Back in September, Helen Stubbings from Hugs'n'Kisses fame released a brand new mystery quilt program. I had watched with interest as Helen revealed little peeks of the blocks that she had been working on and when I got the email though about the program I signed up for it. As you know I have in stock Helen's new Fancywork Box range of fabrics along with a good selection from her Basically Hugs range. It didn't take me long to decide which fabric I was going to use......probably about 2 seconds!
Two and a half weeks ago we all received our first block......hexagons.....woohoo!.....I can do these!
Done in a flash.......then 3 days later the second block was emailed......more hexagons......double woohoo! It arrived just in time for me to take them to a meeting in Melbourne (I have finished these blocks but the photo is just of the flowers.)
On track and doing okay.......the patterns are emailed out twice a week so it would not take much to get behind. Next one to arrive was applique. I use Helen's fusible applique paper for all of my applique so this was another woohoo moment.
Cruising.........and then came the Apple Cores.........I managed to get them done but I did use a little descriptive language when stitching the rows together.......bring back the hexagons!!!
Yesterday, being Monday, meant a block would be sitting in my inbox after class. So when I found it at 4.30pm I decided to get my prep work done in readiness for some evening stitching in front of the television. Pentagons.........well they are sort of like hexagons just one less side......and I love them! These cute flower blocks went together nice and easy and by bed time I was finished.
I must admit I am really hooked on this quilt. There are 21 more parts to the quilt with the finished size being 48" x 48". Helen will be releasing the pattern as a Block of the Month in the early 2016, so I am making my version up as a sample so that I can run it through the Shop. I will pop back in a few weeks and show you some more of my blocks.
Linda :)
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