WARNING!!! Messy, Messy Pictures Ahead....

To get this my friends...

(notice how I didn't post the messy pictures first...

I was afraid you might not dare view

today's post. Smile.)

 

You sometimes have to make a mess....

I mean...

a real mess....

I decided this last week...

that we were going to go

through...

6 years of Quilt Shoppe Scraps...

sigh...

the hubby....

doubly sighs...

And I figured we could get some amazing jelly rolls

out of all this.

 

 

 

 So The Guitar Man...

gets busy on the AccuCut Machine.

What a pain these are to make....

but just lookie....look my quilting buddies....

 

From this... 

...to this...

Talk about a walk down Memory Lane!

After we made these up...

I wanted to take them to

MY

studio.

The Guitar Man

would have nothing to do with my plan...

On the road they went...

My new creation...

John'aLee's Jelly Babies!

You know how so often you get several pieces in a jelly roll

that are just plain ugly fabrics??

Well these 

ladies and gentlemen...

are ALL to die for fabrics!

Colors custom designed by me!

Okay....

just a 

few

more 

messy pictures...

 

 

 

(Jane...darling...(Jane's Fabric)...

My new friend....

I think 'you' are to blame for all of this insanity!

After digging for Heavenly Peace fabrics for you....

that is when all of this reared its oh so ugly...

but beautiful head! Wink!

By this time....

I start thinking...

Hmmm...

I bet I can make up some

awesome custom

Meet Me In Paris Kits.

No two alike...

that's for sure...

Sold!

Available for $159.00 plus shipping.

Available for $159.00 plus shipping.

Sold!

Available for $159.00 plus shipping.

Sold!

Available for $159.00 plus shipping.

Sold!

While creating all of these...

a previous "Meet Me In Paris" customer

emailed me...

and said her friend was just a dyin' for a kit in Purples and Greens....

I obliged...

Sold!

The fabrics up close...

I also designed this one for her too...

just in case she wanted lavenders and green with a touch of hot pink (Binding)

Available for $159.00 plus shipping

I rarely put the Meet Me In Paris kits online for sale.

I have sold thousands of these kits over the last 6 years...

and can hardly make them up fast enough.

So we only take them to shows.

But seeing I posted about the process...

I thought I'd take the time to make a few available for purchase.

This is a 95" X 95" Finished Queen Size Quilt.

They are priced to sell!

If anyone is interested please contact us by phone or email.

 

Whoops!

For those of you not connected to the

Meet Me In Paris scene...

here's a pic of the original quilt...

You can see two other colorways here.

All of these are headed out to an Oklahoma show on Thursday.

Yep....

On the road again...

So that's all for now folks!

Thanks for stopping by...

Ciao~

Have You Ever Sat Down and Made a List of the Things You LOVE???

Gals....

Are you having  a bad day...

where nothing seems to be going right?

I found the cure!

Sit down for 10 minutes ...

and write 

out the things 

you love

or the things you are thankful for...

and what a surprising 'mood lifter'!!

I found this list in my journal

this morning while sitting at Starbucks:

Things I Love:

God

His Word

Truth

Integretity

Anything and Everything in the Color Pink

Babies...especially little baby Heston...

Books

Bookstores

Travel

The Beach

Time spent with the hubby...

Hubby...period!

My kids and their spouses

My darling adorable grandkids

Hot homemade biscuits dripping with butter and honey

Research

Finding a New and Beloved Author

Spring and the fresh feeling in the air

Roses

Tulips

A vegetable garden

My herb garden

Seed Catalogs and getting my yearly order together

Writing Letters

Receiving letters from girlfriends (Hi Jenette!)

Goats

Studying Hobby Farming

'Keeping' a home

Quilting with Girlfriends

My best friend (Hi Nancy!)

Designing new patterns

Soft wooly socks in wintertime 

A crackling fire in wintertime

Taking Tea

Going out to gourmet places to eat

Glossy inspiring magazines

An exceptional read

Journaling

Home grown tomatoes

Fancy colored ink pens

Delicate writing papers

Leather Journals

My $250 pair of Ugg Boots the hubby 

bought me for my anniversary a few years ago

Live Broadway Theater

All of the islands I've traveled to

Hawaii

A great haircut

Facials

Massages

Pedicures

Manicures

Ahhhh....all in all...A Spa Day!!

