Crafty Threads 'n' Yarns

loobyj · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 1648 Location: Swindon, Wilts

I wasn't actually looking for a new obsession you understand. No, what I was doing was trying to cram another bag of cast-off jeans (some day I'll tell you about my denim stash) into the top of a wardrobe. And then I spotted it - the patchwork cushion I started for my sister when she was expecting my nephew (he'll be 17 next month Embarassed

)

Well, I thought, I don't need that any more and got it down to throw away. But it only needed 10 more pieces sewn on, so that wouldn't take long would it? And it was lovely fabric. So an hour later the cushion cover is complete. Laughing

And I've got itchy fingers and my mind's working overtime. Confused

A visit to my Dad's allowed me an opportunity to rootle through some old fabric (was my Mum's Sad

) and found some great stuff. And then! A LARGE bag of pre-cut paper templates all hexagon shape. So I snaffled it all.

A chance lifting of a lid at my MIL's (where I was supposed to cleaning) led me to her fabric oddment stash - another two bulging carrier bags full.

And then it blossomed - it's not just a little itsy obsession. No, it's a full blown bells and whistles obsession. All I think about is hexagons, and sewing them together, and lovely quilts. I've not picked up my knitting needles in earnest for over a week now, that's how bad it's got.

Like I've got time to be obsessed with something else. What about my March socks..... What's a girl to do then?

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Auntie Noo · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject:

- at least you didn't go out and buy it !! Wink

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ClaireUK · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject:

Be afraid - be very afraid!!!

I have just cut out 100 paper and fabric hexagons to continue my Grandmothers Flower Garden quilt. It is as addictive as sock knitting - 'just one more hexagon and I will finish' is becoming a new mantra for me LOL

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studio_christine · Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:33 am Post subject: hexagons

but hexagons are SO cute..... Wink

and you can make the quilt-as-you-go for a little instant gratification.

or you can make them VERY small for a very small doll quilt

such versatile beasties.......
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jam_mam · Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 204

One saw a beauty in a mag - 1 cm hexagons and a king size quilt - all hand pieced - life times obsession - absolutely gorgeous. *sigh*

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Fi · Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:30 pm Post subject:

It's recycling.
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Wildpurl · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 1701

LOL I so empathise looby, crafts are evil I tell you, evil. What's a girl to do? Knit at night and quilt during the day, that's all I can suggest. Laughing

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Fi · Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject:

Would be fab if we got paid for it, so we didn't have to go to work lol.

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