Quilting-Bee?

I was given a large amount of pre-cut hexagons. All small and make from interfacing. Suddenly thought of them as I considered how to display my new bees next month ...

I've also never made a hexagon quilt and they really apeal to me so I decided to give it a go. The whole family joined in to help cut fabric shapes!

Daisy helped me to lay them out ...

After a long time spent hand wrapping the templates I loaded my machine with sparkle thread and began piecing together all of them!

Finally, I pressed the work. It looks fab and can bee added to later!

Beetle makeover

Mike has a beetle and I like to sew ...

Having previously made patchwork curtains together, he wanted to cover up the grey linings, but don't worry. The originals and still safe underneath. If you like grey ...

A little of my handwriting slipped in where Mary sits ...

I don't think he bought her to match the house and garage - or my clothes!! 

New curtain ...

Remember those squares we laid out at church one day? I taught Michael how to pin them together ready for machining. 

And with the first set of 90 squares transformed I think this is the best curtain I have ever seen!

Making my house look cosy from the outside too!

And now for something square ...

At the end of the year I slipped into The Prayer House to lay out a really big project ....

It fitted into the floor space at the back of all the chairs laid out for Sunday's meeting ....

It also comes in three parts and will make me very happy. Can you guess what I'm making?

Afterwards, all the lose threads were hoovered up and no body knew we had been having fun with 270 8inch squares!

Today I (re)made - my bed!

And this is cute, really. I designed a patchwork duvet cover for a double sized duvet when I was 16, and then finally got around to making it when I was in my early 20s! It doesn't go on my bed much, as its quite 'warm' but now is a very good time for it!