MAGPIE'S MUMBLINGS

A blog about my interests, which include fabric landscapes and various and assorted other artsy pursuits and sometimes known to contain mumblings of a random nature.

Wednesday, February 08, 2023

Ripping more and enjoying it less!

 Some of you may remember me starting a hexxie quilt quite awhile ago and then I'm sure you noticed that it fell off the blog in short order.  I couldn't decide on how I wanted to put it together.  It's been sitting in the corner of my sewing room laying a huge guilt trip on me ever since so I decided to dust it off and see what I can come up with.

This is what I found when I hauled the project out...


There's not enough to make an entire quilt so I had toyed with throwing these at a large piece of white fabric and letting them fall rather haphazardly (or willy nilly, take your pick).  Well that plan was enough to gag a maggot so back into hibernation they went.  

Spending far too long on the internet looking at possibilities yielded these...



The picture on the left gave me an idea for what I could do for the center of the quilt....picture on the right might be a thought for a border of sorts when it's cobbled together with the border shown in the middle picture.  Clear as mud?  

But (and here's the problem!!) 
I'm NOT a sane quilter so how
can this be anything but a
disaster?

In the meantime my froggit tool and I are spending far too many hours together as I rip apart all that I've already done, cut more fabric and then stitch it all back together again.  And is it any wonder I've never aspired to be a sane quilter (because....wait for it....it's bound to drive me 'insane').  


- If you'd like to see an amazing quilt show, pour yourself a cuppa, and have a look HERE.  

- And take a look at the amazingly detailed work in the galleries of THIS artist!

- THIS looks like fun - and wouldn't it be great to give one with a special chocolate inside for Valentine's Day?  

- Have a close look at the gallery of THIS artist (yes, look closely and you'll see some interesting substrates for her work)

- THIS artist proves that you can embroider pretty much anything!

Here's your quote of the day..."You must always be willing to truly consider evidence that contradicts your beliefs, and admit the possibility that you may be wrong.  Intelligence isn't knowing everything, it's the ability to challenge everything you know.






20 comments:

  1. I love the clamshell container. I have a lovely Japanese hand embroidered one, a gift which came with knotted stitch holders. It might be nice to make your own, too.

    Your hexie collection might make an interesting pillow, distributed randomly on a backing fabric.

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    1. I've toyed with making one of those containers but it's still on the list obviously not done.
      Alas too many hexies for just a pillow - but not enough for an entire quilt.

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  2. Finishing up hexagon rosettes is not an easy task--One time I laid them all out and just filled in with one solid color; another I appliqued them onto a long fabric and made a table runner; then another, I trimmed the edge ones and squared it off into a lap quilt...I also (talk about not being sane!!) turned all the edges and left a hexagonal edging for a gift quilt..in my young hands' days that was!! Yours look so pretty...hugs, Julierose

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    1. Mine are, I think, going to end up being appliqued onto a plain background - probably a sheet (??).

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  3. Two pillows, then!

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    1. Hah - there's too many for that too! I could probably make 10 or 15 pillows. Enough for a community pillow fight!

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  4. my hex's went together as a place mat, for a vase. I am over quilts at the moment!! Great links as always.....

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    1. I'm not a sane quilter but I won the fabric in a draw several years ago and wanted to 'do something with it' - hexies seemed to be a good idea at the time. The bloom wore off the romance in a hurry though!

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  5. You are more daring then me, I would never do hexies. They scare me and would definitely drive me insane.

    God bless.

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    1. Hexies are really rather fun to do - a little addictive perhaps. It's the what-to-do-with-them afterwards that's giving me grief.

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  6. Looking forward to seeing the quilt finished.
    Thank-you for the interesting links, amazing artists.

    Catherine

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    1. I'm looking forward to it too - it's been hanging around laying a guilt trip on me for far too long.

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  7. "gag a maggot" lol. I think all your hexis look terrific. I have a feeling you're going to amaze us when you finally come up with a plan.

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    1. Hah - you have a lot more faith in me than I do!! I just hope my 'sticktoitiveness' will see me through because I'm tired of it taking up valuable real estate in my sewing room.

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  8. Just a heads up, I will have a link to your blog on my post on Saturday :0)

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  9. Ha, ha, gag a maggot - haven't heard that in a dog's age or more but I get it. It's easy to get lost on the internet but it looks like you have some good ideas brewing.

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    1. Ideas are one thing - translating them into fact is a whole 'nother ball game!

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  10. Oh, I think you would be boring if you were same. =) I remember those lovely purple and green hexies. I don't think anything you create, ma dear, is a disaster. You will imagine something lovely.

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    1. I can imagine something lovely - but - can I manage to actually do it without driving myself batty with boredom. We'll have to wait and see!

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