It's Hexie Friday!

and I got my second block done. Yeah!  I was afraid the last hexie flower wouldn't go with the other two, but it does. Now I can start the next set of three and work on LE - my busiest part of the month is done.

Do you have a hexie project you're working on ( I wonder how Billie will showcase her lovelies this week), one you've finished or one you've seen lately that you could share?  Any eye candy is great.  Linky below.
And for more wonderful eye candy, I'm linking to Finish it up Friday, so go see Amanda's post!

Applique Tuesday

Not!  Not only did I have two quilts to finish so I can gift them this coming Saturday, but Alan is here for three days while his parents go to Phoenix.  So no applique on LE, Whimsical, Anna's Garden or anything else. I did last week place some more blogs that feature applique on my Blog List.  Go on over to the right and check those out - THEY have eye candy!

Alan has been a gem - so talkative and easy going. Here he is with a bunny my DGD left behind - he loves that stuffed bunny!  I'll have to look around for one like it.  It's sooooo soft.

And from the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach last Friday - here is an applique beauty - sorry didn't have time to write down who created this fabulous quilt - we were short of time.

Have eye candy to share?  I'd love to see it.  Linky Below.

DWM - 8/5/13

No stash busting for the second week.  I've used a miniscule bit of scraps to make some hexies and made one block so maybe a one hundredth of a yard - LOL , but that's all.  So my number are still:

in 0.0 yds.; out .01yds.

Stash YTD: in 8.5 yds., out 93.43 yds.

Donated YTD: 40.96 yds

Net for 2013: out 84.93 yds

  

I'm still quilting away on those two baby quilts.  Have one done - even the binding,  and plugging away on the second.  So technically, that's what's on my design wall along with the baby quilt for St. Anne's.  Here's how I've personalized the two baby quilts.

In one of the squares I decided to put a twin's name.  I printed it out in Word to fit a 4" block.  Then I laid freezer paper over it and traced it in pencil.  I then ironed the freezer paper over the block in the direction I wanted it and sewed around the script.  It doesn't stand out a lot, but then I didn't want it to, just be visible enough so Mama would know whose is whose.  Only vexing thing is getting out all those teeny tiny bits of paper.  Think next time I'll use a water soluble product that will dissolve away and not have that problem.  I'll see.

And as far as the charity quilt - I've gotten one row of blocks and one row of sashing done. 

I hope to finish the baby quilt tomorrow so I can work on the charity quilt and have the top done by Thursday. This may not be possible as I am  watching Alan for three days.  What will be will be.

What's on your design wall?  How did your de-stashing go? Did you FMQ?  Would love to know what you're up to.  I'm linking to Judy's Patchwork Times, Lyn's BOMs Away, Connie's Free Motion by the River and Esther's WIPs on Wednesdays (WOW) so when I take a break from "FMQing" I can see some eye candy.