Love these - beautiful!

Thank you! I’m working on Block 2 now....I need six of these so I’m on my way..

lol....I don’t care for hand work either so I’m a bit surprised I’m enjoying this. I don’t work on it all the time so this will take some time. I like this pattern because it has so many varying shapes instead of just hexi’s. I did a quilt of hexi’s. this is fun to fussy cut...
Give it try and scrap bust some of those gorgeous fabrics you have.. I saw an EPP quilt where she machine embroidered some stuff and fussy cut...looked really pretty...

Your blocks are gorgeous!!
BTW I saw a Boho Heart completely made with polka dots and of course I had to think of you!!

Block 2 group done! Man, this is turning out to be a great stash buster...

lol...love me some polka dots.

Nice Teen!
Don't you get more scraps?

Actually, Anael...by using acrylic templates you are just cutting strips from scraps and turning template with each cut as you go along the strip. I see my pile decreasing.. The EPP pieces are mostly large size so it’s using more. Loving it!

Ok, that makes sense. How large are the blocks? I love yours but I still don't see myself hand sewing ;)

Because I finished an UFO (a small one but still an UFO LOL) I allowed myself to start a new quilt.
Here is the start of Boho Heart.

oh- I so want to start Boho Heart! That looks really fun

It is fun. Like the Gypsy Wife, that was fun too.

Anael.....your Boho heart blocks looks wonderful! Looks like a fun pattern! To answer your question above, the large hexi blocks are 10”.

I completed Block 3 and 4 groups. I only needed 2 of each. Only one more large hexi block group to make. The next sets of hexi blocks are a series of 5” size of diverse patterns and those are assembled to make a 10” size....those are the fillers... Those should go together quickly...won’t be long before I’m at the assembly stage.. when I finish the last large group, I’ll take a picture of all of them for you.

I've been pecking away at "Dear Jen" for about a year, and I've just decided to abandon the pattern book. I don't look forward to working on it, even though I love making 6" blocks. I think I'm going to add in blocks from Bonnie Hunter's Addicted to Scraps column, The Splendid Sampler, and other traditional sources to make a throw that's mostly Dear Jen-inspired. This will allow me to begin working on one of Jen's other, more fun patterns.

I think that's a great plan Mkotch! It's your quilt after all so you can decide what to do and how to finish it.

Mkotch - it's a good plan to make a change if it's no longer being fun for you. There are no awards to earn by sticking with something exactly like the pattern. I think that is one reason I prefer not to work off patterns, then I don't have any qualms about going my own direction.

I got sick of everything I was working on, and pushed it all aside and started making blocks for the BOHO Heart. I've got all the 10" and almost all of the 8" done. I'm really looking forward to making the smaller blocks, but am thinking of doing more variety and no applique.

I agree, Cathy. I don't generally follow patterns although I sure did with My Small World. I like making samplers and usually only follow block patterns, putting them together however they look best (to me).

And it will be an even greater finish...your colors are so fresh!

Thank you OK!! Before continuing with Boho Heart I had to finish a quilt for Bram, one of the grands.

I've been taking a break from most sewing - getting the flower gardens all cleaned up and planted, and then DH and I decided to put tile on the floor in the remodeled basement living area - and guess who does all the tile work in the family! Got a good start and hope to finish up laying tile this weekend.

And then once the basement is done, we'll be remodeling the kitchenette in the addition that is my sewing studio- it's all one big room so I'm not sure how that is going to work, might have to cover my sewing machines during the process. We'll be putting in two partial walls (it has a vaulted ceiling and we are only going up 8 feet) so no real demo and moderate sheetrock work. DH has sheetrock sanders that hooks to a vacuum and it works very well to keep the dust down.

Will be interesting to see how that affects my being able to sew for the summer.

Finished my Dear Jen-inspired throw yesterday. I like it so much better with sashing between the strips!

Wow what an eye catching fabulous finish

Great finish!!!! This way I really like the Dear Jen. I don't like Jen's though.

That does look very nice with the sashing- congrats on a great finish!

Mkotch…your Dear Jen is gorgeous! Beautiful colorway and sashing selection. Just beautiful!!

Still plugging away on my Kingwell EPP Smitten pattern. I am so close to start assembling….just have a couple more 5” hexi’s to do and the joining pieces….I’ve really enjoyed working on this project…

I agree with the rest Mkotch...sashing really sets off your Dear Jen. Such cute hexie blocks, Teen.

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I dont know, honestly. The document I had on my computer somehow corrupted for the latest post and I am now missing a nonessential quest or two. Also, I havent had as much time on my hands lately, but I will try to get it out by Wednesday.

Wow!!! Beautiful Teen! And all perfect! Can't wait to see them assembled.

Awesome EPP, Teen

Thank you,,ladies!!

Smitten complete
 

Here she is…so glad this project is done…

Oh my!!!!!!! No words............it's beyond beautiful!!
And all hand pieced!! WOW!!

What's next on the list?

Your quilt is beautiful, Teen.

Thank you, both!! It will be heading to quilter this week.

Anael….not sure what I’m doing for next project. I just got back 3 quilts from quilter so I need to get those bound and labels made for them. I really need to tackle Kingwell GW…It’s been kitted and ready for over a year but I keep grabbing other projects off that project stack to do. I have 20 blocks to go on Harriet’s Journey. I’m only making 60 of the 100 blocks. And, I have got zero ideas for Christmas gifts this year. Such a dilemma…lol..! I’ll see where the inspiration takes me.

Don't tackle GW if it's a 'need to'. You'll know when you really want to make that one.
Good luck in finding inspiration for Christmas gifts!! I'm so glad we don't do Christmas gifts!!

This is weird. I got a notification of new posts but no new posts after August first? Strange!! Where did they go?

Very weird….I read some recent posts from WMUTeach, I think, so I know they were here within the past few days..

I got a notification that WMUTeach had posted her LTG was finally finished but I don't see the post. Do you?

Nope…super weird..