What a wonderful winter trip we had ......... and how addictive are hexies?

Knowing we were going to drive through a lot of drought affected Queensland and the red centre of Australia, and lots of fine dust, I took my little Elna Lotus machine out of the van and packed a lot of hand sewing. I didn't even open my box of Farmers Wife blocks, but did a lot of hexies. Continuing with Naomi's Fussy-cutting Sew-along, Wk 21 was favourite fabric house. I love Tula Pink fabric (although I'm not fussed with her De La Luna range) and I collect it as I find it in LQS in our travels. I found this lovely fabric, Sorbet Hypnotizer from the Chipper range in Kyneton, so decided to make my hexies pattern match. Week 22 was favourite fussy cutting style - well, as I haven't been doing fussy cutting for very long, my preferred (and easiest) method is framing as I knew I can do that one.

The theme for the month of June was  flowers. I used the same fabric for each weeks method: Week 23 - central motif; Week 24 - petal tips; Week 25 - pattern matching; Week 26 - section frames. I realised the fabric pattern didn't have a good repeating pattern, but I'm happy with the results. I've used this fabric for a lot of little bits and pieces, including the trim around my ''fly hat' (to keep the flies away from one's face). 

 

July's theme was Summer - as the host of the sew-along lives in England, it is their summer. We, on the other hand were travelling outback where the days were a beautiful 24-27 but the nights were frezzing, one night it got as low as -3! Week 27 was Independence day - I didn't pack any red, white or blue fabric, so had to wait until I found some, which I did in a craft shop in a little town called Quorn in South Australia.

I also found some other fabric remnants, roosters and a bright orange 'summer' fabric, so after making week 27, it seemed perfect to add a rooster to the centre for my favourite football team.
Week 28 was central motif and the closest fabric I had in my 'caravan stash' was tiny, so this flower had to be 1/2" hexies.

Week 29 was sections, and this was when I was able to use the orange 'summer' fabric.

Week 30 - we had the choice of central or pattern matching. I chose pattern matching and not only had to match the focus of the fabric, but also the background pattern.

Week 31, and the last of the 'summer' theme was lines or frames. I found some Mexican fabric with cactus, and to me that is summer looking. The fabric will also suit the August theme of Travel.

Now that we are back home, I can get into some machine sewing, which I have missed. I have a new challenge of Moda Blockheads 2 - which I am going to do in red, white, and blue. I will continue with the New Hexie Challenge and I've started 100hexies100days challenge two.

I am determined to layer and quilt the finished Spring Fling Mystery by Simply Colorful and also finish the browns in Moda Blockheads 1 - SHHHH don't tell anyone!