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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Stonefields

I started this quilt back in June along with Gretchen and Rebecca. We are all working at our own pace.  
Stonefields was designed by Susan Smith.                                                                                   
I am using soft colours that I collected more than 20 years ago. 

September I had this much done. Enough to fill the small design wall. It helped me to keep track of how many blocks, hexie flowers and flying geese units I was making and it was easy to store this way. My goal that month was to fill the wall.      


This is what I had completed last time I had it up on the big design wall in October. 

 I cut out 4 ouside borders at 10 inches wide by mistake. So it sat for most of the winter. 

Now to cut 4 more borders that are 13 inches wide. Good thing I have lots of the designated fabric. Otherwise it may wait a couple  more years to get back on track. I do want to have 3 rows of the hexie flowers because to me, that is what makes it so special. 

After that, I cut out a lot of hexies and took them on a cruise where I spent time daily glue basting them as well as more Lucy honeycombs.


After we got home, I sewed up each of the 4 flying geese borders and lined up 9 of the 6 inch blocks to see how it was going to look since I plan to make it smaller than the original. I am in love. 




I sewed the rest of the hexie flowers together by machine. Then everything got put in a box.  Sigh.

Because for the Chookeshed Challenge in January, I started OMIGOSH.




And for February, I pulled out an old ufo Bricks and Mortar. Then I hired an editor and flew off to India.
Now we are doing taxes.
So here I am. 

blessings,
Chris

6 comments:

  1. I do love your palette for this one. It's good to see progress.

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  2. so many units and blocks in this quilt. Yours looks totally different than Gretchens. Both are beautiful. Gail at the cozy quilter

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  3. Chris, hexies are MUCH MORE FUN than taxes!!! Blech! I love how you have your Stonefields quilt on the wall so you can really see it coming together. So, so pretty!

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  4. I love your project, and 3 rows of the hexie flowers sounds like a fabulous idea. It's going to be a beautiful version of the Stonefields pattern. Have fun playing with other projects too! Thank you for sharing your work in progress and linking up. Hugs.

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  5. Beautiful progress on your Stonefields quilt. I like your three rows of hexie flowers. --TerryK@OnGoingProjects

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  6. Life does get in the way at times.....Stonefields is looking gorgeous and I agree you need 3 rows of hexies

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