How Does My Flower Meadow Grow...............

Why, my Flower Meadow quilt grows with pretty, flowery fabrics, hexies, and a whole lot of stitching; of course. Hello lovely lovelies♡ Welcome to my little place where little hexie flowers are growing at a snail's pace. Hand stitching these sweet flowers is slow, but the leisurely pace is strangely satisfying. I have spent a lot of time in my sewing room this week, just enjoying the peace and quiet, the contentedness of hand stitching. A quiet week with no appointments, no having to be anywhere.......just enjoying each day.

I am fussy cutting most of the flowers because when they are all stitched together I want to evoke a sense of a meadow blooming with bright and happy flowers. Rose Marie asked me last week if there were any fabric repeats. The short answer is no. Well at least, not yet. Each little flower is a different floral fabric. I have one serious stash of flower fabrics.....but then I would, wouldn't I; given my penchant....my addiction for all thing flowers. =) Though, I suppose as the quilt grows there will be a few repeats dotted here and there. It is amazing how a floral fabric jumps out in front of me when I am in a fabric shop. Why, only the other day when out and about another fabric splashed all over with flowers came home with me. Deary, deary me, I am supposed to be reducing the fabric stash.

I have begun to form the flower meadow by stitching the flower hexies together. A slow process but oh such fun as I dot flowers here and there, playing, placing each one in a visually pleasing arrangement. Each flower happily settled next to the others, not competing, just blooming in its own beauty.

I have spent a good part of my Sunday afternoon enjoying the slow hand stitching of hexies to the quilt. Goodness, most of my hexies have been incorporated into my Flower Meadow. My tower of flower hexies has dwindled to almost nothing. I can see in my crystal ball more fun over the next little while searching through my fabric stash, unearthing more flowery fabrics suited for fussy cutting.   I'm supposing now will be the time when a few flower patterns will begin to be repeated. Hope you have a lovely Sunday when it comes avisiting you♡ Thank you so very much for popping into my happy, little flowery place and blessing my day♡ Sending a little flowery love your way♡

Until the next time.............

A Trove of Hexies♡

Hello lovely lovelies♡ Welcome to my little place where the last of summer days are ever so slightly beginning to drift into autumn. There is a change in the light. That soft, opalescent light which autumn shimmers upon everything, has arrived. The early misty mornings are beautiful. The sun is beginning to rise later and the evenings casting darkness sooner. I must enjoy these days while I can. I must make the most of these lovely days.

This week I have fashioned more flower hexies. A trove of little hexies bursting with bright, happy colour and pattern. A treasure trove of gorgeousness. The little flower gems all puddled together cause me to smile. A ric rac line of the flower hexies hanging out with the dahlias and cosmos are a delight to my eyes.

I have now begun to stitch the hexies together to begin forming the Flower Meadow quilt, to get a sense of what patterns and colours may be needed when I fashion more flowers. Little hexies made from a fabric called Flights of Fancy by Momo for Moda, are dotted here and there among the flower hexies because I want a muted and soft impressionist feel among the florid-hued hexies. I love the painterly look of grass and flowers these sweet little hexies will give to the quilt.

Sunday♡ The day of the week where I endeavour to join other slow hand stitchers from all over the globe and delight in a little hand stitching♡ I must say I spent a good part of my afternoon beginning to stitch my hexies together......growing my little Flower Meadow. Slowly stitching my little Flower Meadow hexies, delighting in the pretty, flowery prints; delighting in the tiny stitches which form the flower hexies♡ It's been one of those weeks....days.....when the meditative slowness of slow stitching has been balm to the soul♡ May your Sunday be a blessed one......when it comes aknocking on your door♡

Until the next time................. 

A Bag For My Friend ♡

 

Hello lovely lovelies♡ A lovely Sunday welcome to you♡ I hope you enjoyed a pleasant week. I did. I had fun stitching a bag for my friend, and indeed, added the finishing touches this morning....hand stitching the lining to the bag.....hand stitching the handles on......sewing the flap closure. Why do the finishing touches always take so long??!! My friend fashions lovely crochet pretties, so she wanted a carry-all to hold her yarns, patterns and whatever other woolly accoutrements needed for what she is working on. Of course, this is not quite like any knitting/crochet bag one would find in a shop. Snippets of lace, a fabulous, rather large, doily butterfly; a needlepoint, twirls and twirls of ribbon meandering through a buckle, ribbon flowers, doilies, vintage jewellery, needlepoints and whatever else tumbles out of my treasure trove of pretties seem to find a place on any one of my bags, giving each one a little bit of oomph!

The lining is a fabric with phrases of lyrics from old hymns printed on it. I used this fabric with a wry smile. Back in the days of my friend's and my youth, we would sing hymns and choruses in church and youth group. Alas, my friend never did sing in the church choir. Let's just say she made a "joyful noise unto the Lord"; something of which she would remind me constantly.....and still does, actually. Alas, she was (and is) tone deaf. Yes indeed, she always found it a bit tricky to distinguish the variances in pitch of different tones. But, she always enjoyed singing, which really is the only thing that matters, isn't it?? When we do get together we still chuckle about those youth group days and her discordant voice rising above the mellifluous strains of others. I must say though that my beautiful friend has so many other talents and gifts and blesses others' lives each and every day. She wouldn't mind at all my mentioning her unmelodic singing; why, she would only too happily tell you herself. =)

When my friend espies the lining fabric, I hope her mind will wander back through the years, to those fun days of church youth group and smile at all the memories. There are so many happy memories of church youth group days. I must say, as I fashioned leaves and pansies from lengths of ribbons and stitched all the pretties onto the bag all these wonderful old hymns came to mind......This is the day that the Lord has made.....Amazing Grace......Great is Thy faithfulness, Morning by morning new mercies I see......♡ Aah yes, every morning I am reminded of God's mercies and blessings to me; His love for me. Love, love, love those grand old hymns.

A new bag for my friend. A bag which was fun to fashion. But then, playing with ribbons, cast off needlepoints, vintage pretties and bits and bobs is always fun to me. I hope my friend is not adverse to a knitting/crochet bag embellished to the hilt. If one is going to have a bag why not have  one dripping with a saturation of pretties smothering it. =)  As my friend happily crochets or knits away perhaps those grand old hymns will traverse down the corridors of sweet memories, and she will make a joyful noise unto the Lord♡ As it is Sunday, later this evening I will pop into Kathy's lovely place to see what the merry band of slow stitchers are stitching. Have a lovely day, lovely lovelies♡

Until the next time.....