On Tuesday I finished tacking the hexies to the wadding, so that I could then trim the excess wadding off. I found that it is easier to do it that way, rather than cut out hexies from wadding and try to line them up accurately with the fabric hexies. On the right are the bigger hexies for the backing
I put the first hexie sandwich on my revolving cutting mat, and lined up the ruler for the first cut
then I just kept turning the mat to do the next cut
by the end of the afternoon, I had made a good start to all the trimming. The offcuts of wadding can be used to stuff something
on Wednesday afternoon I finished the trimming
then paired each trimmed sandwich with a backing hexie
as you can see, there are twice as many fabric hexies as stitchery ones. The next stage is to fold and pin the backing hexies in the same way that they are on the stitchery ones, and quilt them
having done that, I was sitting looking at the various kits and projects in this storage unit, thinking perhaps I could stitch up a quick one
I picked this kit to make a cushion, which I bought in 2000 in Christchurch (that's the one in New Zealand, not the one in England!)
I sorted out and labelled the various fabrics (and found there was an extra piece!)
the instructions said to put together a strip of tan fabric and a strip of blue fabric and cross cut squares. Then, the instructions said cut the squares in half on the diagonal, and stitch the diagonal to make squares. No,no,no! Those diagonal edges are bias edges, and the first thing they do is stretch! Before, I would have drawn a diagonal line, then stitched om either side with a ¼" seam, but I recently discovered this ruler. You line up the centre line on the ruler with the diagonal, the mark the line on either side - it is supposed to be much more accurate
but by the time I had marked all the lines, it was dinner time, so you will have to wait until next week to see how the squares turn out
we came over to the flat yesterday, and I brought my hexie wallhanging to work on. The photo doesn't show the true colours, which are much deeper. I have been working on it on and off for quite a few years. The original plan was just to stitch all the hexies together on the diagonal, but I got a bit bored, so headed off in the opposite direction, then later on reversed the direction again
these are all the hexies that are left, so I shall stick in and get it finished
now for the knitting. I have finished the two snoods. First the cabled one
and second the moss stitch one
we had a walk over to town this afternoon, and popped into Miele Patisserie for a cuppa ........
......... and cakes. A lovely sharp tarte au citron
and a delicious sweet fruit tart
as we strolled on round the town after our cuppa, I had to stop to take a photo of the church spire against the wonderful blue sky
and this was the sky over the town at sunset last night
we were on the beach yesterday, and I have lots of photos from that, then I have lots more from our walk round the town this afternoon. I shall have to get them all sorted out for Monday's post! The forecast for the weekend is sunshine and showers, but hopefully we will get out and about between the showers. I hope you have a good weekend, love Anne