Finishing a project, or a phase of a project, is always rewarding, and one can sigh in relief.
As always, it is exciting to start something new, whether it is a fresh project or a new phase of an ongoing one.
This Work In Progress Wednesday report is happy to announce the start of Phase 2 of
Hexablooms
with plans for how to assemble the 377 blocks. I will have no time limit or deadline for this phase, but work as fast and often as I feel right - after all the rainy season and then the sweltering summer months are approaching.
After having sorted the blocks into piles by colour, which I reported on last week, I made a rough sketch of how the colours would be spread out over the quilt.
It has always been my idea to let blocks of colours blend into each other, something like this.
I started with the top left corner of yellows and oranges and laid out the blocks until I had a pattern I liked.
I will fill in the voids with single white hexagon shapes made from an old sheet that has frayed around the lace insert, and which I can't be bothered to mend. Recycle is the word!
The next step was to number each block and stitch on a little paper label with the code A1, B1, C1... A2, B2, C2...
The letters stand for the columns and the numbers for the rows.
Furthermore, I marked a straight line and a V on the paper to show where the white hexagon should go.
Once this was done, I got started on joining the hexagon blooms together.
The hexagon cards are still inside, so the work looks stiff and buckled.
Below, you can see how the white sheet hexagons have been added.
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As promised, from now on, I will only show the reverse of the cross-stitch so as not to reveal the motif.
Most of the progress was in the white area.
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
I added more blue sequins and almost halft the sampler is complete.
