Thank-you mobile

We received these vintage discs and picture as a "Thank-you" from our daughter & her husband after their wedding. What to do with them to display them? They are some of our favourite songs! Ecco a mobile (made from an old one I already had)

Deciding on the next round.

I think I may need sunglasses when this is done to approach it. It's getting brighter & brighter but I ♥ it!

Deciding on Gillie's Layout

I think it like this one, I'm running out of room to put it out in full. I'm going to keep the star going in the neutral colours.

"Gillie" quilt update

The first round of hexie flowers are going in as the repairs to the centre are finished. This is going to be one colourful quilt. I love it's retro charm. Far braver than I'd ever be!

Long time no see!

On the knee today. I've got the rescued hexie out and getting going with the plain joining hexies.

May group challenge

I'm doing a quilt a you go quilt. This month inspiration is "a drop in the ocean"

I've limited myself to one hour and scraps only.

Here's a little photo log of its construction....

"Gillie" quilt repairs - Step 1

I've taken out the nibbled hexies and also unpicked some good ones on the center section (a large star). I've made up some co-ordinating red hexies and replaced the points of each prong. There weren't any orange hexies to substitute and I want to retain as much of the original as possible. This will give the appearance of the star culminating in a red point whilst the orange will encompass the floral fabric. Some papers had to be reinserted to do effective hexie placement.