My Flower Garden

I wanted to do free motion quilting on this quilt. Well, it just didn't work. My space is so limited that I just couldn't manage the quilt. So I ended up tying the quilt and I'm OK with that. I will be looking for a small table for my embroidery machine and will be doing some re-arranging SOON.

Edit: Finished size is 49" x 67".

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My Flower

I think every week I tell you how much I love the flower. Well, I do love them all but I really love this one.

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My Flower

I love this batik flower. I can't wait to start putting the garden together.

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My Flower

One more batik flower bloomed.

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My Flower

One more flower bloomed this week. Not as large as the last two but certainly just as pretty.

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My Flower

Another beautiful flower bloomed this week.

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My Flower

Another flower bloomed in my batik garden this week. I love working with the batiks.

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My Flower

Started on the batik flowers. Yummy!

One Flower Wednesday

These are the last 3 flowers for this quilt. In fact, I've been playing with laying them out on the background and I think I have too many.

I will start making the batik flowers next. I am so excited to start cutting. lol

One Flower Wednesday

Only lonely little flower bloomed this week and it is all my fault. I have too many hand projects, I'm going to have finish some of them up. One of the hand projects is a Christmas gift and I have frogged it entirely too many times. Does that mean there will be extra love in the project? I didn't think so. Any way on to the little flower, I think I need two more but I'm thinking of pulling the batik flowers out and replacing them as my next garden will be all batiks.

I will be using the hex template more.

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One Flower Wednesday

Two little flowers grew in my garden, it is just too hot for flowers to bloom. I need two more flowers for this quilt. I have 24 flowers.

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Hexagon layout

I tried to find a layout that I liked and I just couldn't.

Hated this one. I could tell there was going to be way more green than I wanted.

Nope I didn't like that one either.

I certainly didn't like that one.

And my decision is this one. Betsy gave me the background fabric and I even made some little flowers but I was just never happy with the flowers. I think my hex flowers look very nice on it.

I still need more flowers and I'm already planning another flower quilt. Is there a way to get the pictures out of your head and onto your computer?

One Flower Wednesday

Five more flowers bloomed this week in my garden, giving me a total of 22 flowers. I love making these flowers but eventually I will have switch to another shape or maybe not.

My head is whirling with ideas of flowers.

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One Flower Wednesday

Lookie what I got to help my garden grow. 150 of those little hexes and I love them everyone. I will be buying more shapes and sizes from Paper Pieces.

Three little flowers bloomed brightly in my garden this week.

This is the layout I thought I wanted, I'm in the process of taking it apart. I don't want that much green.

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One Flower Wednesday

I had a great week with my flowers, four new ones bloomed.

I think this is the last of the repeat fabric.

I sit this little container on the end table next to me. Let's me see what I've accomplished.

I also worked on a layout that I think I like. I guess it is a little late if I decide I don't like it. I want more color (flowers) than I do green. Taking helpful hints and tips.

One Flower Wednesday

Two more flowers bloomed in my garden this week.

Then I added some greenery to one of the flowers to see how I was going to like that shade of green.

Here are all the flowers I have made.

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One Flower Wednesday

Just a few more flowers bloomed in my garden this week. By Saturday I had 2 more flowers and 5 background hexes.

Then another flower bloomed Monday giving me a total of 8 flowers.

And I got 12 hexes of "grass" made.

I've been looking at different Grandma's Garden quilts trying to decide how I want to put my garden together. I "think" I've come up with a plan. I would like to do a little of that this week to see how I like it.

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One Flower Wednesday

Some times good plans just don't happen. I had every intention of working on my flowers every night but some nights I was just too tired. I was disappointed I only got 2 flowers made this past week. I did get lots cut out.

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One Flower Wednesday

I'm having a blast making flowers, I hope it last. I now enough squares cut to make 17 flowers. I know I know! Monday night I had finished two flowers.

This was my first flower.

and this is the second flower.

Then Tuesday I made the flower.So far this is my favorite flower.

I cut too many squares so some of my flowers will be repeats but that doesn't bother me.

I need some info. How do you store your flowers? I know how many hexes I need to make the quit but how do I figure out how much I need for the background. I thought about buying 1 yard to start with.

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Blogs

Reading blogs can get you into serious trouble. I have plenty to do and not enough time to do it. So why do I read blogs, because I have to. How else would I know what was going in the blogging world. Plus, I talk to the blogs. Yes, I know that sounds crazy. Can't you hear me? I agree with their fabric choices, lean into the monitor for a better look and in general wish I could hold the quilt in my hands.

So where is this going? Last week Betsy posted about One Flower Wednesday AND the post had links. Links require clicking. Well, I had to see the other flowers. Then I started thinking about all those hexes that turned into flowers. Then I started shopping for mylar hexagons. I couldn't help myself plus I needed to help the other bloggers. Since I haven't located any re-usable templates locally but I haven't gave up and there is still one more Joann's to check, I used freezer paper. I decided I would follow the tutorial that Lori Holt from Bee In My Bonnet posted. I just love that she used a paperclip. lol Lori has a part 2 tutorial that shows you how to sew the hexes into a flower.

I have squares cut for 5 flowers and I'm sewing 1 flower together. I think 6 flowers should hold me for a day or two. Plus the bag below holds any extra squares from where I might have cut too many squaress.

So where is the picture of my flower? You will have to come back for One Flower Wednesday.

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