More Hand Work

I just got my machine back on Sunday afternoon and spent the rest of the day hiding out with it in my sewing room.  Before I got it back though, I ended up completing a bit of hand work for a wall hanging I've been working on for a while.

I made these hexi's a while ago using a mini charm pack that I had won, unsure of what I was planning on making with them.  While I was machine-less, I finished piecing these together.  I'm going to sew it down onto a cream background, do some echo quilting around the hexi's and bind it in a nice brown kona. 

Here you can see that I have it all pinned down to the middle of the background, ready to be sewn onto the background and then quilted.

Second Cathedral Window Block

After completing my first cathedral window block while at KK's camping out while we awaited power, I began prepping another cathedral window block. 

I'm really loving this. I'm not sure how far I'm going to take it, but I'm finding this a lot of fun and different than stuff that I usually do.

84 Hours Later...

And I have power!  Man, the simple luxuries that you take for granted when you don't have them.  Electricity, heat.  Now it's time to try and get back to normalcy.

First, thank you to everyone who commented on my Blogger Quilt Festival quilt.  I hope to respond to you individually at some point today.

So while I was out of power for the good part of four days, DH and I spent time at my aunt KK's when we weren't at work because she was fortunate to have power. We are so fortunate to have the family that we do to help us out in times like this.

So, what did we do, we made the best of it and spent some time quilting of course.  I showed KK the cathedral window technique that we learned at our last BMQG meeting that she was unable to attend.

It's not perfect, but I sure do love it.

I can't wait to make more.