Everywhere, Hexagons!

Everywhere I look lately, I see hexagons! Part of my morning routine is to visit Bing to enjoy the new day’s picture. This morning, I was thrilled to see hexagons on the Bing homepage! The picture is actually of honey pots, but the colors would make a great quilt.

A few weeks ago, I was playing around in PowerPoint when I noticed that one of the slide transitions is rotating hexagons! I haven’t used it in a real presentation yet, but am looking forward to it. There is a similar transition with diamonds that I also want to use. (Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft, but I would like Bing and PowerPoint even if I didn't.)

More recently, I saw these hexagon mirrors at Ikea. Brown’s not really my color, but I might have to get these for my sewing space. I can’t seem to get enough of hexagons these days. I think that’s an indication that I should start another English paper pieced hexagon project. I wonder where I’ll encounter hexagons next.

WIP Wednesday: September 28, 2011

This past month has been particularly busy and left little time for quilting. Luckily, I was able to reacquaint myself with my sewing machine this week, and made some good progress. Oh, how I missed sewing!

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Current Projects

2011 Memory Quilt {1/? blocks complete}: So far this year, I have given away every single quilt and table runner I have made. I wanted a way to remember them, because sometimes I forget all the finished quilts I have made when I look at my Work In Progress list. I decided to make a memory quilt out of scraps from each of this year’s completed quilts. Some of the quilt patterns I used did not have very much waste, so I chose a small postage stamp block. The blocks will finish at 4” square. One way or another, I will finish the Kaleidoscope quilt this year. I made that block first, since those scraps were handy.

Blueberry Pie {0/18 blocks complete}: I continued piecing the nine-patch blocks. The more I work on this project, the more I like it.

Kaleidoscope Quilt Along {35/35 blocks complete}: I finished the blocks and started piecing them together into rows. My piecing is not perfect, but that’s okay. This quilt is intended to be used and loved, not admired. Still, I really like how it is coming together. Next quilt-along, though, I won’t make such a big quilt.

On Hold
Call Me Crazy {17/42 blocks complete}
Color Book
Scrappy Green Quilt (aka Unblogable #5):
Scrappy Nine-Patch {12/70 blocks complete}
Unblogable #1
Valentine’s Day Half-Square Triangles
Warm Cool Quilt Along

Stats
New projects: 1
Completed projects: 0
Total projects: 12

Saturday Sweetness: Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies

A while ago, my mom made cookies for a catered event. Since she knows how much I love her backed baked goods, she let me sample each of the three kinds of cookies she made. They were all delectable, but I especially like the Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies. (No surprise there.) A few weeks later, I made them myself. To make sure they were extra-special, I used Maldon sea salt and Ghirardelli dark chocolate chips. You can make similar cookies by whipping up your favorite chocolate chip cookies and sprinkling them with a healthy dash of sea salt just before baking. I will definitely make Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies again.