Stitchin' Time!

To start... I wanted to thank craftgossip for reposting my last blog entry... I received so much great feedback, it made me feel so good and keeps me going on this project!  With all that inspiration, I was able to finish the layout ~ and now I can start stitching these suckers together.  Here is the final layout look:

 To sew the pieces together, I'm going along the diagonals and sewing strips together.  I found a neat way to make it portable too!  First I lay down a skinny strip of batting and put the hexies I want to sew in the order they need to be sewn in:

Then I take a piece of cotton fabric an lay it over the hexies:

Then I roll it up from the far end:

... and voila:  as I unroll it the hexies pop out like a pez dispenser in the order I need them to be in:

I can put this roll into a little plastic container with thread, scissors and my handy dandy leather thimble (that I could never live without!) and I'm off to where ever I want to be. 

Sew Close...

Yep, I'm close... I've been arranging and re-arranging the brown hexagons for this dragon quilt for about a month now ~ no lie.  I am SO ready to start sewing!!  It's close... but not quite:

The area that's bothering me the most is at the bottom.  I have two fabrics that make "hills" because they contrast with every other color in the palate.  I'm still not happy with how it looks... but like I said it's close!

My favorite part is the mouth area... and the breath.   So the goal is to finish up this layout this weekend so I can start stitching them together on Monday.

More soon ~

Geeking Out

Okay... I am totally geeking out on this project right now, but I thought I'd stop and give a progress report. 

I got all the creams, greens, and reds how I want them, now I'm just working on the background browns.  This is about the 4th time they've been picked up and laid back down... and I'm thinking it'll need to be done again.   I'm close though... a few more days of this puzzle-piecing madness then I can actually start sewing them all together ~ I'm sew ready to start!

I did finish the quilt top and back for my in-laws anniversary quilt this last weekend at the PMQG all day sew day.  I love those!  There were lots of people who showed up and everyone in working on great projects... so now I have a few more to add to my own list of things to make.  Plus, a whole day of hanging with creative types without being interrupted with life is SO nice.

Now... back to the dragon.