Monday, February 24, 2025

March Madness

 It is going to be March so soon! I know that many of you are not done with blue yet, don't worry, there will be a catch up month later. For now though, do what you can before the end of the week and then think about digging into your yellow! Yes, yellow for spring. 

I started a rope rug this weekend. Everything started well enough, so far so good.

But then I got impatient, and I guess I thought it would all work out eventually. The rounded corners didn't want to lie down though. And so after a bunch of wrestling and stretching and swearing, I decided to let them fold back instead of lying down. It started so well, but this isn't how it was supposed to turn out. Not to worry, I will try again. I really do like the idea of a rope rug. I will pay more attention to the ends lying flat next time. Everything gets easier with practice, right? 

After I gave up on the rope rug, I went back to hand quilting the hexies. I have pink thread for the basket quilt on order, but I have almost all of the colors of thread that I need for the hexies. The quilting will be just straight lines thru the center of each row of hexies. It goes pretty quickly. I am finding hand quilting to be very relaxing right now. It is nice not to be in high gear from time to time. 




8 comments:

Helenchaffin said...

Hexies are one block I've yet to try , they intimidate me & I'm not sure why🤣

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

love your hexie quilt in the RSC colors -- when I get done with my hexie quilt I'm tempted to start a new EPP with the colors for the months

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

Yellow sounds perfect for March! It will be fun to sew with the color of daffodils - my favorite flower. Hope you're having a great week, Angela!

Susie H said...

Let's hear it for YELLOW! I love yellow! Sorry about your rope rug. "Practice makes perfect." Your hexie quilt looks great and the hand-quilting will make it amazing. Have a great rest of your week!

The Joyful Quilter said...

Sorry about the uncooperative rug, Angela, but it surely looks good to see you making quilting progress on the hexie quilt!

Kate said...

It's always a bit frustrating to lean a new skill. The first try for me is finding out what doesn't work so I can fix that later.

grammajudyb said...

I like your rope rug idea. Try again, is a good plan. Don’t trip on the misbehaving ends! Maybe you already tacked them down. 😆

Maria said...

Sometimes we need to put a project aside and work on something else….
Yellow sounds great even though it’s Autumn here in Aussie….thanks Angela….