Hexies on my Mind

Back in July, I had mentioned this cute little pile of triangles that were gifted to me.  With so many other projects in the works, I said I was going to hide them away for a later date.

Well, the sad truth is I kept thinking about those little triangles...

...pondering, obsessing and designing in my head.

Inspiration struck late one night and they have now found their way into this adorable little hexagon quilt.

I truly did hop out of bed to race to the sewing room to see if I could match up enough prints to pull off this design. (shaking my head...)







I simply quilted some fun loops in a hot pink thread diagonally across the quilt.  I even had a fabric in the closet that worked great for the backing!

Whew!  Now, maybe I can sleep at night!

Linking up with Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation, TGIFF and Finish it up Fridays at Crazy Mom Quilts.  Head over and check out what everyone else has been working on.

Sharing some Love through Quilts

One good thing about a hot summer is I tend to stay inside and enjoy my air conditioning.  I also seem to spend quite a bit of time in my sewing room so I have another finish to share with you!

Finishing this quilt was on my  third quarter Finish A-Long goals with Leanne over at she can quilt.  I had 6 items on my list and to date, this is the second finish.  

Not bad for early August!

 Some of the fabrics in this quilt have a mid-century feel to them so I decided to quilt it with a fun boxy swirl. 

 

This quilt has no home so I thought I would add a cute yellow string from my Etsy shop and donate both of them to Bags of Love in support of 100 Quilts for Kids.

Katie sponsors this great quilt drive over at swim bike quilt.   (Thanks Katie!!)

Bags of Love is a local organization that provide bags filled with essentials to kids who are in crisis and are being removed from their environment.

Each bag also includes a quilt for comfort.  I tried to fill these two quilts with lots of hugs.






On another note, I have been watching my Bloglovin' and Facebook followers both get close to that 100 mark!  I plan on sponsoring a giveaway to celebrate so hopefully you will want to watch for it soon!!
(And if you don't already follow, you can easily join in on the fun and get us there sooner!!)

 

Also linking up with  Linky Tuesday at Freemotion by the River and Show and Tell Tuesday at I have to Say.

QAL Progress

It has certainly been a busy week of marking, cutting, pressing and trimming. Yep, this was the week to complete the HSTs for the Star Surround Quilt A-Long over at Happy Quilting.  

I am happy to report I finished them with a little time to spare.

Of course, I had to make it hard on myself by using a number of directional fabrics.  They are going to look fantastic in the quilt but I really had to pay attention when I was marking.










I haven't trimmed this many HSTs in a long time!  There was quite the pile of trimmings to toss when I was through!

Working with all the fabrics this week, I am still excited to see this quilt all put together.  Using so many different prints, it did get a little confusing but I have lots of extra fabric to remake blocks if need be.

...and speaking of remaking blocks, how about a few outtakes from the week...  

 Right sides together.....Right sides together...

 ...Really!?  I'd like to be able to say I only did this once....

(yes, I made HSTs out of the same fabric.  Grrrrr, where's my seam ripper!)

How about you, did you spend the week sewing HSTs for your Star Surround quilt?
Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you stay tuned to see this quilt progress.