Right now I am hand quilting and hand sewing a grandmother's flower garden which when finished will be finished. The hexagons are done by hand and hand quilted then sewn together by hand. I will post a pic whenever I finish. It may be months from now.

Please tell me more about how you do hexies/GFG as a QAYG?

I've just finished a tabletopper and am almost dreading continuing on to the handquilting ... so would have liked to have had it done, when I was done. Your technique has me intrigued for future GFG projects. Thanks!

Thanks for the link to the all people quilt site which had a yo-yo wreath idea. I think displaying this on a front door would surely say a quilter lived here.

Our group meets once a week. A lot of handquilting going on. Plus embroidery or crochet/knitting.

When my son was an infant he had to have surgery to repair a cleft pallet. The volunteer ladies gave him a doll made of yoyo's. He treasures it to this day and now he is in his 40's.

I quilt with a group of ladies at our local Senior Center. Since I am one of the youngest members I do a lot of the heavier work. I pieced a top that is half triangles. Since piecing is not my strong suit some of the corners are slightly off. It is obvious since each block is half offwhite and then a darker print on the other half. I made yoyos out of each of the darker fabrics that will be backed with a leaf like piece and sewn at each corner to hide the off sewn corners. I attend a little Bee ever other Wednesday and those yoyos gave me something to do for several sessions as I need at least 36 of them. My usual take along project is a quilted item made from cheaters cloth as my favorite art of the whole process is handquilting. I will try and post a picture of the finished quilt with the yoyo flowers when it is completed.

I take presorted hexagons--am working on a king-size to the floor (okay-shoot me now for starting this) and have taken Dear Jane blocks to Hanoi, Vietnam (still not finished, but a great take-along). Individual blocks separated in 6x7 inch envelopes work great. I like these envelopes because they are big enough to hold one or more blocks, so I can write notes on them and I can tell just what I'm doing. Sometimes I stack these into large plastic bags. I label the envelopes with name of block, size, etc. and Block 1, Block 2, etc. When the block is in process or finished, the envelope is large enough to hold everything. It's makes your take-along projects very portable and neat.
SandyQuilter

I forgot about yo yo dolls! http://sunshinescreations.vintagethr...yo-friend.html

there are some commercial patterns that make animals such as dogs, cats and monkeys too!

I take anything I'm going to applique Like Dresden for blocks. I'll be flying to Indiana and will probably take something at that time also. I usually take an embroidery hoop to make it easier for appliqueing. Just makes holding it easier and fits in a gallon size Ziploc so security doesn't tear everything apart. Even quilted potholders if you want to finish binding would be good portable projects, table runners, etc.

Clover also has flower makers. These could be added to bags or purses, jackets, etc. Also yo-yos can be for a pillow top.