Hexagon Fever is Contagious!

My friend Patty (aka 'Pattykins' or 'Patrica'--no, not Patricia...Patrica without the 'I'...that's what I meant...Patrica...Oh, it's a long story...maybe I'll tell you some day) came up today so I could help her get started on a hexagon quilt. She brought her fat quarters and some pieces of fabric she would cut into fat quarters, and she jumped right on it and got cutting and ironing. I worked on my quilt while she was preparing, then when she got all the prep work done, I helped her get started on the cutting, and we got her first few rows laid out. After we got about 5 or 6 rows laid out, we picked up each row in the order to be sewn, and she got started. She needed to leave to make supper for her husband, so she left about 5, but look how much she got done today! Doesn't it look great? She does a good job at choosing colors. Basically, she chose green, burgandy, and gold/brown. She has additional rows ready to sew already, so the next time I see this quilt, which will be Saturday, it will probably be huge! I know Pattykins...it could happen!

I worked on my quilt a little longer after she left. I already had about 7 rows stacked in order ready to sew, from last night (ok, it was after midnight, so technically this morning), so all I needed to do was sew my strips. Because I don't trust myself, I only sew one strip, then I sew it to the quilt top, sew another strip, sew that on, and so on. So this is how it looked last night when I quit for the night, and how it looked this morning (just so you remembered).This is how it looks tonight, and I have about 5 new rows pinned and ready to start sewing before I have to stop and figure the layout again. I gave up on trying to repeat, or have a method. Now I am going by what fabrics I have in my hand and filling in gaps! A genius, I am!...NOT! Ha!Oh, and I put a green 'patch' on my ironing board. Seems the girls and I have worn the fabric plumb OUT over the years. I fused it over the bad spot. We'll see how it does. If it doesn't work, I'll get a new one. If it does work, it was a quick, easy, 'green' fix. GREEN, get it? Oh, I crack myself up. I think I'm getting punchy from quilting overdose! I'm out of shape, girls!I doubt I will get any more sewing done until Friday or Saturday, because I am pretty much worthless on weeknights, but also AMERICAN IDOL STARTS TUESDAY NIGHT!!!! Gotta watch it! Saturday our quilting group is getting together again, so I know it will GROW more on Saturday.

Thanks for stopping by and THANKS for all the nice comments I have received. You are all GREAT!

Have a wonderful week.