WIPW - +10=250

 Work In Progress Wednesday can report another set of ten 

Hexablooms

which brings the total to 250.

New! Bookmarks

I have started on a series of bookmarks. This is the reverse...

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 312: Closed Buttonhole Stitch

Here is another stitch that I have overlooked - it should have been added long ago! Never mind, here is my photo tutorial, following Reader's Digest Complete Book of Embroidery:

Make a closed triangle.

Then add another...

Anchor at the end of the line.

Homework:

Add to the three usual samplers.

Friday Homework for Lesson 311: Seed Stitch

 It is an easy stitch, but it can be tricky to scatter the stitches evenly over the area you want to cover.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

WIPW - At Last, a New Set of Hexablooms

I am sorry not to have made much to report for Work In Progress Wednesday this year. In the last week, though,  I managed to make another set of ten 

Hexablooms

for the hexagon scrap quilt. In total, I now have 240 blocks.

In three hexablooms, I used remnants from clothing. The pink and brown print is a leftover from a sundress Mum made for herself in the early 1960s. She was so beautiful in it.

The white with grey and turquoise flowers is a print from the same era. Mum had made me a blouse to wear in nursery school. It holds a traumatic memory - I was chased by some nasty boys, fell on my face, and the nosebleed that followed was spectacular. I still remember the beautiful turquoise flowers being drenched in scarlet red, and the nightmare of the event still haunts me. Luckily, the fabric I used was a piece of leftover, as the blood-stained blouse itself was discarded long ago, of course.

Finally, the withe and blue striped fabric is from pyjamas my husband's aunt made for a member of our family. 

It is emotional to look at the fabric in these three blocks and remember the clothes and the person who wore them. There will be so many things to remember when looking at the completed quilt.