Baby's Little Goslings

I gave it my best effort but the shower is tomorrow and the baby quilt is no where near finished.  Fortunately, the baby's not due til June 3rd so I'll work at finishing before then.  I did manage to chain piece half the flying geese.  Here they are waiting for their final cut!

The sashing fabric that I ordered arrived on friday but there was a mistake in the ad for the border/backing fabric and I couldn't get the amount I needed.  So I canceled that part of the order and, fortunately, was able to find what I needed locally.  Here's a pic of the pattern I'm using alongside the fabric samples.

Actually I'm kind of relieved to have more time so I can enjoy the process and probably do a better job in the long run.

As for tonight, I'm off with a friend to a movie we've been looking forward to.  We've both read the book (well I'm ALMOST finished) and hoping the movie version won't disappoint. 

Mad Hatter Hexie

Have you seen the movie Alice in Wonderland? The one with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter? I finally watched it one evening while on winter break and although it's not my usual genre, I really enjoyed it. A fun (quirky & wierd) adventure!  I really loved the Mad Hatter's character creating the hats, trying to please the Red Queen with her huge oversized head.  In one scene he's sewing on an old crank machine and it looks like his fingers either have thimbles on them or are taped up from being poked.  Awww...  Anyway, the reason I bring it up here is, sometimes I run out of creative ideas so I use my random interests to guide me.  (Especially after my last post...10 hexies, needed some more inspiration!)

So this week when I sat down to choose colors for my flower I decided to use the Mad Hatter as my focus. And here's what I came up with.  (Of course, the colors in real life reflect the picture a bit more closely!)

I like it and the fact it will always remind me of my favorite parts of that movie.  Oh, in the end of the movie The Hatter is involved in a sword fight and gets a little tangled face to face with the enemy.  So he quickly pulls a pin from his finger pincusion  to poke the opposition in the eye. (OWEEE!)

Anyway,  the sewing references made it all the more entertaining for me.


Happy One Flower Wednesday!

-Til next time,