Here we are in May already! Again, I say, Where DOES the time go? I know I have repeated that many times in the past. But, every year with the new months rolling around I truly am surprised by how quickly the time passes.
We had a slight storm starting last night! Woke up this morning and looked out the window. Snow was predicted and sure enough -- there it was! I really didn't expect much because it's the first of May -- but my goodness, it still is snowing!
During the night it had started snowing and it looked like a winter wonderland outside, except that it was May 1st!
Take a look at the following pictures and tell me doesn't it look like winter??
There actually is a mountain behind those trees in the distance. But, they are not visible because of the snow falling.
Anyway. . .Since it's so cold and we can't work outside, let's quilt!!
Let's start with the hexagon project that I have been talking about for so long.
I have always wanted to do a quilt project by "hand". I know, I know, CRAZY! Why would I want to do a project by hand when I have 2 perfectly good sewing machines!
Well, to start off, there are a lot of hand sewers out there. I've always wanted to see what kind of woman or "gumption" I would have to have to do this type of thing. Trust me, you really have to LOVE hand work to do this.
I have always felt drawn to hand work. Since I was little, my mother taught me to embroider and crochet. Later I would pick up counted cross stitch, knitting and quilting. By the way, the cousin who taught me to knit was left handed, so I knit left handed. It throws a lot of knitters off when they see me. As one lady commented a long time ago when I was younger -- "What are you doing??" I love to hand quilt my quilts. But, in my quilting history I had not made an entire quilt by hand instead of the sewing machine. I do a lot of applique, but I usually do piecing.
I also wanted a project to do on the road while we travel back and forth from this great state to another. Applique was out of the question for me because of the finesse needed and my failing "old" eyes. So, I decided on hexagons!
At first, I decided to start with just a long skinny scarf for my dresser. But, when I saw how nice it was starting to look, I upped the size to a crib size and then to a double bed size.
Once I decided to do this project, I was overwhelmed by the many choices of methods to do this labor intensive project!
So, stay tuned and follow along with my progress. I promise lots of pictures. Meanwhile, back to quilting!!!
