My late flower

Here is my one flower Wednesday....a little late getting posted as this week has been non stop!  This one has to do with the seasons of autumn and spring......

Hexies for OFW

My snail mail group celebrated our anniversary this year by sending fabric swatches of various sizes. I decided that with the various sizes, Hexies would be the way to go. 

 The plan is to make them into a table runner somehow......then I stumbled into One Flower Wednesday!  I haven't taken part in this for about a year.....maybe it's even longer, so what a great way of using my Hexies for the table runner.....now these really should be already made into flowers to post for OFW, but since I'm already late, I didn't think anyone would be too upset this time, and it means I really have to keep in mind getting some of these flowers made up next Wednesday and watch my table runner begin to take shape!  Thanks Karen ( http://www.journeyofaquilter.blogspot.com.au) for hosting this.  I'm afraid I'm posting on the iPad and make the link auto.

Hugs to all,

Sharm

Only 7 days to go!

Only 7 days left to go till May 31 when I draw out the 5 names for the giveaway on my blog.  Thankyou to all who have already entered to help me celebrate 1 yr in Bundalong.  For anyone else wishing to take part - all you need do is leave a comment here.  If you mention the give away on your blog then you'll get an extra entry.  I'll be pulling out the names on June 1 (Aust ).
And now........... moving on to "one flower Wednesday" - yes, finally I'm getting back to it, thankyou to all of you out there who give inspiration.  This flower will actually be the centre of a quilt I'm doing for our own bed (yes, it is actually for us!).  Pete really is not quite into the little flowers, so I'm still using the hexies, but using this centre flower & working my way out with various greens and purples - some you can see in the photo.  So it will gradually be growing - perhaps not quite one flower at a time, but expanding on the flower.............. but not to worry - I still have my smaller hexies turning into little flowers to one day make up into that flower garden quilt LOL
Now I'm off to get a bit of crochet done to form part of the giveaways.

One Flower Wednesday

First off, we have our daughter Stacey living back with us & at present she is sick with pneumonia.  Hoping the antibiotics begin working, or she may  have to be admitted to hospital.  She has a history of respiratory illness, but due to quite a bit of stress over the past few months, this lot has really hit her.  Prayers for her would be appreciated.
Scruffy is helping to look after her and all the dogs are very happy to have her back home where she can play with them  LOL

I've been a little slack on the flower scene of late with full time work taking up most of my time these past few weeks.  Thankfully I gave in to trying something new for me that seems to work so well for Valentina - cutting fabric into little squares. Karen & I had a bit of a discussion a while back about how this would work - well I have to say it has cut down the cutting time when it comes to fabrics that I have "lots to cut from".  Once I've cut  the material into small squares I pop them into the basket until  I'm ready to use one. I do find once I have my little hexie bit of paper pinned to the square, I do a quick snip around it before beginning.  Having the little squares already cut & sitting in a basket ready to go, has been very helpful for the short amount of time I've had for working on them of late.  

 

 

 

I have however been trying to also get some of my crochet hexies into flowers (given its winter here & working with wool is lovely), so I can work on my crochet flower garden as well.  I remember vaguely somebody asking about these hexies???

 So for those who were wanting to know about the crochet hexies - above is the diagram/pattern for making them.  Begin with 6 chain & bring together with a slip stitch, then 3 chain to begin the trebles - 2 trebles, 1 chain, then  3 treble 1 chain 5 times as per the diagram.  Slip stitch together & 1 hexie is made!  I think american crochet have different stitch names which can make following patterns a little tricky if you are not aware of this.  Anyhow, I'm sure you will work it out.

On another note, when walking around the garden the other day I noticed one of the gum trees showing off some beautiful flowers. There are lots of various types of gum trees all with different types of flowers - this type look like pin cushions