A Candle Mat from a Kantha Quilt!

I actually have a finish to share!  I had a bee in my bonnet every since the daughters and I had our candle making adventure a couple of weeks ago.  I felt like my pumpkin spice candle deserved a little mat.  I snipped a circle from a Kantha quilt scrap and added some bias binding - easy peasy!  I really love it.

And it's reversible to boot!

I've been making itty bitty hexies again.  I should have put a coin in the photo for comparison, but these measure 1/2 inch from side to side - just a bit bigger than those other ones.  I will definitely make more of these little beauties.

Basket-a-day:  bubblegum pink.

Group shot: 13 blocks done!  I've gotten enough done now that I'm beginning to wonder exactly what I'm going to do with them.  Hmmm....I'll put my thinking cap on.

Other than my sewing, we're having a lazy day.  Hubby has now come down with my yuckity-yuck.  :(  He got a lovely steroid shot this morning, along with a bag of antibiotics and some cough medicine.  Poor thing.  I treated him to this:

The girlies have gone to the football game while we are hunkered down with the dogs watching football.  I am surrounded by fabric and thread, sewing away.  Love that I can hexie while we watch TV together.

How Small Can I Go?

I decided to see how small I could go with the Quick and Easy Hexie technique today - yup, getting my quilting mojo back!  These hexies measure 3/8 inch across - easy peasy!  I know I couldn't have done this with English Paper Piecing....

  

The yellow and gray color combo was inspired by this vintage cotton dress I bought way-back-when from an antique mall.  I think this dress may soon become a quilt border.  It's the true spirit of Making Do!

Basket-a-day!  A bit of kelly green!

And the group shot.  11 blocks done.

Settling in for a hexie evening....

Hexie Goodness

As you may have guessed, my scratchy throat worsened.  I went to a nice doc who gave me a nice steroid shot, a nice Z-pack, and some nice cough medicine.  I took a few days off from my basket-a-day project.  But last night I did feel like some hexie goodness.  These are so quick, easy, and mindless to make - can't wait to share the technique when our book, Quick and Easy Hexie Quilts, comes out in the Spring!

Do you see that teacup candle there?  Daughter 1 made it for me - cucumber melon scent.  Ahhh!  I'm also enjoying yummy pumpkin cupcakes from Daughter 2.  Daughters are nice.  Medicine is nice.  Naps are nice.  Think I might just take one now.

Under Construction: Kantha Quilt Vest

Progress on the vest was made late yesterday afternoon.  I sewed the pieces together and tried it on.  Baggy!  So I took in the sides just under the arms to the waist area.  Then I trimmed a couple of inches off each shoulder.  I'm getting there.  I still need to finish all the edges and seams.  And I may decide to put a partial belt in the back - one that will button on and off.  The back side still seems baggy, but I think a little belt-let will pull it in and make it more flattering.  I want to be able to take the back belt off to give me the option of wearing a leather belt with it occasionally.  Basically, this vest will hardly resemble the pattern I started with!  I'm really making it my own.

Today's basket block.  A touch of gray.

Group shot: 8 blocks done!

I've been battling a scratchy throat today, hence not much energy or sewing.  Mostly I've been in a chair making hexies - they don't require much effort!  I've almost filled a shoe box with hexies over the last few days.

Don't forget to check out The Hexie Blog!  I'm posting some incredibly inspiring hexie projects there while we count down to the release of Quick and Easy Hexie Quilts!