I pieced one more star. I'm still not sure how far that I will go with these. Maybe a table runner or a lap quilt.
Here are two stars that I made from the same fabric. They look totally different. That is one thing that I like about fussy cutting them.
I'm thinking that I may need to take a break from my hexies for a week or two. I'm debating on how that I want to finish it and that got me stressed out. LOL! I have most of the sections peiced and now they just need to be sewn together. It's the edges that I'm not sure about. I'm not sure if I want the sides straight and the top and bottom shaped like the hexies. I don't even know if I want to hand quilt it or machine quilt it. I will figure it out, I'm sure but right now I just need to walk away from it.
I worked on a few Windmills also. It felt good to get back to these.
I ended up piecing 18 more of them.
Adding 18 more of them now takes me to a total of 126! Sounds like a lot but I actually need 402 more of them!!! For what I have planned I need 528 of them.
I also pieced a few more of these tiny 4 patches. They finish at 2". I have 100 of them done and I guess I will work on these on and off for a bit or just use them as a leader/end project. These are for a long term project and I need a million more of them.
So it's Memorial Day weekend, I know a lot of people have cookouts and such but we are not doing anything really. Richard and Andrew are working all weekend. Hunter has a friend staying over and I'm just hanging out. LOL!
I've been playing with a few more stars while working on my hexies. I figure I will just throw a few of these in between my hexies once in a while. They are fun and don't take near as long as the Lucy Boston blocks.
It is fun to see the designs that the fabric makes in these shapes.
I figure I will fussy cut some and then just piece some that are not fussy cut as I don't have a ton of fabric that can be fussy cut. Most of mine is just random prints.
So it's Friday evening and I am home alone. :( Richard and Andrew are both working and Hunter went fishing out on the lake after school with my BIL. Hunter has 3 more days of school left! I love having him home. It is hard to believe that he will be in the 8th grade this fall.
I got to babysit Addison for an hour or so last night! We all spoil her. I snapped a few photos of how she melts these big tough guy hearts. Here she is with Andrew...
And with Richard... (yep I know, I need to trim the strings on my pillows. LOL)
Sadly they hogged all of the time with her and I didn't get to hold her much.
Prayers for my little 6 yr old nephew, Gabe. He crashed his motorcycle and injured his knee. Nothing is broken but he has a bruise on the bone and some muscle issues. He can't stand to walk on it at all. He and his brother are little daredevils! Hopefully it will not take him too long to heal.
I'm off to finish up supper
I had a dear friend gift me a small pack of 60 degree diamonds for paper piecing. They measure 2" per side. She also sent along the acrylic template. She tried this design and did not like the process of it so she just passed them on to me. :)
This was my first star! I like how it turned out but it does take a little more time trying to make sure things line up correctly. It's not perfect but close enough for me.
I also did something a little different than I do with my hexies. My hexies, I stitch baste them. I tried the glue basting with this star. This is my first time doing that. I'm just hoping that if I made a ton of these the the edges and points would still be stuck and not a big loose mess.
I'm not sure if this is a future project or not but I want to finish my hexie quilt first before I more on to something like this.
She also threw in this Clover thread/yarn cutter. :) She said that she thought it was just too heavy for her. I just need to find a cord or chain to put it on. I think it is cute!
Hunter had his appointment with his ear specialist yesterday. All is well and he should be fine for another 3 months. :) He was a little light headed and had a headache when we left the doctor's office but that is to be expected when they have to clean that much stuff out. LOL! Poor guy...he has always had such dry ears. Today the doctor told me to put a few drops of Olive Oil in his ears a couple days a week.
Here are two stars that I made from the same fabric. They look totally different. That is one thing that I like about fussy cutting them.
I'm thinking that I may need to take a break from my hexies for a week or two. I'm debating on how that I want to finish it and that got me stressed out. LOL! I have most of the sections peiced and now they just need to be sewn together. It's the edges that I'm not sure about. I'm not sure if I want the sides straight and the top and bottom shaped like the hexies. I don't even know if I want to hand quilt it or machine quilt it. I will figure it out, I'm sure but right now I just need to walk away from it. 
I worked on a few Windmills also. It felt good to get back to these. 
I ended up piecing 18 more of them. 
Adding 18 more of them now takes me to a total of 126! Sounds like a lot but I actually need 402 more of them!!! For what I have planned I need 528 of them. 
I also pieced a few more of these tiny 4 patches. They finish at 2". I have 100 of them done and I guess I will work on these on and off for a bit or just use them as a leader/end project. These are for a long term project and I need a million more of them. 
So it's Memorial Day weekend, I know a lot of people have cookouts and such but we are not doing anything really. Richard and Andrew are working all weekend. Hunter has a friend staying over and I'm just hanging out. LOL! 
