To Do Tuesday – #1 | My Sewful Retirement

31 Mar 2020

To Do Tuesday – #1

To Do Tuesday is a linky party hosted by fellow blogger and quilting friends Roseanne & Sue at Home Sewn By Us.

Normally my projects are picked on a whim but I find myself at a point where I have a few quilting deadlines and figured joining their linky party would be a great way to stay focused and find inspiration from seeing what others are making.

With my fabric pull from last Friday I pieced this quilt on Saturday. I really had fun putting this quilt together. I saw something online I liked and decided to sketch something similar and add my own spin.

Hexie flower garden quilt wall hanging — hexie flower garden

I used some of the scraps to make a matching mini quilt. Butterflies do love flowers! The mini was paper pieced using a free pattern from Caroline with Sew Can She. You can find the free pattern here.

paper piecing, butterfly, scrap mini quilt — butterfly scrap mini quilt

My hubby really liked the hexagon shape so on Sunday I made him a pillow featuring a hexagon star. He is a retired engineer who loves math, solving illusion type puzzles, softball and golf. Because times are crazy right now he’s spending more time inside laying on the couch watching TV.

I need him to lay his head on something other than the couch pillows!

Again no pattern, I used a yard stick to determine when I reached the width necessary for a 20 inch pillow form.

I won’t lie this was a little harder for me to make. My seam ripper got a good work out! I used a hera marker to create the quilting lines. This picture you can see the geometric illusion — in the center is a diamond shape — to the left and right of the diamond forms 4 isosceles triangles and two 120 degree triangles — needless to say he got a good laugh!

hera marker quilting lines — hera marker quilt lines

I used scraps from Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements fabric line. A lot of the prints in that line represented places we’ve traveled to or symbols of things we love. All in all it was a great choice.

hexagon star quilted pillow — hexagon star pillow

My To Do List for this week:

Meals on wheels placemats – finish at least one
Custom order – potholder and XL trivet
Finish Come Sail With Me baby quilt
Create plan for custom t-shirt quilt

Happy Sewing and stay safe!

Posted in New Projects and tagged hexagon star quilt

15 thoughts on “To Do Tuesday – #1”

piecefulwendy on March 31, 2020 at 11:14 am said:

Well, we most certainly wouldn’t want your seam ripper to get out of shape, right?? Haha! Great pillow, and perfect for these quieter days of endless TV, or what seems like it!

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- My Sewful Retirement on March 31, 2020 at 11:31 am said:
  
  Thanks Wendy! At one point I was ready to trash the project…I had a glass of wine instead….
  
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tierneycreates on March 31, 2020 at 11:26 am said:

Bright and happy pieces! I really love the hexi pillow! That Tim Holtz fabric is awesome (oh darn, now I want some too…). Seam ripping? Nope, my quilting friends and I refer to this activity as – UNSEWING 🙂

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- My Sewful Retirement on March 31, 2020 at 11:32 am said:
  
  Thanks Tierney! Unsewing…I like that! I still have some scraps if you’d like them…I know you’re packing for a move..
  
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  - tierneycreates on March 31, 2020 at 11:41 am said:
    
    Ah, I have some news in my next post – I’ve been spending the last 4 – 5 days UNPACKING in my same house as due to the situation in the world and the market/financial, we had to back out of the new house and decided to stay at our current house a couple more years. But I am safe and healthy and that is what is important (priorities). My e-mail is tierneycreates@gmail.com if you’d like to do a scrap exchange sometime 🙂
    
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  - My Sewful Retirement on March 31, 2020 at 11:47 am said:
    
    Being safe and healthy is the priority — I definitely agree. I will write you soon and happy to send the fabric!
    
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Vicki in MN on March 31, 2020 at 11:34 am said:

Your hexies are just so sweet!!!

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- My Sewful Retirement on March 31, 2020 at 11:38 am said:
  
  Thanks Vicki! I really enjoyed doing something new to me 🙂
  
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Andrée G Faubert on March 31, 2020 at 12:23 pm said:

Hi Karla, your projects are wonderful! I’m glad that hubby is enjoying his pillow 🙂

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- My Sewful Retirement on March 31, 2020 at 12:26 pm said:
  
  Thanks — he’s using it for a nap right now 🙂
  
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artisticsharon on March 31, 2020 at 1:15 pm said:

Oh Karla, I love that Hexi Flower Garden quilt…so colorful and happy 🙂 Much needed right now!! The pillow you made is awesome, that reminds me…my pillows need a refresh and covers would certainly do the trick!

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- My Sewful Retirement on March 31, 2020 at 1:52 pm said:
  
  Thanks Sharon! I’m waiting for backing fabric to come in the mail to finish it….haven’t decided if I will keep it or put in the shop for sale 🙂 You can never have too many pillows♥
  
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rl2b2017 on March 31, 2020 at 3:27 pm said:

Hi Karla! Welcome to the to-do list. I hope you find you enjoy them. So, how did DH enjoy his special pillow? It is fabulous – I just adore all those fabrics. And it makes a great secondary star pattern. You have some fun projects on your list for this week. I’ve wanted to make placemats for our Meals on Wheels service, so I look forward to seeing yours. Plus a t-shirt quilt and a baby quilt?! Can’t wait to see how those progress. Good luck with this week’s list. Thanks so much for linking up this week and stay safe. ~smile~ Roseanne

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chrisknits on April 1, 2020 at 11:24 am said:

What an awesome pillow! And the quilt top is too cute.

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- My Sewful Retirement on April 1, 2020 at 12:38 pm said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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