Do you have any fabric with turkeys? or cornucopia? maybe a pilgrim or two? or any motif that reads "Thanksgiving"? I don't... unless it's buried deep in the stash somewhere.
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| A Thanksgiving hexie (of sorts). The mushroom print from Dew & Moss [Art Gallery Fabrics] is fussy cut for the outside triangles. |
So here's my Thanksgiving-ish English paper pieced (EPP) hexie to wish all a safe Thanksgiving holiday.
Small-scale prints for selective cutting
While I was masked-up and working in West Virginia last week, I picked up a handful of fat quarters at Stitch Morgantown. It was a conscious choice of small-scale prints to use in EPP hexagon blocks. More selective cutting—or fussy cutting—is in my near future.
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| Fat quarters of small scale prints. Fabric collections from Art Gallery Fabrics, Paintbrush Studio and FIGO Fabrics. |
Truth be told, this former boarding school student and current road warrior is quite keen on not having to travel for a some big Thanksgiving shindig. Instead, we decided to support a local small business restaurant and ordered a Thanksgiving meal to-go. The addition of two tried-and-true favorite recipes—a corn casserole and a squash pie—were made at home. And, after traveling the past several weeks under the stress and precautions of the pandemic, I am embracing the quiet time—by staying put—at home. Don't have to dress up... or mask up... or do make-up... it sounds perfect.
The new fat quarters are calling and the plan is to add to my November collection of EPP blocks.
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| 11 hexies for November. |
I also have my last Make Nine 2020 project to get underway and I'm enrolled in a virtual workshop hosted by Selvedge Magazine about hand stitched clothing.
Stitching is in store for me this Thanksgiving. Hope you, too, are doing something you enjoy.
