The circle of life?

Last week started with me starting to stitch a little hexie piece for the next Naperville Modern Quilt Guild challenge. I was using the 3/4″ hexagon papers from Paper Pieces and things were going well, other than the little Diet Doctor Pepper spill… I think it will wash off?

But a couple of phone calls later and my plans for the week had changed…

I made a little sample for a three hour Intro to English Paper Piecing,

and quilted it,

and set to work on a Modern quilt sampler…

But then I was interrupted …

By two very welcome visitors…

We went to the park where the see-saw called their names,

and then there was the the climbing frame…

Ruby wasn’t for being left behind. She got to the third rung before needing to be rescued…

Fun!

Monday soon came around again and it was back to the sewing machine.

I finished the sampler… My favorite Michael Miller Cotton Couture grey with the pinks I bought at Gentler Times when they had 25% off for Valentine’s Day…

and made a You too can machine quilt sample, using 50 wt. Aurifil thread for a great result.

Those all made and photographed I moved on to a little Taking wool appliqué a step further piece. The Village Quilters in Wheaton will be working on it next week in a little lecture/demo I’m presenting. It’s not quite finished but here’s where I’m up to.

I’m thinking the completed piece will make a nice little needle book cover. That’s why there’s the gap down the middle.

Here’s a close up of those embroidery stitches…

So today I’ll be stitching on the teal circle and might be able to move on to the ever growing stack of pieced hexagon blocks.

or maybe I’ll be back to those pink and green hexagons I started last week with?

I have also been researching Coconut Cakes for Sarah’s birthday at the weekend…