Bank Holiday Sewing

Well the bank holiday weekend flew by - did anyone get up to anything interesting??  I had an enjoyable weekend.  A group of us headed up to Belfast on Sunday and hit the ice rink.  Well they did - I on the other hand sat in the stands and started sewing together my hexagons.  In the words of Bella Swan "Ice doesn't help the uncoordinated"!

We managed to catch the end of a craft / vintage market and grab a drink at one of my favourite bars before heading home.  Then yesterday the rain held off long enough to light up the barbie and have a few friends round.  All in all it was a lovely weekend!

I am now engrossed in my hexagon addiction and have finally decided what to do with them.  Progress so far:

I'm off now to brew some more tea - redbush took my fancy today - and then it's back to the stitching!

Hexagons

Well over the weekend I cracked on with my hexagon production and added another 100 to the pile.

I also started sewing them into groups of 3:


There's something so satisfying about seeing the pile growing and expanding. I want to finish making all of the hexagons before deciding on a project for definitely. I think I'll make some red and pink polka dot hexes too.

And before I go I just wanted to say that I had an email from Connie, of KonnieKapow yesterday saying that she'd mentioned me in an article that she'd written for IndieSmiles.com. So I dandered over and had a read and it really is a lovely article. She writes about the loyalty of the online crafting community and has some good business advice too. Take a look here.

Facebook, Folksy, and Weekend Sewing

Well I was a busy bee over the weekend - I set up a facebook fan page and also started to list items on Folksy. So far I have Hang Hearts and Flower Brooches for sale:



Now there's a lot more to do and I'll be continuing to list more items today, but I'm really pleased that everything's taking shape. And when I was fed up of typing and uploading I sat curled up in front of the TV and worked on my latest obsession:




Hexagons. I've been teetering on the edge of starting a hexagon project for a while now but last week I found the Texas Freckles blog and it pushed me over the edge! So far I have 81 of them. I need to branch out and add some more colours next. I'm excited to see what they look like sewn up. And I'm completely undecided as to what to do with them. So many options! Any suggestions?