A Special Hexie Quilt!

I couldn't wait to share this!!! I have a wonderful friend in the Atlanta area. She used to live here in Auburn, but moved about a year after we met. I miss her! She called this morning. She volunteers in a local thrift store sorting clothing one day per week. This week she spotted this quilt on the floor where the linens were being sorted. It was priced at $6.00! She knew the linens would be on sale for 50% off the next day. So she did what any smart shopper would do - she hid it in the back and purchased it the next day for $3.00!

She wanted to know if I want it. Uh, YES! Her son will bring it to me this weekend. I feel lucky!!! It's even hand quilted. What a treasure!

I had a great little helper this morning while I did some computer work.

Hope you all have a great rest of your day!

Fabric Acquisition!

A few days ago I had to run in the local quilt shop to buy a notion. Is that even possible? I mean, can someone go in a fabric store and come out with ONLY a notion? NOT ME! I came home with three yards of this lovely. I love the patterns. I love the colors.

Day 1 of Scout sitting went great! I introduced him to Cooper first. Cooper was very gentle and chased him around the house for an hour. Then Scout took a LONG nap. Next it was Mickey's turn. He did well, too. I haven't let Prince meet him yet - he's old and ornery, but I'll do that today. At this moment I have both Mickey and Scout in my lap while I get some work done.

Are you ready? The next issue of Hexie Love comes out TOMORROW!!!! I love this issue, and I think you will too!

A Pile of COLORFUL Hexagons! (...and puppy sitting!)

One of my good friends here in Auburn is making a drop dead gorgeous Grandmother's Flower Garden using Kaffe Fassett fabrics and batiks. Are you drooling as much as I am? This photo just makes me want to dance and sing (but, don't worry, I won't!)

Look at this sweet little face! Meet Scout! He was adopted from the Humane Society yesterday by Daughter 1 and our SIL. He's half lab and adorable!

And until our SIL is off for the summer from his teaching, Daughter 2 and I will tag team puppy sitting for him during the day. Daughter 2 has an exam this morning and then will take him for the afternoon.

He was just neutered yesterday. He has water soluble stitches and of course it's rainy here, so I have to keep that area dry. I love puppies!

And how is our crew adapting to him? Cooper is doing great!!! At this moment Scout is napping in a small crate and Cooper is napping right beside him. They had a great time playing chase around out big ottoman, so both are tired now.

The dachshunds are doing pretty well, but I'm putting them in their crate while I let Scout play. I don't want to overwhelm him on his first day here.

Back to the dogs....and hexies!

Morning Hexies

I love to stitch hexies early in the morning while I drink my coffee. Here's the latest little flower. I do love black and white with a bit of bold color. 

Yesterday was one of those crazy busy days. But it was a good day! Lots of accomplishments. Today's list will be a bit shorter, thank goodness! 

I had the pleasure of seeing Daughter 2 get inducted into Phi Kappa Phi last night. Daughter 1 was inducted years ago when she was a student at Auburn. My girls are SMART!

My doggies are having to spend a bit of time in their crates this morning - I'm expecting a repairman any minute. While he's here, I'll get some computer work done...and some hexies. 

What are you working on today?

Hexies Around the House

If you follow Hexie Love on Facebook, then you have already seen my new hexie vase. I ADORE it! West Elm has similar vases, but they are more expensive. But my PHS (Personal Hexie Shopper) shopped these at Hobby Lobby and sent me a picture. Of course I went the next day to get one! Love, love, love!

Here is our stack-o-doxies in hubby's lap yesterday. I spent a good bit of the day thinking and doing research. I brought the Engineering side of my brain out to play. Oh, I have some cool hexie ideas brewing! Today I need to run out and buy a couple of things to experiment a bit.

My list today is WAY TOO long - many more than my usual 3 things. EEK! A few of the items are just phone calls though. I hope to get back to my regular walking schedule today. I think resting my foot for a couple of days did me some good. Though I DO need some new athletic shoes - that will probably help, too.

There are blue birds nesting in our little bird bottle again this year! I have a perfect view of them from my recliner. We also have little wrens in our blue bird house- haha! They beat the blue birds to it this year. There are doves and cardinals nesting somewhere around here, because they love hanging our on our back trellis. Yesterday I saw Canada geese and a blue heron fly over headed to the lake across the street. I love watching the birds from our windows!

Hope you have a happy hexie day!

Hexies and Doxie Ears

I finished the May BOM last night, complete with a doxie ear to help me. Love to have a doggy in my lap while I sew, and it's a good thing I do! There is almost always a doggy in my lap!

I hope you are having a nice, relaxing, hexie weekend! I spent most of Saturday morning doing house cleaning - not my favorite, but I turned up the music and got it done. Hubby was doing yard work at the same time.

Cooper and I have been doing LOTS of walking this week. By Friday evening one of my feet was swollen so I took the day off from our walk yesterday. I have a wonderful foot massager that I bought at a quilt show. I plugged it in and it has really helped. I think I'm up for a walk today and I'm sure both Cooper and Hubby will be too.

And there will be lots of hexie appliqué in my plans for later!

Make it a great day!!! 

Hexie Love Sneaky Peaky!

Here is a small peak at one project you'll see in the next issue of Hexie Love, coming out NEXT WEEK! This is a fun one - I believe in living your passion. So if you LOVE hexies, you want to not only make them, you want to WEAR THEM! That's enough hints for now...

Last night we went to the baseball game - Auburn vs. Georgia. I took a baggy of hexies to baste, but the game was too exciting! We got home about 9 - not late at all. But this morning Hubby and I were both tired - guess we're showing our age a bit!

FYI, Geta Grama is selling some of her iconic hexie quilts, including the one on the cover of the first issue of Hexie Love. Check them out here. I would love to have one of these in my collection! Speaking of collections... in the past week I've added two antique hexie quilts to my collection. Actually, one is just a top, but it's in perfect condition and I plan to finish it. I'll show pictures soon. I have this friend who has become my PHS (Personal Hexie Shopper). When she spots a hexie quilt or hexie item for sale, she lets me know. And 9 times out of 10, I jump on it! Aren't I lucky?

Did you know that Mary Kerr has an exhibit of antique hexie quilts in Paducah this week? If you are there, check it out! Mary has a wonderful article on saving old hexie quilts in the new issue of Hexie Love.

Also new in Hexie Land... I'm looking into putting together kits for next year's Progressive Quilt in Hexie Love. I've already designed the quilt - it's gorgeous and it's wall to wall hexies - no appliqué. The kits would include all the fabric, precut into hexagons, and the papers for English Paper Piecing. I'd love to find out how many would have interest in a kit. FYI, the fussy cutting would all be done for you! Great time saver! Get right to the sewing.

I'll be talking to someone about the cost of laser cutting kits this afternoon- I'll see what kind of pricing I can get. If it all works out, I'll attend Quilt Market and purchase the fabrics at wholesale. I'm hoping to keep the kit prices as low as possible! Many of you have told me (on Facebook) that you'd need to see the pattern before deciding if you'd be interested in a kit. I can't show the entire quilt pattern, but I will show you a sneak peak:

Big and small hexies flowers meander across the top. It's a very free form design. I haven't added color to the pattern yet, but maybe you can get the idea?

So why am I planning so early? Well, if there's one thing I've learned about the magazine business, it's that you have to plan way ahead! That's why most magazines are working on their Christmas issue in July! :)

So let me know what you think about kits! Yay or Nay?