The Signature Blogging Hexie Tablecloth

It's a real Ta Da moment - to actually be able to show you photos of the finished blogging signature hexie tablecloth!!  This has been a long winded project that began with wanting a tablecloth for my "Beehive Crafting Cabin". 

I had this crazy idea of how wonderful it would be to have some signature hexies from those who frequently read my blog, popping them altogether  to make a tablecloth.  I decided to put the idea out there, asking for signature hexies,  but realised that since I wasn't offering anything in return it was quite likely that I might not get any at all - after all, most only


From Lin in France

know me from reading my blog!  I was blown away when the very first signature hexie arrived in my mail box ....... all the way from France too!!!  I was making this tablecloth completely from stash (which stayed true up to the point where I needed to purchase fabric for the hexies to attach to.   The project went into a bit of a melt down  a few times  ....... once when we put our home here on the market and I realised my beehive cabin would no longer be my crafting station; another time when I felt I just wasn't doing

Just keep stitching!

justice the lovely signature hexies that came my way ..... and again when I was trying to get them all together using the spare bed (back in May last year) - but then we decided half our stuff including  all non essential furniture, would all be trucked up to the house in Queensland to wait - leaving me with nowhere to keep the hexies in order ........  It was becoming quite problematic you might say!!!  Without the wonderful work these wonderful ladies did in taking the time to make a signature hexie and posting it out to me, this would not have been done! I could not, and would not, let these girls down!!! I used some multi coloured thread to quilt them altogether and to the backing.

 I'm very happy with the way its come out - and was most happy when I found this background fabric with hexies to put them on.  I think the blue sashing works to keep it nice and bright.  I've packed it up so it will be ready to use in the new house when we do finally get up there ...... and I'm hopeful it might even get to meet a few bloggers one of these days!  How nice would that be!! 


The Ta-Da Moment when it went on the table all finished.

Narelle - Queensland

 Even nicer when you get to realise that one of the hexies came  from the region where we will actually be moving near - who would have thought that at the time!!  So here 's a big thankyou to all the lovely girls who took part in sending me the hexies to make this.  I've linked to each of their blogs so you can go and have a visit with them.

 

Lynda from Tasmania

A big thankyou to: Lin, St Victor Quilt Blog, France ; Susan, Susan's Sewing Space from Brisbane - my home town in Queensland! ; Kerrie, Channelbank Creations from NSW; Narelle,  Pins and Whiskers blog from the North Burnett Area of Queensland - which is very close to Maryborough where we will be moving to when we sell here!!.....

Susan - also from Queensland

I'm hoping for a bloggy meet up at some point in the future!  Sheryl,  Sewing After Seven  from Spain; Ruth of Green Twiggy from USA; Jo of ButterZ , Victoria ; Maria, of Life on the Block in West Australia; Anthea of Hibiscus Stitches and also from West Australia;  And Lynda from By the River in Tasmania. 

Anthea from West Australia



Jo from Vic (who actually made 2 hexies when she moved during the time)  and Maria from West Australia

Ruth from USA who also made 2 so I could choose which one to use.

Sheryl from Spain!

Kerrie from New South Wales

10 hexies in all - 3 International and 7 Aussie ones!
Naturally I'm onto other projects - old and new and way too many and even more going through my head that I'd like to get started on!!  My project time this weekend is short as I concentrate on extra cleaning and dusting ...... we had a house inspection yesterday, another today and another one booked for tomorrow afternoon ..... so fingers crossed!!  Let's be hoping
 we get a sprinkling of St Patricks Day Luck and some prayers answered.
Enjoy your St Patricks Day weekend my friends,
Hugs,
Sharm

Its all about the Hexies

Firstly thankyou for all the lovely compliments about the blogging tablecloth that is slowly taking shape thanks to all the lovely signature hexies various ladies have sent.  For those of you who still want to make a hexie to send me I thought it would be easier to put the details here to save having to go back through older posts to get the details.......
The finished hexie size is 2.5inches ( that is 2.5 in along each finished hexie side).  They will need to be done on white, cream, calico, pale lemon or pale yellow fabric, but feel free to embroider them in whatever colour you wish.  Pop your name, blogname, town or country you come from (like you can see in the previous post) ....... I'm so happy to have blogging and snail mail friends sharing in this tablecloth.
 



Meantime I've been busy getting to work on making some flowers with 2 more of the signature blocks that arrived.  I'm working on them in the order they arrived here, so next is the one I received from Anthea  of Hibiscus Stitches- who also happens to be hosting EPP!  The chook fabric just seemed to work so well with the embroidery thread used. For those wondering what EPP is - English Paper Piecing - you have shapes cut from paper, you then tack material around the paper to form the shape  these shapes get sewn together after which the papers get pulled out. (that's it in a nutshell)


And then I was able to get started on the signature hexie from Sheryl. from Sewing After Seven.  I just love the embroidered flower sitting in the S.  I spent lots of time changing my mind about which fabrics I was going to use, but eventually ended up with these......... I still have a bit of stitching to finish on it yet

It's nice to be getting my handstitching mojo back after such a very long break. Wishing I was home this week to be able to stitch and sew a few more things that need doing!  Anyhow I'll leave with this photo of Cliffy - the lorikeet who our son got as a baby when he was around 15 - he's the one that is now married with 3 children living in Townsville - which makes Cliff around 15yrs old!  It's hard to tell he's a lorikeet with all the feathers he continues to pull out and he just won't

leave his small cage, except when I have it against the bigger cockatoo cage out on the lawn so he can play in the grass and dirt without being attacked by other birds ..... yes, well apparently on Sunday arvo he tunnelled his way out without us knowing until we drove in after a quick pick up to find Cliffy sitting at the front door waiting to be taken inside - after all it was 5 oclock - the time he usually calls out to be brought inside.  He got so excited when he saw me bringing his cage up from the garden and jumped straight inside with a "goodnight cliffy" to us!!!! Gotta love it!!