{Post #885} Lunch Box

I don't think this is really a lunch box.  It was given to my daughter, Elisabeth, about 8-9 years ago as a secret sister gift.  She has since given it to me.  I am using it as a portable project holder for the Grandmother's Flower Garden pieces.

I have my paper hexagons, a cone of thread, small Gingher scissors, a needle nest (right front), my paper layout of colors, a thimble, and all the fabric pieces I'll need to complete this.  

Right now all the scraps cut out from the back of my hexagons after I baste them around the paper are in the lid.  I use it as a "trash can" until I get home or get close to a trash can.  This system works quite well for me.

~Joan 

{Post #884} Added More Flowers

I had two completed blossoms in my "lunch box" (which I'll show later) for this quilt, so I watched another movie and stitched some more.  The orangish red one and the white one were already put together, so that made the addition very quick.


You can see a little more of how the finished quilt is laid out now.  I am going to cut across the outer edges and add a border or two once the piecing is finished.  


This is the full length of the quilt.  The top row will be 5 blossoms across to give you an idea of the finished size.

Oy--I feel awful.


~Joan

{Post #883} Hexie Update

Saving these pictures was an eye-opener.  These are only the 2nd and 3rd quilt pictures I have saved this entire year.  I knew I hadn't been sewing much, but I didn't realize it had been this little.


Anywho...I went to the flea market with Rachel this AM and got to do a little hand sewing.  This is the progress on my hexagon project, from the front and from the back.

I have not felt well all day, so I sat and stitched a little here and there.  

You can see in the bottom picture that the paper is left on the outermost hexagon, only removed when the next one is placed beside it.

~Joan

{Post #882} Surprise for Elisabeth!

There are so many projects floating around inside my head.  I'm glad this one finally came to completion.  I had trouble finding the "E", but I persisted.  I wanted to make my dear Elisabeth a little something for her room that was really "her".  Here it is.  Maybe it will let you know what she's like:

The picture was taken outside against our house wall.  Imagine it against a lovely lavender wall (that's the color of her room).  She was so happy with it!  Me, too.  


It's about 20" across.  I was stumped about how to paint the polka dots on, but then I remembered a trick I learned in a tole painting class.  All is well!


Love you, Lizzy!!


~Mom