I decided to join the local Quilt Guild here in Prince George. Everyone was extremely welcoming at last month's meeting and there were even a couple of members close to my age with young(ish) kids.
The Guild has an Applique Social twice a month - but the nice ladies told me that any kind of hand sewing is just fine. I don't do much hand sewing (I actually have 2 quilts in my house that are currently being used on beds that have only about 75% of the binding sewn on). But I'm in desperate need of some social time.
So last week I printed out some of
Melanie's 1" hexes and joined the group. It was fabulous. I got my much needed social time with other women who love fabric and sewing as much as I do. And I got to make some fun hexagons. I may become a hand-sewing convert. And I may have to join Melanie's
Quilt Along too.
What about you? Do you like to hand sew? If so, what do you like to make?
6 comments:
Hi there - I found you in the pincushion swap group - and I have to say - this swap has got me trying hexies, and hand sewing - so fun indeed! Yours are fabulous! I am going to check out the quilt-a-long - I love biting off more than I can chew whenever possible:)
I haven't taken on a hand sewing project yet but I must admit the hexies are something I think I could easily be interested in. They are all so beautiful!
Yeah, Barb! Your hexies look adorable. I'm really enjoying doing more handwork. There's something very relaxing about it and I love the fact that you can do it anywhere; you don't have to be within a few feet of an electrical outlet!
How fun to find a great group of women to connect with!
Your green hexagons are so cute!
I've done a lot of handquilting in my time and hand applique. I just started doing the hexies, but that will be new. I've never sewn a whole quilt together by hand. A little daunting, but I'll just plan for it to take a while.
I stumbled across your blog through the doll quilts--and i like the bird quilts you made.
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