Monday, 15 May 2017
Flowers and Hexagons
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- Helen Philipps
- I am a designer, author, illustrator, stitcher and I just love crafting and making things. I live on the North West coast of England with my lovely husband. My family mean the world to me - I have two amazing grown up daughters and four sweet grandchildren - three boys and a girl.
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in my studio
Pretty Patchwork Gifts
lollipop flowers
crochet crush
sugar bunnies
the potting shed
tea time
little strawberry
jam for tea
sweet flowers
summer potting shed
sew pretty
bertie
must visit....
make do and mend
farmer's wife quilt
happy pinning
summer time
love quilts
my books
rosy cups
ripples and roses
love heart
sweetpeas
little maisie
sew and quilt
trudie
button love
cool britannia
flora
crafts beautiful
as seen in
love patchwork and quilting
chipper nelly blocks
hexie flower pincushion
love crochet
as seen in
vintage roses
rosy times
pretty patches
spring time
red and white
seaside quilts
give a doggie bag
spring potting shed
sweet spring
garden heart
29 comments:
Whilst I was a away last week I found a wonderful patchwork shop and treated myself to some patchwork templates. Cannot wait to start my new project.
Julie xxxxxxx
I love you hexagon quilt there's something very satisfying doing them.
Your colour choice as usual is lovely so fresh. Thanks for a look into your world Helen.
Your bluebell quilt (wonderful name by the way) is fabulous Helen....I love how you 'audition' the fabrics!! :) Just love that little lighthouse too....no such thing as too much blue in my book!
Gorgeous images of your flowers, garden and outing too...sadly not so sunny this week so far!!
Have a lovely crafting week,
V x
I always enjoy my visits with you Helen. Your bluebell quilt is simply charming. k
Hi dear Helen, such an exquisite bluebell quilt. What a lovely combinations of fabrics and in hexies too! Can't get enough of all your flowers and photos! Happy Monday❤️💐🌷xoxoRobin
Is paper piecing simply using templates instead of rotary cutting?
Your hexies are very cute!
What fabric you always choose, I love your little hexies xx
Helen,
What a sweet bluebell quilt, and the name is perfect for it. I am anxious to see how you finish it. Will it be a continuous circle, or will you square it up? I keep saying I will try EPP once again, but just haven't done so yet. Love your color choice and fabrics as always.
Thank you for sharing.
Mickie, Indiana USA
The bluebells certainly have been glorious this year and they are such a fabulous colour! Your beautiful post has brightened my day as it always does! Have a lovely week! Christine x
Your fabrics are always wonderful, Helen! Love the design in Crafts Beautiful....so pretty!
Fun and charming quilt!
Your bluebell quilt is looking beautiful Helen and yes haven't the bluebells been glorious this year. I'm so glad you and Mr P got a day out...the weather last week was perfect for a trip out. Enjoy crafting outside when you can and have a lovely week xxx
While I have yet to try a pieced project, I continue to enjoy viewing yours which tempt me to want to try a pieced project. However, the current bee in my bonnet is urging me to make a sampler similar to my mom's sampler, that I showed you several posts ago. To that end, I primed my pump by reading what Alicia Paulson had to say about embroidery in one of her books, but I have been studying your directions in "Quick and Clever Cross Stitch"! I can not thank you enough for your clear directions and your inspiring examples, Helen. I started out by plotting the pattern on the graph paper in my traveler's art journal. Now I have copied off the graph paper you printed in your book and need to transfer the pattern to it. My sister measured mom's piece and I just measured the frame like hers that I bought. It is a bit smaller so I will need to adjust for that. My mom's piece is done on linen, but I have 14 count cotton Aida cloth I think I will use if my calculations deem that possible. I am so curious about my mom's choice of colored thread. She just used brown and blue...about 92 years ago! I know that available colors were different years ago, but I am keen on using a different color palette...not sure what yet :) xxxxxxx
Hexagons are rather addictive, but I find they take a long time to get anywhere. Yours are so pretty and I like the expanding rounds.
Another beautiful quilt, Helen! The patterns and colors always enchant me.
The bits and pieces i've seen of your potting shed are making me curious. Have you posted anything of the inside? I'd love to see more. And a big BRAVO on the feature in the magazine. I suspect we don't get it here. I didn't know you made cards. Of course I'm loving anything and everything nautical as we decorate our lake cottage once again!! My sister Nancy is quite good making cards, it's been a passion for several years. She has a blog called Stamp For Les (blogspot.com), dedicated to our late sister, Leslie, who also was a great card artist and featured in a few magazines. You might want to pay a visit, she'd be thrilled.
Hugs,
Jane x
I love the many shades of blue.
Amalia
xo
Loving the progress peek of your Bluebell quilt! And in blue, my favourite colour. xx
Oh how I love your lighthouse cross stitch! I adore lighthouses. Your hex design quilt is growing beautifully! I enjoyed all your floral beauty in this post. ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
Hi Helen, such lovely shades of blue. I am making a hexie quilt too & every so often I lay it out on our bed to see how its coming along! I have used vintage Laura Ashley, Cath Kidston, Tilda & some others whose designers I don't know! I love your quilt posts & other sewing, your choice of colours is always very satisfying. Thank you for all the photos, I await each weeek to see what you're up to. Such a busy lady & so kind to let us have a peek into your world. Take care love Claire xx
Hallo Helen,
das gibt ein wunderschöner Quilt. Die Farben sind so erfrischend.
Viel Spaß dabei und liebe Grüße Annerose
Beautiful photos, Helen! You've just reminded me that I have some hexies to finish from last year ..... I was stitching them for The Splendid Sampler ..... now I've finished my Mini Travel Sewing Kit I have just the right kit to carry the teeny hexagons!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Barbara x
http://theflashingscissors.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/finish-it-up-friday-post-full-of-minis.html
I want to make a bluebell quilt now! I do love me some hexies too. Yours is gorgeous and your blooms rival those in the gardens you visit. Your lighthouse card is precious and I wish I could 'craft all day' but alas this house is a major upkeep along with the yard! I need a gardener and a housekeeper and maybe a private chef too. LOL! When I wear out though I sit down and get a bit of handwork in...it's like reading...I have to do it daily. Thank you for sharing your beautiful creations inside and out.
Hexagons are one of my favorite forms of patchwork, too! I don't paper piece but do the old-fashioned, set-in seam method. Sometimes if I haven't made a hexie project in a while, I just feel the urge to cut some out and sew. Not sure why they are so satisfying but they are! I wish I had your color sense -- your bluebell quilt is amazing and beautiful!
Love your bluebell hexies! It makes me want to do some hexagon stitching but I have to finish so many Wips! Have a wonderful week!
I mentioned you on my blog today! I'm showing off my new book! I love it! Hugs, Diane
We have had great bluebells by us, it is hard not to be inspired by that colour I think. Jo x
Hi Helen what a pleasure it is reading your posts. The quilt is going to be so lovely. I'm so jealous of your garden, mine just never looks that good 🙄🙄🙄
Have a lovely day
Karen x
Hi Helen what a pleasure it is reading your posts. The quilt is going to be so lovely. I'm so jealous of your garden, mine just never looks that good 🙄🙄🙄
Have a lovely day
Karen x
Your bluebell hexie quilt fabrics are so lovely and fresh looking. The bluebells have been stars this year, now making way for all the promise of your gorgeous early summer blooms. Beautiful photos as ever, thank you Helen.XOXO
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