Doing the Rounds

A new BOM for 2018

a beautiful quilt by Susan  over at Thimble Stitch, and BOM by Shiralee Stitches.

Month one has arrived

24/1/2018

progress as at 30/01/2018

baby hexies made

progress for 1/2/2018. One triangle and one leaf shape sewn down.

All sewn down 15/2/2018

progress 19/2/2018

a new hexie is completed 21/2/2018

centre hexie pinned down ready for sewing

BOM # 2 arrived in the mail today, 23/2/2018.

progress 8/3/2018

progress 14/3/2018

circles ready for round 2, 16.3 2108

progress 18/3/2018

progress as at 21/3/2018

progress as at 23/3/2018

I have made a mistake here and left of one circle...

which I found on the floor of the sewing room today!

Diamonds are ready to go over the seam between the hexies and the circles.

Progress 27/3/2018

Number 3 has arrived.....30/3/2018

diamonds are being added

1/4/2018

preparation for the next round

6/4/2018

progress 17/4/2018

#4 has arrived

and a start has been made on the half inch hexies.

30/4/2018

more hexies

6/5/2018

hexies almost completed this morning 9/5/2018

next lot of hexies started 14/5/2018.

next days progress  15/5/2018

First diamond hexie 16/5/2018

and three more

21/5/2018.

progress with the hexies

27/6/2018.

#5 was here when I got back from holidays and #6 arrived last week

with beautiful fabric enclosed.

2/7/2018.

two more nearly finished.

5/7/2018 

fabric cut for the hexies to be appliqued on to.

6/7/2018

progress as at 9/7/2018.

progress as at 12/7/2018

progress as at 14/7/2018.

Month 8 arrived in the post last week (Aug 20th)

beautiful fabric for the final circles and the binding.

Block 5 already included here, but now have #7 as well.

bias tape made for next round 22/8/18.

progress as at 20/9/2018.

progress as at 24/9/2018

the last few circles have their gathering stitch.

progress as at 1/10/2018.

progress 3/10/2018...39 circles stitched down.

circles finished 8/10/2019

tacking nearly done on the bias strip and some applique

9/10/2019

bias strip is on and appliqued

18/10/2018

corner flowers are in place , applique has begun 20/10/2018.

One flower done, next one started.

24/10/2018.

Getting one petal help. St Leonards sewing group.

24/10/2018

all large flowers appliqued on

they slowly got better as I went along, the centres might still be covered with circles, I am undecided.

Small hexies appliqued in between the petals.

29/10/2018

Progress 31/10/2018.

2/11/2018.

progress as at 9/11/2018

last petal of the last flower 11/11/2018.

Last two hexies appliqued on after Sandy from Shiralee stitches sent me a piece of fabric I had lost.

Finished. 15/11/2018.

Change of plan, I decided to put circles over the centre of the flowers after seeing a finished quilt that had the same....now I really am finished.

27/11/2018

The quilt is off in New Zealand waiting to be quilted by Leeanne of Quiltmekiwi. I am very excited to see what she does.

27/2/2019

I need to update a photo of the quilted quilt!

Progress 11/6/2019

Finish!!  25/6/2019.

Many thanks to Leeanne Of Quiltmekiwi, this quilt was not an easy to quilt to manage as I had stretched seams. Leeanne did an amazing job, her quilting is sensational.