Quilt on the go

Here is my sewing kit "to go" or as the Brits would say a "take away" sewing kit. Now that I've figured out what s0lid colors I want to go with each of the dotted fabric, I've begun to cut all the hexagons for each circular block, which I then can take to the doctor's office, in the car, if someone else is driving ;-) .... or anywhere.

To keep things organized, I decided to sew together the hexagons for each block by just passing a needle twice through and tying the thread.

I hope I get fast at this. Every side of each hexagon can be done with one pass of the needle, but it's a LOT of sides. My quilting friend (initials HB ... you know who you are) thinks I'm a little crazy doing a hand sewn quilt. Time will tell. I sure hope she will coach me through the assembly of the quilt after the top is all pieced.

I am learning. The first block I pressed all the seams open.

But have decided it's faster and better to press the seams towards the print. The printed fabric is thinner than the solid and it actually looks better from the front when pressed this way.


Lets see how many of these I can do by next week!