#100hexies100days2021 update

It was hard to photograph some of my choices for last week's happiness theme, but it's still fun to try to find appropriate background items for each topic.

Library/Books
Hexies
Chocolate
Snow
Hiking/mmaps
Bird Watching
Clouds/Sunsets

And I never posted this pic from the previous week: Parties

Search
Clown
Picnic
Dance
Cocktail
of One
Tea

Please check out the individual posts on my IG page (@sarahdidit17) to read the descriptions and see the accoutrement for each hexie.

Wednesday Weather Report #201 - 3/24/21

According to the NYS DOT we are not going to be getting any more snow this spring. 

I hear you - how can they possibly know? I have no idea myself but they took down all the snow fencing this week so it must be so. I hope Mother Nature got the same message since it's only March and we have gotten plenty of spring snow storms in both April and May.

March 17 - 23, 2021
50 - 36 - 29 - 50 - 60 - 63 - 62 F

The rumor mill says we might hit 73F tomorrow! Do I dare wear my new short sleeve shirt?

Last week's theme for #100hexies100days2021 Instagram challenge was Rainbows. Not having fabrics with actual rainbows, each day I posted a colored hexie with matching colored tchotchkes in the background. Check them out at @sarahdidit17.

Ok. I know this next picture is awful, but have you ever gotten a new toy and just played with it to see what it can do?

My house can have awful lighting when there is no sunshine. I found this mini ring light (rechargeable, clips on to your phone and it was only ~$5 at Walmart) and I was playing and trying stupid stuff like putting the hexie on the light. This is actually the lowest of 3 light settings - it's much brighter than I expected. It totally washed out the colors of the hexie and the purple ironing board cover but can you see the piece of lint formed in to a heart there on the right? I had no idea that little heart was there... 

Ok, you can stop laughing now. 

Wednesday Weather Report #200 - 3/17/21

Woot! Woot! Did you see that?!? We just hit Weather Report #200!!!
That's 3.83 years or 46 months or 1,400 days!
For a girl with no follow-thru skills to speak of, this is a massive accomplishment.

March 10 - 16, 2021
64 - 67 - 50 - 36 - 35 - 26 - 36 F

I think spring is just around the corner, given our temps, the snow storms out west and tornadic activity in the south.

Last week's theme for #100hexies100days2021 theme was Treasures.

1. Pirate treasure
2. wooden spoon collection
3. Cape Florida Lighthoue
4. Canning jar collection
5. Zorro
6. Quilty friends
7. Irish treasure

Don't forget to check the individual photo captions on my instapage @sarahdidit17

Monday Catchall - 3/8/21

I thought I would share a couple of the projects I've been working on recently...

For my birthday gift to myself, I joined the Smitten BOM with Pink Door Fabrics. Each month for a year we get enough Tula fabric to fussy cut 3 or 4 of these large hexagons. I didn't bring the size with me but I'm going to guess the final quilt will be couch size. I have less than half to go on the fourth hexagon for Month 1. Month 2 should ship this week.  Other goodies in the BOM include a project bag, an acrylic Smitten key chain and monthly glue pen refills. I skipped the monthly Aurifil thread add-on as I don't color match my threads. The BOM also has a great Facebook page with video tutorials. I highly recommend Pink Door for BOMs. 

 

I joined #100days100hexies2021 challenge on Instagram where I am @sarahdidit17. Each week has a theme, usually pretty open to interpretation, which is good 'cuz I don't have a lot of small things to fussy cut for the 1" hexies I chose to use as I can use them for my ZiggZagg project.

The first week was Sewers Choice and I chose fabrics to tell a little about myself. Each daily hexie was photographed on a relevant background so I hope you'll pop over to IG to see the original photos.

1. My obsession: hexies
2. Zorro!!
3. I'm Irish
4. I'm an EMT
5. Chocolate
6. I'm a homebody
7. I live in Western NY

This week's theme is treasures. I've got a few ideas but not enough for the week. I was able to fussy cut about half of what I'll need for the entire challenge so now I can spend some extra time finding the harder themes...