And the blocks go on

and on and on.  There'll be about 121 of these little guys, and I've done 28, so we're all going to get very tired of them soon.  But since I'm posting these as a log of what I'm doing, I'll continue to post and yawn.  Here are the latest 5.  Click on a pic to embiggen it and get a much better idea of how the blocks really look.

Photographed on the porch floor.  It's so sunny out that I am looking for a good spot to take pics.  This next one is on the kitchen floor.  The reality of the color is probably closer to the top picture.

And here are the rest, all on the porch floor:

Happy Birthday to me. Older, with a couple more aches, wrinkles, and other aging moments. But it's awfully good to be alive!  The other day I realized that I have known people born in the late 1800's, 1900's and 2000's.  My grandmas were born around 1875 and 1885.  My dad in 1909 and my mom in 1914.  And my sister and I and our kids were born in the mid-late 1900's.  Grands in the 2000's.  Pretty neat, no?

Quilt as you go

Remember this?

Here's how it looks today:

This is from the quilt as you go class I'm taking at The City Quilter.  You can see where the blocks are joined.  The top row is not yet done.  I'm doing this little doll quilt just to practice the technique.  It's pretty easy for a "normal" quilter.  I, who can't make a straight 1/4" seam, am fudging merrily away.  The two sets of blocks will get a cross joining of that royal blue Kona.

I'm back to appliqueing the Hexified quilt.  I'd like to finish it before I die.  Hah.  

 

Better Hexified Pics

Yesterday's pics were truly awful.  The colors really looked horrible.  So, I just took some blurry, but much better-colored pics.

We've been Hexified!

Yes, indeed, the hexie blocks are all finished.  Now what remains is to applique them onto their background, sew a color border around each one, and join them together, quilt, bind, etc, etc.

I don't have enough of the Kona white to do a background for all 12 blocks, but I'm a very experienced knitter who knows how to fudge, so - I'll use one of each color for the background, and then do the borders for those blocks in white.  They'll become the corner blocks.  And then we'll call it a "design element".  Hah!

The pics were just taken and the color is not nearly as accurate as if I had taken them in the morning light.  You get what you get, and you don't get upset.  Good kindergarten advice.

So what to EPP next?  I've put myself on a fabric diet, because I have a lot of fabric.  I was talking to the Hubz about designing a fancy hexagon.  He, being an engineer, is all excited about this.  Me, I'd just draw a few with interesting elements, but Hiz Hubz is saying words like accurate and geometry, and other scary things.  Accuracy is his strong point, me, I'm the fudger, so I think he'll win.

Hexies!

 First hexie block unpressed.

They're coming along, those cute hexie rectangles.  I love all the handwork.  It's so portable and easy, and pretty much auto-pilot.  Given that I'm a lazy craft woman, auto-pilot is what I like.

Here's the same block, but pressed.  A bit out of focus, 'cause I didn't use the tripod.

Here is the planned layout.  Maybe.  Who knows?  I'll see.  I'm planning on another row, so it should be OK in size.

Each block will have a border of either one of two greens, or one of two yellow/oranges.

Here's the first block layed out on the darker green to get the idea of what I want.

I'm not sure how big I'll make this quilt.  Probably lap size, because I like to cuddle underneath quilts and not put them on my bed.  OK, the real reason is that boredom will set in and then I'll finish it up.  In the meantime, I'm not bored at all, and am really enjoying all the hand work.  BTW, the hexies were appliqued onto the Kona white.  I'm not great at it, but I suspect I'll be pretty good by the time this quilt is done.

Now I need a name.  I'm thinking of Hexified.