It's Hexie Friday!

Billie and I are having  a Quilt Along (or should I say sew along as this is a long time sewing project). And you're invited to join us.  We both have hexie projects started.  To keep us moving forward, we're going to share our progress (probably slow on my part) on Fridays.  You can see my first venture into "Hexidom" here .  This is as far as I've gotten so far:
Five more to sew on and I'll be done with my first flower - 26 to go! 

Billie has a beautiful pattern she is working on. It's called Star Flower. Please visit her Friday post to see it.  And she's having a giveaway!

Do you have a hexie project? I'd love to see it! Tell me about it in a comment.

Applique Thursday

Have started on my next Forget Me Not block - have a way's to go:

I'm wondering if you can guess which flower this is. Those who are making this BOM will know right away.

The winner from last week's giveaway of Frayed Edge Fun is  Desert Sky Quilts. I've sent her an email.

This week's book has some applique but is mostly easy piecing.

To win this copy, all you need to do is comment or link to have a chance for it to be yours. Or do both and have two chances. And for extra chances, tell your friends about this giveaway. If they comment or link and mention you in their comment, you'll automatically get another entry in this giveaway. Submissions end Wednesday night. Use the blue link below. And remember, it doesn't have to be applique (that you share that is) - all sorts of eye candy is eligible and very welcome - even projects you finished a while ago - it's all new to me.
I'm linking to Pat Sloan's Show and Tell - meet me there! And good luck on both giveaways.

Got it Done in April

I'm happy to report I got my three goals done for April.  Here is my third which was #2 on my list and my first block in my NewFO for April:

I'm not going to do the thread work until I find out if I trim it before or after I raw edge applique. Then as I want to do this QAYG, I'll do the sashing as part of that process. So here is what I've picked for May:
1. Make the rest of the blocks for my DGD's quilt (this will be my NBU challenge for May)
2. Start on the next three applique blocks of my three QIPs
3. Piece the next Block Lotto block. ( Lovely Year of Finishes  for May)

 I'm linking at Judy's Patchwork Times Getting It Done challenge and Barb's NewFO challenge.  Also Esther's WOW - she's getting ready to release two new BOMs! Go on over and bookmark her site. How did you do for April?