My Corona Flowers

 Finally, "My Corona Flowers" is done but Covid-19 is not done with us yet.

Quilt Details:

Pattern Source:  an original designed by Rose Marie Castonguay (me!) and those who may ask, there is no written pattern at this time to purchase.

Started:  April 6, 2020

Top Finished:  July 16, 2020

Quilt Finished:  August 31, 2020

Size:  71-3/4" x 92" (top size before quilting, washing and drying:  73-1/4" x 94")

Hexagon size:  1-1/8" on one edge

Number of hexagons:  792

Number of half hexagons:  90

Number of side half diamonds:  48

Number of corners:  12

Number of hexie flowers:  24

Normally, I don't count the number of pieces when doing EPP, but this time, I kept track.

Batting:  Hobbs 80/20 polyster/cotton

Machine quilted by:  Kathy at Kat's Quilts

E2E quilt design:  Joyful (with Pearls) by Christy Dillon from My Creative Stitches.  I would have this one again on another quilt. 

It was pure joy to work on this quilt during troubling times.  Now, if only I can get rid of those extra pounds that were put on during the same time ....

A lot of tiny scraps were used during the making of this quilt.  

My arms ached a number of nights working on basting those hexagons and sewing them all together.  Why?   Because I was so obsessed in getting this quilt done.  Worth it?  Oh yes.

Now that this quilt is done, I can focus on ufo's ..... again!  LOL

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

Seeing the light!

"My Corona Flowers" is getting closer and closer to finishing .... just the top floral section to finish appliqueing and the outer borders to be decided.  The bottom three sections have already been sewn together.

Oh decisions, decisions about borders!  I'll try some blue fabrics next.

I would like to have this top ready for sending out to the LAer next week.  Guess what I'll be working on today?  LOL

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

Hexie panels

Yeah, at last ..... my hexie panels are done.  I started making the hexies Apr. 6 and put in the last stitch last night.  Not bad!

You can now see what the flowers will look like in between each panel.  I'm very happy with how it looks.  The job of prepping the leaves and stems is now taking place.

Two days ago, we had the remnants of Cristobal come through and with it came wind and rain and a change in temperature.  Tonight, it is supposed to go down to 1C (33.8F).  Chilly weather for a few more days and then it will start to climb up again.  As long as we don't get frost (there is a frost advisory for tonight), we will be ok.  Today, I went and did groceries and was sure glad to have on a warm jacket.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

Almost there

This project is nearing the end.  I'm still only using scraps and have now dipped into a huge bin to see what is in there for a bit of variety.

This will be the final layout for the row of flowers in between the panels.  I just loved making those tiny hexies.

 This is the huge bin of scraps that needs to be dumped and sorted.   It is a tad overflowing right now!

I foresee more scrappy quilts coming up in the future.  Crazy blocks, braid blocks ..... the ideas are coming so fast and furious in my brain that I can't keep up.  LOL

It will be so nice to clean up my studio.  It truly is a mess right now, but soon things will get sorted when the last hexie is made and then a mess will happen again with the next new project, but that will have to wait for a while as I do want to get another ufo pulled out and finished.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

Where is spring?

This is what greeted us this morning!  A couple inches of snow and it is still snowing as I write this.  Lordy, but when will we get nice spring weather?  This will be a good day to stay inside .... oh wait ..... we're staying inside anyway!

So, down to my happy place I go and work on more hexies.  It is coming along very nicely and in a few weeks, my mess of scraps can be tidied up and stored away for another rainy/snowy/Covid day.  My hexies are just pinned onto my design wall.  There will be a lot of work later as they are sewn together.  This will become my on-the-go project

In between those panels will be a row of these flower sprigs.  "My Corona Flowers"  I just love them!  The bottom flower sprig will be the final layout.

 

It truly is fun to sit and be creative.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!