Patchwork Box Pouch Part 1

Again, I am back to Patchwork Please! did I say 'great Book' at least twice - good.  Cause it is great.

 

I did change a few things but I like to think the author (Ayumi Takahashi) wouldn't mind.  It's personalized now. :)

Starting with my initials.  Then I made the quilt sandwich complete.

I machine quilted the carcass with a cute lining with 1/4" parallel lines of stitching.
That went quickly.

Hexie Trivets Done

Look at these.  I was sooo pleased with the colours I chose.  The fabrics are almost all from the Ohh-la-la line by Dana Brooks of Lazy Daisy Cottage for Henry Glass & Co.  Get a load of this:

Aren't they sweet.  I used the pattern from Patchwork Please!  The beginnings are here.

Just Delightful!

Patchwork Please!

I got a copy of Patchwork Please! by Ayumi Takahashi.  Ever so cute.  The subtitle is 'colorful Zakka projects to stitch and give'.  It is full of really delightful ideas.  As a hexagon lover, I couldn't resist her design called, 'Happy Hexagon Trivet'.

I just photocopied the pattern and started adding fabric...

It's going well.  I will let you see more pictures soon.

Progress on a couple of fronts

Still working on the blue table runner for the front hall table.  The hand quilting has started.  I thought first to just do lines down each zigzag.  But when I started I thought of my mom and her love of 1/4 in quilting inside every piece so I started and now I must finish.  It's not bad though.

Then I took over the living room carpet again with my hexagons.  I am trying to join the two large pieces in the middle and it is more problematic than I thought.  Trying to get the two pieces to align is a bit of a challenge.

Little Step Stones

I am still plugging along slowly on this little stepping stone one but I love it.

I'm guessing it will become my DH's fav one so far with all that orange in it.

Next step on the Twinkle Toes Table Runner

The block I made from Le Ann Weaver's design in Loose Change is pretty straight forward.  I like her directions.  No wasted energy and perfect every time.  I like to square up each block as I make them and I really like that she tells what size that would be.  I often find myself searching for that info when I follow other patterns.

So here I am...

8 blocks done and already I am going my own way, rearranging them...

Hmmm...then I tried this...

Not liking the zigzag so much.  Very chunky looking, don't you think...

Now this is the design in the book.  I like it = = but...my table is narrow and I will have room for 3 rows of the block so I changed my mind again...

So this is the one I like the best.  What do you think?

Loose Change and a New Table Runner

So I got my hands on Claudia Plett and Le Ann Weaver's book, Loose Change, Quilts from Nickels, Dimes, and Fat Quarters.  Very inspiring, indeed.  Here's the pattern I like...

You start with some half square triangles and plain squares .... I am thinking of my hall table which needs somewhere for the keys to land.  Blues is always good, right?