My down comforter

My hubby's massages

Memories...

especially those of raising my kids on my own in Sandy Valley...

and good ole Texas Memories

Trips to Starbucks to read and write

Vacations (although they are few and far between)

Scrabble games on the terrace with the Guitar Man

Family Rook Games

Family Saturday morning breakfast and bible studies

Fabric

Hand Embroidery

A great painting....

I found out when I took the time to sit down and write this out...

that 

I live 

a

Very

Blessed

Life!!

Now share with us 

your top 5 ladies!!

Let's just see how alike we really all are!

Ciao~

Several of you are still wondering about the Hexagon Templates. We Have Them In Stock! JUST CLICK HERE!!

Baby Hexie's (1/2")....

aren't they sweet.

Notice the one on the bottom left.

The center needs to be redone.

I thought this would have been a great fabric..

but it actually stands out too much!

Oh and look at this one...

You can make a 1" Hexie Flower

and add a 1/2" baby on top!

When I am on the go with these little goodies...

I cut out squares larger than I need...

so I can center my hexagon

in different places..

to get different values

and scales for the flowers.

This is a rough drawing

for the final borders of

Buttercream Summer.

It is going to take 36  1/2" hexagon flowers!

Yikes!

Where would we be without our

Quilting Friends?

I just received an email

from dear Wendy...

offering to help me make these!

Love you Wendy!

The package is going out tonight...

If you notice...

my blue tray...

in the photos....

It is a top to a tupperware...

and really helps me to have a flat surface to work on.

Needles make a difference too gals.

I use Straw Needles #10.

I love a 'thin' needle...

especially when basting

because there is so many layers to go through.

And when it comes to thread....

I love YLI Silk thread

when sewing the hexagons together.

It just glides through the fabrics.

(Especially love the Taupe color)

When you are basting the templates

and fabrics together...

just use any 'old' thread you 

want to use up.

These stitches won't matter in the end.

Now the next few pictures...

I hesitated even posting.

They aren't that clear.

But there are some good points that might help you all out.

I figured out these points were helpful

when the Guitar Man...

was basting templates for me

at the Spring Seminar we went to.

(Yep! The women there were really impressed with him!)

Here goes...

Here I am using a 2 1/2" fan blade I cut out

for Buttercream Summer.

In other words.....

tiny scraps can be used for the 1/2".

I center the template where I want it...

and finish trimming up the fabric 3/8" around the

template.

Now I place an 'applique' pin in the middle...

The first fold should be taken

 parallel to the pin.

This way...

when you get to the end of the hexagon...

the pin will slip out easily.

Now make sure you fold over the first edge

real crisply....

and the next fold real crisply.

This will make a huge difference when

you start sewing the hexagons together.

Make sure all folds are being

folded towards you...

especially the last one...

The last one...

seems to want to go katty-wompus!

So...

just wanted to pass on these tips.

Hope it helps!

If any of you still want to order...

Just Click Here!!

And Jane....
here's some pic's for you...
I've been digging through my scraps...
trying to find you some fabrics...

 

In closing...
I thought I'd show you 

the stew I put together 

this morning...

all from the Nashville Farmer's Market...

even the meat...

Just so I could work on hexies all day. Smile!

Have a great Evening!

Cioa~

Mylar Hexagon Templates Available Here!!

I can't believe I didn't give you all a LINK 

to order the Plastic Hexagons from!!

CLICK HERE to order these little goodies!

Here's a table runner I've made out of the 3/4" Hexagons...

And the tutorial pic...

Here's what I'm making with them....

A star pattern....

Thank you all sooooo much 

for your lovely comments...

both here and at Stash!

I sure do appreciate each and every one  of them.

I answered several of you...

but had to stop and get off the computer...

seeing I am under deadline for this

pattern I am working on!

Thanks for understanding!

                    

P.S. Here's a pic of some pieces I have been working on...