done by Tilde, with quarter apple cores. I love tessellating patterns and as soon as I saw what Tilde had done, I just had to print a few of the quarter apple cores. These little units go together unbelievably quickly!! I have some Kaffe Fassett prints and have printed enough on 23 of them to make 4 blocks. I’m thinking of another baby quilt — very bright and cheerful. I couldn’t resist.


That was play time on the weekend, though. I’ve got to get back to the butterfly stars. More of the butterfly hexagons are ready but I do need more stars so will get back to those this week. And hopefully get another full row added to the butterfly stars top.

Smudge curled up with a teddy bear.

And Lester making sure he has a warm tummy!

Snowy Windows on a Winter Night

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… is what I’m making for a blog swap. Although you can’t really tell in this photo (and why is the camera having so much trouble with this batik??), the dark blue batik has snowflakes on it. I’ve only laid out 2 rows of 4 here but the little quilt will have 5 rows of 5. Now I’m trying to decide whether I should have sashing between the window panes. I’ll probably audition some medium blues for that. I’m thinking I’ll add a little glitter to the “snow” on the window edges by adding some crystal beads.

The 25 little blocks are made — they were done in next to no time thanks to the Inklingo matching points. I could have kept making more and more as I find curved piecing so much fun!

Although I’m just finishing up last year’s PIF, I’ve now joined Peg‘s Pay-It-Forward challenge — I couldn’t resist as Peg really does make beautiful things! Now, I need three people to join my Pay-It-Forward challenge. The rules are as follows:
I must make and send a handmade item to the three people who join my PIF within 365 days;
In turn, the three people who join my PIF must also host their own PIF and ask three people to join and on and on;
There are no set times other than the gift must be made and sent within 365 days of hosting your PIF.

If you’re interested in joining in, please tell me in a comment that you would like to join my PIF.

Smudge, looking very alert. He was definitely posing for the camera!


A Little Curved Piecing

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When I need to relax after a long bout of proofreading, I love to pick up the pieces to make these little blocks! I’m playing with the idea of making a sampler quilt of all the various settings. It will have a great spring feeling to it and I’ll have a lot of fun making it. These go together so easily, thanks to the perfect markings and matching points one gets printing on fabric with Inklingo.

If there is one thing that Smudge knows, it’s how to relax.

He has the silkiest fur — it’s almost impossible to resist patting him.

DH goes back to the eye doctor this morning and then I think he’ll either be seeing or talking to his GP this afternoon. His eye is definitely improving, which is a good thing, but he is going to ask for the referral to an infection specialist. This has just gone on too long.

Lots Started, Nothing Finished

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The title of the post is the perfect way to describe my weekend. I started getting my apple core charms ready for the Inklingo apple core swap, got all the printing done and most of the cutting but am I finished? No. Got the little diamonds picked out to make more stars for Butterfly Stars but did I get any stitched? No. Did get more of the butterfly hexagons for it printed and ready to be stitched. Had about 5 different design ideas for the FSQS5 swap but did I settle on one? No. Have the fabrics for that all ready to cut but even that isn’t finalized. This one is challenging; having to be monochromatic makes one really look at value.

Sunday I received these glorious fabrics from Charlsey. I’ve seen pictures of these Chez Moi fabrics on blogs and online shops but hadn’t actually seen them in person. I love the feel of these! Gorgeous. I think I’ll be dreaming about what to do with them.


Among the many things I did this weekend that were fabric related was dig out these fabrics. I have had the print for ages and keep looking for the perfect pattern to show it off. I think, but am not sure, I want to make a quilt with just it and a neutral. The off-white stripe is one of those really silky Northcott fabrics that I just love. I’m using a bit of it for a stitchery (see below) and love working with it. But I don’t think those two are the right pairing.


I started this stitchery on the weekend. I have a plan to make a little stitching book with this on the front cover. Another thing started but not finished. I had a great little stitching book DH made for me with a paper folder when I was making diamonds from Quilted Diamonds 2. I want to make a fabric one in which to keep blocks in progress and have a design idea that I think will work. We’ll see.


Lester sometimes sleeps like this, with his nose sort of buried in his fur. We always think he looks like a bird with its head under its wing.

We had a glorious weekend, even broke a record on Saturday when it hit almost 8 degrees. It was so wonderful to open the windows and leave them open for hours. We even had the heat off for a bit. Sunday was nice too, although a bit chillier. And it looks like this week will all be above freezing. At least 75 per cent of the snow on the roof garden is gone, and there are huge puddles everywhere as the mounds of snow start melting.

I hope the fires in Australia are brought under control quickly. Every time we have the news on and we hear more about them, I think of all the wonderful Australian quilters I’ve met through blogging.

Butterfly Stars

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Not a lot of progress on Butterfly Stars this week, it seems. I’m now almost out of embroidered butterfly hexagons and need to make more stars so will spend a bit of time this weekend on that. This is where it stands right now.

As you can see, Smudge was determined to get in on this picture!


Wednesday night it was bitterly cold here with a wind chill close to -30C. Even though we had the heat turned right up, it was quite chilly in the apartment. I woke up in the middle of the night and piled quilts on top of the duvet again. That makes it very cozy and warm.

This weekend I hope to make the stars for Butterfly Stars and get at least another 12 or 16 butterfly hexagons ready. Whirling Arches blocks are calling to me too — I’d love to get another one of those blocks made and, of course, work on Red Delicious apple cores.

And yet another picture of Lester in his kitty bed.